The hardest thing about being a Secret Superwoman

Rebecca Jade’s album A Shade of Jade debuts with a July 22 performance at Sycuan. “There is so much new music to share at this release event,” says Jade. “This is the first time I wrote all lyrics on an album from start to finish. I tested my musical range and poured my authentic voice into this album. It’s about love, loss, hope, and resilience. I want everyone at the release event to leave feeling encouraged and hopeful.”

“Happy to say I’ll be returning to Hawaii and Guam for the first time in over ten years,” says singer-songwriter Mike Pinto of the tour dates currently booking him through most of November. A portion of the tour will be spent supporting Tropidelic, while other dates will find him opening for KBong and Johnny Cosmic. Pinto’s recent single “Danny Loves a Fight” was produced by Pete Steinkopf from The Bouncing Souls.

“I changed my name to Garrison Bailey a long time ago, in hopes that people would remember me,” says the vet of local all-star all-girl group The Groove Kitties. Asked the hardest thing about being a female rocker, Bailey confides that “My boobs shake when I play. Don’t mind people looking at them, just kind that it is kind of painful.” Bailey is releasing her first solo album in seven years. Secret Superwoman.

U.K. guitarist Taz Taylor was born in Birmingham, England, home to early versions of Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. For a time, his local band featured singer Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group), after he found the fellow Brit rocker living nearby, between San Diego and L.A. “We have a new video for a song called ‘Wasting My Time,’ from our upcoming album,” says Taylor.

Musical siblings Sara and Sean Watkins will celebrate 20 years of the Watkins Family Hour with their third studio album, Vol. II., due August 19 and preceded so far by a single for “Hypnotized,” the 11-track album features longtime friends of the show, which was launched in an L.A. nightclub, such as Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, Jackson Browne, Madison Cunningham, Lucius, Gaby Moreno, Benmont Tench, and Willie Watson.