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Video:LIVE FIVE: Shea Givens, Louis XIV, P.O.D., The Pictographs, Auz FontaineShea Givens at La Valencia HotelJan 9Born and raised in Missouri, Indie-soul artist Shea Givens grew up singing, songwriting, playing the piano, and performing alongside …
The start of January is a packed to the gills with classical music in San Diego. There’s chamber music, new music, and gargantuan symphonic masterpieces. Upcoming EventJacobs Masterworks: Saint-Saens, Hokmes, SmithFriday, January 10, 2025, 7:30 p.m.Jacobs …
It was a cold and soggy Saturday night. Heavy mist descended upon the UCSD campus. It was as if the sky were spitting on all of us congregating at the Che Café. My intentions were …
“A city truck crashed into the building in the middle of a show,” says Alma Rodriguez, owner of Queen Bee’s Arts and Cultural Center in North Park. It’s an awful sort of poetic symbolism for …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Big Sandy, Auz Fontaine, Ariel Levine, Mark Battles, Tell-Tale Hearts TributeRay Brandes’ Tell-Tale Hearts Tribute at The CasbahJan 3When singer Ray Brandes co-founded the Tell-Tale Hearts in 1983, they already looked like a …
With Christmas over and New Year's just ahead, let’s look back at the year that was 2024 for classical music in San Diego. Back on March 1, 2024, The San Diego Symphony gave a concert at …
“If you’ve never seen a band of four guys and one girl all wearing bikinis in solidarity, performing the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ before telling you if you don’t call your mom tonight that you can ‘go …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Ben Benavente, Karl Denson, Schizophonics, Matt Heinecke, Frankie & the Witch FingersBen Benavente at CannonballDec 26Ben Benavente specializes in Hawaiian and island style music, citing Jack Johnson, Bruno Mars, and local star Jason …
For the first time, in many a year, I’ve had George Frideric Handel ’s Messiah as part of my Christmas season listening. At this time of year, I’m all about the mid-century crooners all singing the same …
Aaron Stewart grew up mostly in South Florida, then moved to San Diego back in 2011. Since then, he’s figured out where the primo ice cream lies. “I love heading over to Oceanside on Mission …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Rebecca Jade, Stoney B. Blues, Manzanita Blues, Blame Betty, MarujahRebecca Jade with Dave Koz at Balboa TheatreDec 19When Dave Koz and Friends perform jazzy renditions of timeless Christmas classics on his 27th anniversary …
I came across a social media post that asked if there are any operas with an all-female chorus. To be clear this doesn’t mean operas that have a chorus scene with only women. There are …
“Are you more concerned about your drinks being stolen or someone putting something in them?” I ask a gaggle of patrons at The Quartyard in East Village where Hockey Dad, Remo Drive, and Tatiana Hazel …
Wax, whose “government name” is Michael Jones, knows his way around the local music scene. “I have played empty open mic nights in San Diego, and I have performed in front of a sold out …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Andrew Peña, Frankie J, Beat Farmers, Jesse LaMonaca, Puddles Pity PartyAndrew Peña at CannonballDec 12Andrew Peña launched his own band The Verge in 2017, as well as playing with local acts such as …