After hanging out around the Americana scene over the last 20 years from Nashville to Austin, with a layover or two in Los Angeles, it’s a...
Have you heard the one about the garage band from Ocean Beach, California, who, after making one obscure 45 rpm record in 1966, disappeared off the...
Showcased at several of San Diego’s intimate music venues, Michael James has been entrancing audiences with his deeply introspective songs. If you’re interested in hearing someone...
At what point in our collective narrative does history pass into mythology and mythology becomes a tall tale? And, lacking the ability to conduct an empirical...
Life is dizzyingly complex. It’s easy to feel lost, confused, and overwhelmed. So many conflicted voices clamoring for our attention–it seems impossible to cut through the...
A FALL CLASS ACT From the mailbox: Dear Hose: Enough already about your liberal politics and kiss-Hillary’s-butt deviant desires. The country’s gone to the dogs and...
Hello Troubadourians! Yes, it’s all in your hands. It’s inescapable regardless of how much or how little money you spend on instruments, amplifiers, effects, cords, picks…...
Swinging through the area on October 1 (at Del Mar’s Brick 15), Richard Shindell brings his interesting songs; he’s a folk performer whose singing/songwriting style has...
In early 2014, Ari Kate Ashton’s long-time vision of opening an art center in San Diego was beginning to evolve. She had been a successful artist...