Mary Leary

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Mary Leary's Stories

Adams Avenue Old Folker

San Diego folk music archivist/godfather steps back into the committee to organize the Adams Avenue Roots Festival.

Giving Thanks to the San Diego Music Foundation

From the appreciative letters that San Diego elementary school students have sent to the San Diego Music Foundation: “Dear Mrs. Taylor, Thank you for the beautiful guitars that you gifted us. We are very greatful. ...

Elder's Dead Roots Stirring

What the heck does “dead roots stirring” mean? Is it meant to evoke horror? When one stops and considers, dead roots stirring could be kind of horrible. But it’s never made sense to over-analyze stoner ...

Mary Leary's Blog Entries

Queen Bee's Abuzz Over Lake Street Dive

The upright bass so deftly manipulated by Bridget Kearney was too high in the mix. If the New England Conservatory-seeded band wasn’t used to adapting to diverse environments, this could have been a problem. Forty-plus ...

Red Herrings

You squeeze behind the wheel before noticing that someone’s slipped a flyer beneath one of the wipers. Especially in North Park. For the last month or so, the nearby sidewalk’s been increasingly splattered with postcards ...