Cara Cormier’s debut album, Kansas Stories, is an unpretentious collection of cheeky folk stories with killer hooks and seriously gorgeous instrumentation. Released in October of last...
My first awareness of Eric Neilson was in 2017, hosting a humble showcase at the Tin Roof (RIP) downtown, called The Corner. I didn’t get to...
Not everything always goes according to plan. Here are seven errors that made it to the pressing stage of a San Diego related artists release. Jim...
I’m just going to say right off the bat that I love this album. What immediately strikes me is how easy it is to listen to....
In Remembrance of Mark “Reverend Stickman” Schmitt Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. —Confucius, The Book of Rites I’m into...
Hello Troubadourians! In this column I have often written about my love of rehearsing. And, my love of recording and performing. These are three very different...
Ready for the Radio, a ten-track release of all original tunes from singer-songwriter-guitarist Don Sparks, certainly has a few track candidates for radio airplay. The album...
Great Bluegrass Concert in San Diego. The San Diego Bluegrass Society, one of San Diego’s local bluegrass music nonprofits, presented Chicago’s Special Consensus in concert on...
Talk to Len Rainey about the three and a half decades he’s been playing music for a living in San Diego with his band the Midnight...
Hi! My name is Jeff Berkley. I’m from San Diego California; I am a musician and songwriter and engineer and producer. I spend four or five...