Music News

Huge Shark drops debut, Mark Langford interprets poems, Alvino & the Dwells split EP, Flogging Molly declines retakes, Lil Maru raps downtown

Gonzo Report: Shaking it with King Britt — collaborator with Digable Planets, De La Soul, and others

Blue Largo guitartist takes it slow

Latest

Alma Deutscher takes a stand in Vienna

Like many classical music fans, I was introduced to Alma Deutscher several years ago via a 60 Minutes report. I was struck by her musicianship and her devotion to creating ...

Huge Shark drops debut, Mark Langford interprets poems, Alvino & the Dwells split EP, Flogging Molly declines retakes, Lil Maru raps downtown

On April 3, Huge Shark — the musical project of Valerie Polichar -—will drop a debut full-length called Everything, mastered by Grammy-nominated Joe Lambert (The National, The Black Crowes). Over ...

Gonzo Report Of Note UCSD

Gonzo Report: Shaking it with King Britt — collaborator with Digable Planets, De La Soul, and others

There are so many musical venues on the gargantuan campus of UC San Diego, it’s hard to pick a favorite for catching a memorable show. My first concert at UCSD ...

Blurt Music News

Blue Largo guitartist takes it slow

Blue Largo bandleader Eric Lieberman, who describes the group as Americana Soul, first met singer Alicia Aragon in 1982, while he was in the King Biscuit Blues Band and his ...

Sponsored

Music News

California Composer John Adams and Rachmaninoff at San Diego Symphony

I heard a rumor about the San Diego Civic Theater receiving an overhaul at some point in the future. Having just seen an opera production and a symphony concert at the 56-year-old venue, I hope, ...

March 17, 2023

Blair Gun debuts, VirgoTwins stream, LP & the Vinyl travels, Blink 182 cancels, Tom Waits celebrates

Blair Gun’s debut album Blaspheme Queen was just released, along with a video for “Bennet.” According to singer-guitarist Joedin Morelock, “‘Bennet’ is about a man that I met online. After years of making music and ...

March 16, 2023

Gonzo Report La Jolla Of Note

March 16, 2023

Gonzo Report: Dodging the storms at La Jolla Community Center

As much as I was looking forward to the 2023 debut of the Fourth Friday Jazz Series at the La Jolla Community Center, I have to admit that, due to the relentless deluge of doomsday ...

Blurt Music News

March 16, 2023

Is it punk to defend Ace Frehley and KISS?

“I don’t think there is animosity toward KISS in the punk scene,” says Lenny Bly, best known for playing bass in Inciting Riots and Social Spit. “Most people just think Gene [Simmons, KISS’s bassist] is ...

Yo-Yo Ma in San Diego this April

March 10, 2023

A classical spring is coming to San Diego. The end of March and the entire month of April are bursting with classical music concerts. There’s also opera. Tosca by Giacomo Puccini opens at The Civic ...

Steve Poltz fest, Allison Adams Tucker EP, Laurie Beebe Lewis gig, Spice Pistols tour, Jason Mraz video

March 9, 2023

Steve Poltz’s second annual BaHOOTenzie! Song School and Folk Fest will be staged in conjunction with the Joshua Tree Music Festival on May 2-4 (Song School) and May 5-6 (Folk Fest). The songwriting sessions, open ...

Blurt Music News Santee

March 9, 2023

The beginning of Justin Joyce, The Composer

San Diego drummer Justin Joyce released his debut album as a bandleader, Story Tales, last year, although he actually cut it back in 2019 — in one day (May 6) up at LMP Studios in ...

Gonzo Report Mission Valley Of Note

March 8, 2023

Gonzo Report: Covers community meets cosplayers at Rocket Con afterparty

Shortly after the conclusion of the fourth annual San Diego Rocket Con comic and toy convention held in the Scottish Rite Center on February 18, dozens of cosplayers, comic book and toy collectors, and collectible ...

Sponsored

Subscribe to Music News

Thank you! Your submission has been received!

Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Sponsored

Peter Pan gets the operatic treatment

The latest victim of updating is Disney’s Peter Pan which is based on the play by Scottish author J. M. Barrie. The new version takes its title from the 1911 novel by the same author ...

March 3, 2023

Gonzo Report North Park Of Note

Gonzo Report: Ass shaking Latin robots at North Park’s AC Lounge

On the night in question, The Air Conditioned Lounge in North Park is offering “Bootydew feat. Booty Selectors,” an electronic dance night featuring genres described on the venue’s website as “Electronic, Latin, Ass Shakers.” Which, ...

March 2, 2023