British trio the Risk were amongst the first international touring bands to have an extended stay in San Diego, using the area circa 1986 as a...
Hello Troubadourians! Last month I wrote about transposition but there are a few more things I want to talk about, specifically some of the idiosyncrasies of...
It’s not that the Rolling Stones have suddenly become “woke” and aware of social injustice, but it did make news that the aging Bad Boys of...
Outside of Jeff Beck, it’s hard to think of a guitarist who’s kept exploring new musical ground into his seventh decade as thoroughly as Tommy Castro....
The Central Library Concert Series is the longest continuously running free concert series in San Diego! Formerly called the Central Library Chamber Music Series, this Concert...
I left San Diego 1963; I was drafted into the armed services. (The Vietnam war was just in its beginning stages.) In 1963, San Diego was...
It is rare to cite any musician playing any instrument that can truly hold his own on stage performing in a multitude of musical genres. San...
Tom Waits has a couple of new CDs out and in spots he still sounds like the old Tom I remember from our days at the...
When Michael Nesmith died last month, on December 10, the world lost not only a figure who was loved for his contributions to popular music over...
He didn’t belong here. He looked around the room. A TV hysterically shouted Fox News in the corner, ignored by most of the 25 to 30...