I was spending my second summer in Mississippi with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), teaching in a Freedom School in Jackson. That was the summer...
Hello Troubadourians! I like to experiment with my guitars. Usually that just means trying different things in my playing or more often, performing micro adjustments that...
San Diego bluegrass fans should be familiar with Dan Sankey, a fixture on the local scene, playing fiddle and mandolin in a number of bands including...
Rafter Roberts stands no taller than your average human male, yet his fiery red-haired head is filled with the minutiae of music, swirling and churning constantly....
The hospital bed took up most of the living room. The steady hum of the oxygen machine masked the murmuring voices from the other room. Light...
Match and Kerosene is the debut full-length album by the High Rolling Loners, a project that began in 2007 after their 2006 debut EP snagged a...
Encinitas is home to Laurel Sorenson, who sings and writes songs with a bluesy edge and some real rock energy. A trip to the web finds...
Steve Rule calls Encinitas home, and last year released a CD of blues covers and Hawai’ian music called A Koa Kind of Blues. That project had...
Gilbert Castellos says, “It’s good to see young people really embracing this music.” Typically dressed smart, his wheat green suit fitting him as though he were...
It’s been said before in these pages, but like a great refrain, it needs to be sung once more, with a feeling: music is a form...