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Pride Residue: San Diego Symphony in Balboa Park
The San Diego Symphony concert in Balboa Park was once again a blast. The program of music was based on an Olympics theme and incorporated British music along with two Olympic compositions. On this day, Balboa Park did throw up …
Diane Moser Quartet Lights Up The Back Room
Montclair, New Jersey pianist Diane Moser returned to San Diego last night for the first of two back-to-back performances at 98 Bottles, each in celebration of recent CDs. This one was a quartet playing the music from Diane Moser: WDMO, …
Kim Fowley Turns 73, Says He's "Preparing For Death"
"I am preparing for death," says the most polarizing producer in rock, Kim Fowley, who turned 73 on July 21. "That includes withdrawing from all human contact except for accountants, attorneys and industry meetings," he says in a statement posted …
Local Neil Diamond Impersonator Back From 6-Week Euro Tour
"I am happy to report that it was a very successful time in many ways," says David Sherry, whose Neil Diamond tribute Diamond is Forever! just returned from a six-week overseas tour that included TV performances in Malta. "Europe was …
Astra Kelly Trading Rock For Torch Songs On New Concept Album
When Astra Kelly debuts songs from her new concept album Parlor Songs: Love and Heartbreak at House of Blues on Friday, September 7, she will have traded her rock and roll sound for something altogether new for her. “I envisioned …
Pathology Calls the Time Of Great Purification Their "Most Technical Album"
The heavy metalheads of Pathology say their upcoming full-length The Time Of Great Purification (due September 25) will be "definitely our heaviest and most technical album to date,” according to drummer Dave Astor. The band recorded with Daniel Castleman and …
What's in a Bio?
What should you consider when reading a singer's bio? Nothing. Whatever the bio says, it has no bearing on what you're about to hear. A singer could have Rome, London, Vienna, and St. Petersburg on their bio and still be …
Diane Moser Live at 98 Bottles. July 21 & 22
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/19/28316/ It's going to be a Diane Moser weekend at 98 Bottles. The superb pianist/composer, and former San Diegan will be in town to celebrate not one, but two brand-new CD-Releases. On Saturday night, she will be performing with guitar-hero …
"The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story" book-signing on July 31
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28278/ One of the defining moments in my musical life occurred in the late '70s, when I first heard the historic, eponymously titled collaboration between my hero, saxophone titan John Coltrane, and a singer who I had never heard of, …
The Burning of Rome: Incredible Minds
"A lot is riding on this new record." Adam Traub checks in by phone about his band The Burning of Rome and their new disc. "Kind of everything. We've got a good relationship with our label (Surfdog Records.) I'm treating …
Mike Keneally Takes XTC For New Full-Length (Drops July 24)
Fresh on the heels of his Comic-Con performance with cartoon band Dethklok, on the deck of the USS Midway, Mike Keneally's new pop-centered full-length co-written with XTC frontman Andy Partridge, Wing Beat Fantastic, drops July 24, 2012. Of its twelve …
Free Concert
This coming Sunday, July 22nd, the San Diego Symphony will be giving a free concert in Balboa Park. The theme is the London Olympics. The concert starts at 5:30 pm and will take place at the organ pavilion. The program …
Local Singers Rock
Bohdi Tree Concerts put on a very nice production of The Mikado. The singers were local and they sounded good. In fact, they sounded great. There weren't any glaring vocal errors or singers that simply weren't qualified to sing this …
Mikan Zlatkovich Group brings fusion to life at 98 Bottles
trio by Michael Oletta Any opportunity to catch the stunning, yet criminally under-sung pianist Mikan Zlatkovich in concert is worth taking--especially when he is leading a group of his own. The packed house at 98 Bottles last night were promised …
Scaphe: Cookie Monster Power Violence
Named after an ancient, spherical sundial, Minneapolis trio Scaphe invokes dark hermetic lore via grinding dual bass guitars, demonic cookie monster vocals, bursts of power violence noise, and straight up raw dog hardcore growls. With several songs wrapping up at …