Local vocal coach Francesca Valle describes an interaction with a San Diego booker for a popular local venue. The booker, who happened to have been a...
In the music creators’ world of audio gadgetry and recording tools, nothing shouts quite as loud as a satisfied customer, except maybe those of the dis-satisfied...
We at the San Diego Troubadour lost a beloved and valued member of our family just as the holiday season was getting underway. Frank Kocher was...
Singer/songwriter Sarah McQuaid is not going to be every person’s cup of tea, especially on her new release, The St. Buryan Sessions, 15 tracks with a...
Everyone loves the musicians! They love the sexy and sultry singers telling a story put to rhythm, the killer-diller guitar players, soulful sax men and women,...
Although they were both born in Oklahoma (Joe in Guthrie on July 9, 1915, and Jimmy in Newby on October 14, 1922), band leaders Joe and...
Here’s some good news about San Diego’s premier bluegrass festival, Summergrass. It was 2003 when two local nonprofits, the San Diego Bluegrass Society (SDBS) and the...
Hello Troubadourians! I may have written about this before, but it has been on my mind of late so hopefully this take will be different enough...
The 19th Annual San Diego Beatles Fair takes place on March 26 at Queen Bee’s in North Park. It’ll be a full day of Fab Four-inspired...
Background If you ever bother to read the liner notes of an album, you might notice that there are many different people working hard behind the...