In our quest for truth and self, the road less travelled in life is the one we should all take, at some point, if we expect...
There is great joy in the blues. It’s an irony easily overlooked. But the North Mississippi Allstars on their 2013 release, World Boogie Is Coming, bring...
In 2014 can popular music be retro-sounding and innovatively forward-thinking at the same time? And what exactly does it mean to be at the vanguard of...
Folk Arts Rare Records opened its doors at its original location (3753 India St.) on July 31, 1967. By next July yours truly, one of the...
Every morning we awaken from a long bout of unconsciousness. We blink, stretch, yawn, and slide out of bed. Our feet hit the floor and we...
Meet David Fleminger. A soft spoken, 1,000-petaled lotus of artistic temperament whose place amongst San Diego music history is secure, based on the numerous groundbreaking bands...
Before I pour my heart out to you once again, I feel it best to expose and exile some old imperfections that have threatened the once-promising...
My earliest memory is of silence. I’m an infant, a couple of months old. I am lying in a bed next to my sister Janice, who’s...
Had guitars been around 2000 years ago, it’s a good bet that a couple of Jesus’ hipper apostles would have been playing Hebrew folk music on...
Happy Holidays, Troubadour readers! We did this last December and thought it might be fun to do again. Check out all the cover stories from 2013...