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Former Brick By Brick, Kadan, and Radio Room owner Chris Heaney (and two of his ice-hockey buddies) purchased the old Second Wind bar in San Carlos circa 2015. Their new venue, Navajo Live, focused on …
Tim Flannery at Athenaeum Music and Arts LibraryMay 30Acoustic Evenings at the Athenaeum presents Tim Flannery, a former San Diego Padre and a longtime local musician. By late 2014, the son of a Kentucky preacher …
The San Diego Symphony concert on Friday, May 16, was a return to the form that I have come to expect from that institution. When i go to a symphonic concert, I expect to be inspired, …
A recent Tuesday evening found me on Shelter Island, there to attend this year’s San Diego Music Awards at Humphreys by the Bay. Because the show was sold out, I was advised to show up …
North County’s Space Motor was active for just a short time, a blip that spanned from 2019 to early 2020. “We had some fast songs,” says drummer Scott Taylor (Whole Hog). “We kind of did …
The Slashes at the CasbahMay 23The Slashes' singer-guitarist, longtime South Park resident Esteban Rene, attended boarding school in Ensenada, while bassist Beto Bautista grew up in Tijuana and drummer Carlos Robles comes from Lemon Grove. …
The San Diego Symphony concert on Sunday, May 11th was not quite everything I was hoping it would be. The concert started with a cello concerto by Unsuk Chin, but I was there to hear Bruckner’s Symphony …
Over the past 50 years, there have been just six instances of measurable rainfall in San Diego on April 26. So you would think the decision to stage an outdoor festival in Del Mar on …
“American Idiot by Green Day was the first CD I remember stealing from my sister, and I listened to nonstop,” says Louis Petrella of Sorry, It’s Over. Petty theft from siblings is a rite of …
Wax at Athenaeum Music and Arts LibraryMay 16Acoustic Evenings at the Athenaeum kicks off a new season with a performance by local rapper Wax, a producer, songwriter, singer, and comedian with millions of Youtube views. …
The San Diego Symphony is in the home stretch of the 2024-2025 Jacobs Masterworks Season. On Sunday, May 4, they presented a concert entitled Czech Masterpieces and a Saxophone Concerto.The first item on the concert was …
My first writing credit came when I was 10 years old. I’d won the D.A.R.E. essay contest, in part by vowing to McGruff, the cartoon Crime Dog, to never touch a drug or take a …
Twenty-two-year-old folk-pop guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer Pip Lewis was born in Chichester, England, an hour south of London, but she and her family have been coming to San Diego for their winter holiday for many …
Tigers In Cairo at the CasbahMay 9Fronted by singer David Martin, Tigers In Cairo took their name from a song by The Cure called “Fire In Cairo.” They combine the sound of 90s indie and …
From time to time, I wonder why I love classical music and opera. I do know it wasn’t a choice. My parents didn’t sit me down and present various types of music and then tell …