Up-and-comers and come-back-arounders
Cults, Gin Blossoms, Brian Setzer, Ugly God, Faust
Jay Allen Sanford 10 a.m., April 26
Concerts Just Announced
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Fleetwood Mac
Viejas Arena
Saturday, December 8, 2018
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Judas Priest and Deep Purple
Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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J Balvin
Viejas Arena
Friday, September 21, 2018
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Chvrches
Open Air Theatre
Thursday, September 20, 2018
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Yes 50th Anniversary Tour
Pechanga Resort & Casino
Sunday, June 24, 2018
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The Milk Carton Kids
Belly Up Tavern
Friday, June 29, 2018
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Deafheaven and Drab Majesty
Brick by Brick
Friday, August 17, 2018
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4th Ave
House of Blues
Friday, October 12, 2018
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The Boxer Rebellion
The Casbah
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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Big Ups
Soda Bar
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
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Lucia Micarelli
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Saturday, October 6, 2018
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Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Jacobs Music Center
Saturday, September 1, 2018
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Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot
Pala Casino
Saturday, June 2, 2018
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Taj Mahal & Keb Mo
Pala Casino
Saturday, August 4, 2018
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Arctic Monkeys
Observatory North Park
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Just Announced
Up-and-comers and come-back-arounders
Cults, Gin Blossoms, Brian Setzer, Ugly God, Faust
It’s worth noting that San Diego has developed an interlinked web of small to mid-size music venues that share promoters and book shows at each other’s rooms. Casbah Presents has a particularly fertile relationship with ...
Blurt Music News
Happy Ron Hill's raspy voice
"Breathe that fresh air, we got plenty to spare"
“I’ve been playing this song for years, literally a thousand times, and it’s probably the second most popular of all my songs,” says acoustic troubadour Happy Ron Hill of his new studio recording and video ...
Little Feat on Adams Avenue
Kind of like honky-tonkin'
Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett met at a Little Feat recording session in the mid-70s. Barrere was a full-time member of the band, and Tackett was a hot session musician. After Little Feat broke-up in ...
RIP Ukulele Ray, inventor of the lunchbox uke
Fender's first ukulele rep passes away
Fender's first ukulele rep passes away
Classical Music
An amiable concert at San Diego Symphony
The Mozart was pretty much what all Mozart has been
The San Diego Symphony concert on Saturday, April 14, was good. Jeffrey Kahane was both piano soloist and conductor in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27. Kahane went on to conduct Samuel Barber’s Music for a ...
Schumann vs. Schubert
It's springtime — time for Dichterliebe
I was speaking with a friend who is planning a performance of Schubert’s Winterreise. I immediately roasted him by pointing out that it’s springtime. I went on to offer some unsolicited advice and recommended Schumann’s ...
Musician Interviews
Why the great composers collaborated with ballet
Charles McPherson on composing "A Night of Jazz and Dance
Although alto saxophone master Charles McPherson moved to San Diego in 1978, gigs in his adopted hometown (he was born in Joplin, Missouri, moved to Detroit and ultimately, New York City) are relatively few and ...
Of Note
Pink Talking Fish nails the tricky Triple Tribute
I half-expected to see flying pigs during their Floyd covers
The name of the band says it all: Pink Talking Fish is three tributes in one. The band re-creates the music of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, and Phish. But not by playing one song at ...
