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Joshua White with Marshall Hawkins, May 10 @ 98 Bottles
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/04/23910/ Pianist Joshua White teams up with the sublime bassist Marshall Hawkins for an intimate evening of duet music on May 10, in the Back Room at 98 Bottles on Kettner Blvd. I've seen White and Hawkins in a trio …
Hitting It Three Nights in a Row
I’m looking at three concerts for this weekend. All three have smart and well-balanced programs. Friday Night: San Diego Symphony is going all out for rhapsodies. There are four pieces on the program. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody …
Matt Rhea's Spooky New Split 7-inch w/Monkey Wagon
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/03/23848/ Matt Rhea (Manganista, No Reply) has a new split 7-inch coming out with Monkey Wagon called "Spooky Tunes" that's now available for pre-order at http://www.quasirecordings.com . http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/03/23849/ "The theme for the record is new interpretations of old spooky classics," …
Mark Dresser Concert Streams Live on the Internet, May 4
The protean contrabass magician Mark Dresser will be performing a Telematic concert tomorrow evening in NYC with Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone and Jim Black on drums with Sarah Weaver conducting. That's the U.S. part of the ensemble. The other …
San Diego Symphony (2 of 2)
During intermission, my concert companion noticed several youths sitting next to us. When asked if they were with a group they said yes. They were all engineering students at UCSD. As it turns out, once a year the Jacobs buy …
BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell @ Space 4 Art, May 10
Fresh Sound concert curator Bonnie Wright's next installment in her monthly series will feature BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell, on Thursday, May 10 at Space 4 Art, 8 p.m. This continues the series focus on musicians Wright observed, and …
Wavves Co-Creates New Weed Demon Video Game
Wavves has teamed up with Vice Magazine and NYC clothing company Mishka to create a demented video game called Weed Demon that resembles something like Paper Boy, only if the paper boy drank too much of the acid punch. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/30/23669/ …
Doomed Singularity: San Diego Symphony (1 of 2)
I can’ remember the last time I attended a concert where I got chills, teary eyed, and had thoughts of erectile dysfunction. Taking that into consideration, Saturday night was a singularity experience. Ok, perhaps it wasn’t “a hypothetical region in …
Nathan Hubbard's "Translation" succeeds at 98 Bottles
Jazz, and all of its myriad sub-genres, is the kind of music that is best experienced live. There is something about actually seeing the performers--and what it takes to produce the music that adds an extra dimension to understanding and …
Weekend Preveiw
It’s a solid weekend for classical music. While there aren’t too many options, the concerts that are out there are top shelf. The Barber of Seville completes the 2012 season at San Diego Opera with performances at the Civic Theater …
Statewide Sound Masters Unite at UCSD
The blossoming, technologically savvy, music pioneers of the state have joined forces to create the California Electronic Music Exchange Concert series. I am referring to the grad students of leading California universities: UCSD, UCSB, CalArts, Mills and Stanford. Your chance …
Vocalist Sharon DuBois at Liberty Hall Theatre, May 6
"It's a brand-new configuration of musicians for me so I'm expecting some pleasant surprises and magic to happen," says San Diego vocalist Sharon DuBois of her upcoming concert at Liberty Hall Theatre in National City, on Sunday, May 6, 7 …