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Black Lips rock too hard for Hard Rock Hotel
Last night’s Black Lips show definitely erased the “hard” and “rock” from the Hard Rock Hotel. Three songs into the Lips’ set, security shut down the Hard Rock’s “Soundcheck .007” event at around 11:30 p.m. The audience was ushered outside …
San Diego 13th in Nation for Musicians and Music Industry
Digital magazine TheAtlanticCities.com published a study today ranking the leading urban centers for musicians and music industry in cities of over one million people. By analyzing Bureau of Labor Statistics figures on the concentration of musicians and U.S. Bureau of …
Birth of a Band Name - How These Locals Got Named (Plus 150 FREE Band Names!)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/08/29354/ Here’s how around two dozen San Diego bands, past and present, came up with their band names, followed by 150 free band names I’ve been dreaming up, all so far unused (as far as I know). I designed ‘em …
Kadan Closes But the Beat Goes On
Czech discotheque-themed club Kadan in Normal Heights is closing its doors at the end of August after over a decade of chess, day drinking, and some of the best electronic music nights in town. According to owner Chris Heaney, who …
Homage to Mozart
"The overture will be very showy and noisy, but will have no artistic merit because I wrote it without warmth and without love. But the Serenade, on the contrary, I wrote from inner compulsion. This is a piece from the …
Post-Pancreatic Cancer Surgery, Candye Kane Touring U.S., France, Holland
"I have been healing nicely since my pancreatic cancer surgery on May 2," reports blues belter Candye Kane, who's about to embark on a tour of the midwest, east coast, Florida, and then on to France and Holland. "While I …
28 Years Ago Today: Randy California & Spirit Reunited in La Jolla
Spirit has been my favorite band for over 30 years now. I’ve come to feel the same way about guitarist/bandleader Randy California that Deadheads feel about Jerry Garcia, a performer inexplicably linked to Sprit only by virtue of both bands …
Anthology Summer Jazz Institute Concert
The Anthology Summer Jazz Institute held a concert featuring their second class of young musicians (ages 12-14) on Friday, Aug. 3rd at the iconic club, for friends, families and jazz education supporters. Previous commitments kept me from catching the first …
1812 or String Serenade?
The 1812 Overture might be the most popular piece of classical music ever written. It was once my favorite piece of music--when I was nine-years-old. I have shared before that this piece of music was what got me started on …
75 Secrets About 75 San Diego Music Scenesters
We asked 75 current and former local San Diegans in the music biz to reveal something about themselves that few would ever know or guess. GAYLE SKIDMORE: “One thing people are always surprised by is that I enjoy backpacking and …
Sleeping People Hit Snooze in Odd Time
Following a three-year hiatus, San Diego instrumental math quartet Sleeping People have reunited for four West Coast dates to herald the release of their new LP, NOTRUF, in a limited run of 1,000 vinyl. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/04/29126/ On Thursday, I caught their …
Not Populist Canard
A response to a previous article asserted that the idea of classical music being elitist is an old canard. I was confused but then I looked up canard. I think a further explanation is needed. With 3 million people in …
Turiya Mareya: Double Concert @ WorldBeat Center, August 10
Turiya Mareya is a musician equally qualified in two seemingly different aesthetics: her early work in San Diego featured her piano and bass-clarinet in a spiritual, avant-garde context--and her current work showcases her mastery of the Afro-Latino rhythmic blend found …
Rose & the Nightingale: Spirit of the Garden, Aug. 11, in El Cajon
Next weekend, cellist/vocalist/composer Jody Redhage will be bringing her group, Rose & the Nightingale to San Diego from her home in New Jersey to play a special concert, "The Spirit of the Garden," at the Water Conservation Garden in El …
Rudies Rock Music High Film (World Premiere Aug. 17, Crest Thtr, Oceanside)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/02/28954/ The high school-based history of local ska rockers the Fabulous Rudies is the subject of an upcoming Universal Pictures film titled Music High, which co-stars members of the band. The North County band was founded in 1997 by singer …