A television commercial promoting Las Vegas is the insidious cause of my most recent nightmares. The spot is flashy and frenetic and features a couple of...
In a dusty corner of the old part of town is a café, where long necks and leather necks congregate, celebrating all that they’ve got to...
Local roots rocker (and Troubadour columnist) Peter Bolland plays California music, the hybrid style of country-rock ushered in by Neil Young, Gram Parsons, and the early...
Fronted by 25-year old singer/songwriter Graham Nancarrow, the band that bears his name, Nancarrow, has raw energy and a classic sound that is unique yet familiar....
This time out we have an in depth conversation with Wally Salem, head of Canadian independent label, The Beautiful Music. The label is perhaps best known...
North County alternative rockers Trouble in the Wind’s last full-length CD, 2011’s No Work Dancing, took their rough jumble of country influences and new wave vocal...
In 1884 the committee in charge of funding the Statue of Liberty ran out of money. Joseph Pulitzer used his newspaper. the New York World, to...
If you have lived in San Diego county for very long, you probably know the spot: just off the road that straddles Mount Laguna over 6,000...
The Ramona Bluegrass Festival takes off this weekend, Saturday and Sunday May 3-4. It has a great line up of 25 bands on 3 stages. The...