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Twin Tenors heat up 98 Bottles
Ian Tordella and Gerard Nolan lit fires and swung like crazy.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/22/37327/ Local tenor sax man Ian Tordella teamed up with musician Gerard Nolan Thursday night at 98 Bottles for a concert billed as Twin Tenors, evoking a time in jazz history ('50s & '60s), when such pairings were commonplace. There …
Best jazz concerts for 2012
Last year, it was Jeff Kaiser's massive 23 piece "big band" that earned top honors. This year, it's a solo concert for contrabass.
The San Diego jazz talent pool is deep, very deep. So much so that after attending more than 200 shows this year, and taking days to sort through them all for this list of the top-twenty, 18-time Grammy winning guitarist …
Out with the new, in with the old - Pathology changing members yet again
After over a dozen lineup changes, here's (today's) band roster...
Pathology's former singer Matti Way and former guitarist Tim Tiszczenko are back in the local metal outfit, while latterday members Jonathan Huber and Oscar Ramirez are out. For today, anyway. "Pathology is happy to announce the return of singer Matti …
Sweet Cheeks at El Dorado
A night of ’80s boogie funk, beats, baby-makin’ medleys, future funk, and future wife jams
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/19/37212/ Sweet Cheeks host Mawkus Every third Wednesday, hosts Mawkus and Bencey coat happening downtown cocktail lounge El Dorado (1030 Broadway) with a rich layer of “future sexual chocolate” — a mingling of ’80s boogie funk, beats, baby-makin’ medleys, future …
2012: the music year in review
Musicians and music industry locals name their favorite hometown CD releases of the year
DIANA DEATH / Rock N Roll Preservation Society: The New Kinetics In Stereo "I'm stoked they put out their second album on vinyl, and the last track on side one, "Reverie," is a haunting doo-wop number you just gotta hear." …
Another musician loses gear in 5th Ave/HOB garage break-in
Roni Lee is the latest local to get ripped off while playing House of Blues
"Leaving the House of Blues tonight," Roni Lee posted on Facebook last night, "car windows broken, band gear, iPad etc stolen. Christmas presents to mom and dad (sorry guys), CDs. Sigh. BUT, good news, I take my PRS [guitar] everywhere …
Todd Reynolds @ Space 4 Art
NYC based artist brought solo violin and electronics to the East Village.
Bonnie Wright's Fresh Sound concert series continued Tuesday night at Space 4 Art with a solo violin/electronics performance from NYC artist Todd Reynolds to an almost-packed house. Reynolds began "Trans America," by sputtering vocals into a microphone, which activated a …
Eavesdropping on the classics
When you listen to patrons, you realize Mozart shopped at Walmart.
I enjoy eavesdropping when I'm at a classical music concert because it's a win/win situation. I've heard illuminating conversations and spectacularly mundane conversations, both are good. The illuminating is obviously beneficial but what of the glorious mundane? Whenever we hear …
Fantastique Orchestra
The San Diego Symphony gives a fantasy performance of Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique.
The second half of the San Diego Symphony concert was Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique. Nuvi Mehta came out and talked us through the different episodes of the symphony and the feminine inspiration behind them. The insights that Mehta shares are invaluable. …
Forceful and Denk
Destiny forces itself politely while Jeremy Denk gets quirky with it.
The San Diego Symphony put on a well-balanced, well-played, and well-received concert on Saturday night at Symphony Hall. The program was Verdi's overture to La Forza del Destino, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, and Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique. The Verdi was …
The Apocalypse
Experimental beat monthly Liquid Geometry goes out with a boom
The apocalypse. Here it is, in just five days. The Big One. It’s amazing to think that just a work week away, life as we know it will be inverted in dimensions we never knew existed. Everything we know about …
Japandi reunites to usher in apocalypse
Instrumental math rock outfit returns from hiatus to go out with a bang
Heralding the end of the world (just in case), polyrhythmic instrumental mathematicians Japandi are reuniting for a couple of shows after a two year hiatus which saw members joining up with outfits including Cults, Weatherbox, and Realization Orchestra. Decorative Duck …
27 years ago this week: The Dead Kennedys at the California Theater
On this day in local rock history, the DKs played one of their final shows with Jello Biafra
12-14-85: The Dead Kennedys played one of their final shows with original singer Jello Biafra, at downtown’s California Theater. As the set wrapped up, raucous fans tore up the seats and pulled curtains down from walls, causing police to call …
SRO @ 7 Grand
A ton of fans and musicians made Castellanos's debut at the North Park venue a night to remember
San Diego trumpet master Gilbert Castellanos opened a new chapter in the local jam-session era last night with his premier performance at Seven Grand located at 3054 University in North Park. I am happy to report that by most tangible …
Jamming in the blue room
Local jazz musicians gather in a private jam session to sharpen their skills
I'm traveling north on the 15 freeway in a small car with a drummer and a trumpet player. It gets dark early this time of year, and the premature evening has come with fog. We proceed at a snail's pace. …
Ice cream across America
Claudeo returns home after gaining friends, experiences, and a few pounds on tour
Indie electronic pop duo Claudeo recently returned from a U.S. tour that included dates in Stanley, Idaho (pop. 100), New Orleans, and an impromptu festival date in San Antonio, Texas. Cue up Claudeo’s debut Sing it Out EP as half …
RIP Ravi
92 year-old sitar master, Encinitas (by way of India) resident and musical legend was just nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award
Indian musical legend Ravi Shankar has passed away. The 92 year old's album Living Rooms Sessions Part 1 (recorded at his Encinitas home) was just this past week nominated for a Grammy Award as Best World Music Album. Ravi Shankar …
Famous former neighbor Jason Robinson tackles ancient Roman and Greek mythology
New album Tiresian Symmetry concerns Tiresias, blind seer said to have lived seven different lifetimes
"Mythology seems related to the kinds of storytelling that we, as jazz musicians, like to do," says former San Diegan Jason Robinson, whose new full-length Tiresian Symmetry concerns Tiresias, a blind seer said to have lived seven different lifetimes. "I'm …
Heads roll together
Lovers Andrea and Maddalena decide to get their heads cut off as one.
After revisiting La mamma morta I went ahead and did a YouTube survey of about a dozen different performances of the finale duet from Andrea Chenier, Vicino a te. The real Andrea Chenier was a poet from the French Revolution …