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Ride the party bus to FYF Fest
Take a joy ride from Tijuana to Los Angeles with All My Friends.
The folks behind Tijuana’s All My Friends Music Festival have teamed up with Goldenvoice to offer a round-trip party bus to the 10th annual, two-day FYF Fest in Los Angeles. The bus will take off from Plaza Rio in Tijuana …
Habits and Mothers of Gut meet Buddy Banter in the belly of the legendary whale
Tijuana's La Legendaria Ballena has all the fixin's to become your new favorite watering hole.
Yesterday, I posted about Los Angeles outfits Habits and Mothers of Gut touring to San Diego to play The Griffin. The groups just added a date in Tijuana this Sunday, August 3 at La Legendaria Ballena beneath the arch on …
Tribute to John Coltrane featuring Azar Lawrence & Alphonse Mouzon
Gilbert Castellanos hooks up with jazz legends to honor the jazz legend.
Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos continues his musician-tribute series on August 3 at 98 Bottles with a night devoted to the legacy of jazz pioneer John Coltrane featuring two absolute legends of modern music: saxophonist Azar Lawrence and drummer Alphonse Mouzon, with …
Habits and Mothers of Gut join local fringebots at The Griffin
Ex- Halloween Swim Team outfit Habits and Mothers of Gut tour from LA to join Kodiak, Vaginals, and Sound Lupus in Morena.
TOAST Presents invites you to party like you don’t have a real job in the morning this Monday, August 5 at The Griffin (1310 Morena Boulevard - Linda Vista), where they’ll be pairing a lineup of local freaks with touring …
Allison Adams Tucker: Django unchained Aug. 4
The vocalist plays tribute to the French guitar hero and others at Dizzy's.
Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker creates a new twist on an old concept August 4 at the new Dizzy's (4275 Mission Bay Dr.) when she assembles a cast of local players to celebrate the music of Django Reinhardt and Le Hot …
Barbara Dennerlein + Daniel Jackson: live in Balboa Park
Dennerlein did her best to make the huge outdoor pipe organ swing -- with mixed results.
I caught the first set of Barbara Dennerlein's concert at the Spreckles Organ Pavilion on July 29, my first experience listening to the much talked about outdoor pipe organ. Dennerlein, on the other hand, I've been enjoying since the early …
Locals pay tribute to Valley Center's JJ Cale pt. 1 - Greg Douglass
Onetime Steve Miller Band songwriter/guitarist recalls 1st meeting the late legend
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/29/50238/ "His debut LP Naturally was one of the finest collections of songs and perfect musicianship I ever heard," says longtime local guitar god Greg Douglass of the late JJ Cale, who passed away at the age of 74 on …
Rhythm triplicate at Dizzy's
Brian Levy, Mikan Zlatkovich and Peter Sprague have a shared sense of propulsive chemistry.
On July 28, three improvisers met on common ground for a night of open-ended discourse conducted "in the moment" for a small, appreciative crowd at Dizzy's. Tenor saxophonist Brian Levy, pianist Mikan Zlatkovich and guitarist Peter Sprague opened up with …
Time out with Daniel Jackson
San Diego sax legend teams up with Barbara Dennerlein tonight at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion for some organ combo jazz
“What are you doin’ Monday?” Daniel Jackson, the tenor sax man phoned over the weekend to talk about a special gig that in fact happens to be tonight. “I’m sitting in with Barbara Dennerlein, man. In Balboa Park. She’s gonna …
Trash talk gets Cui nowhere: World Cup of Composers
Tchaikovsky bitchifies Cui in a lopsided Russian affair.
Time to visit Russia again for another elimination round. In the first match Chesnokov knocked Kabalevsky out. The remaining Russian matches are: Tchaikovsky versus Cui Khachaturian versus Borodin Glinka versus Stravinsky Prokofiev versus Scriabin Shostakovich versus Glinka Rachmaninoff versus Balakirev …
RIP Escondido bluesman JJ Cale
Eric Clapton collaborator was 74.
Longtime local bluesman JJ Cale, who moved to Valley Center in Escondido in 1989, passed away on Friday, July 26, at Scripps Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 74 years old. “Cocaine” and “After Midnight” were among his …
Making art in the museum: Joshua White Quintet
An intense night of powerful, beautiful music.
The Joshua White Quintet performance on July 25, at the San Diego Museum of Art was standing room only -- and so powerful that some folks had to exit early. That's how I would define a success on all levels. …
Uncon Sci: For Little Good
Liquid Geometry shapes up another mystifying release from Saigon beatmaker
Local weirdbeat label Liquid Geometry just dropped another doozy from Maryland-born producer Uncon Sci. The five-song For Little Good sees the Saigon-based beatmaker building on the Eastern sounds of his Liquid G debut Tiger Mustache with notes of jazz, world …
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Thea Tochihara (Social Club), Sppike Mike Muellenberg (League of Liars), Lou Curtiss (Folk Arts Records) and more.
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Thea Tochihara (Social Club), Sppike Mike Muellenberg (League of Liars), Lou Curtiss (Folk Arts Records), Joe Mendoza (The Spring Collection) and Paul Shaffer (Private Domain / Bratz)
Lou Curtiss (Folk music legend): “It wasn't exactly on stage but I was playing country music in a band one summer up in Weed, Ca., up by Mount Shasta. The owner of the club said to us when he hired …
This week in San Diego jazz
Several great concerts coming up, but decisions will have to be made.
There is a lot coming up in the local jazz scene this week. Here are a few can't miss propositions: Joshua White Quintet: July 25, San Diego Museum of Art I saw this group a few weeks back at Dizzy's …
Nicky Venus orbits Japanese cherry blossoms and LED everywhere
Republic of Letters drummer Nick Venti debuts solo electro pop project.
Nick Venti of melodic rock outfit Republic of Letters recently debuted his solo-project Nicky Venus. The bulk of the Nicky Venus EP was written while Venti was visiting a friend in Japan last year. “It was cherry blossom season and …
Song for his father: The Wrecking Crew
Filmaker Denny Tedesco's informative and hilarious celebration of the unknown LA studio musicians who created much of what we call pop-music.
I was among the lucky few of approximately 500 music lovers who took advantage of the opportunity to take in one of the two screenings of The Wrecking Crew documentary on July 20 at San Diego City College, a presentation …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 5 - Sunday
Holy hotpics, here's the last batch of Gaslamp giggles...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49776/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49745/ Steampimpin'! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49746/ Enter Sandman? No thanks, I see the key to a better entrance... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49747/ What do you get when you cross Red Sonja and Barbarella? Apparently, a Buggles video... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49748/ Once you go elf, well, you may …
Fatal stabbing before the sex
Tosca stabs Scarpia before he sticks her.
Does sexual attraction count for love when we’re adding depth to opera characters? Yes! Remember that the first guidepost is relationship. Let's take a look at a scene where we might not expect to find love. The scene I'm thinking …