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A certain singer for a certain world-famous group spent his childhood in San Diego before flying 1263.5 miles north to fame and fortune in Seattle. Aaron Bleiweiss, late of the funky group On The One, …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Greyboy Allstars, Acoustic Revolt, Scary Pierre, Thee Sacred Souls, Glass SpellsThe Greyboy Allstars at the Belly UpNov 29 and 30Debuting in 1993, The Greyboy Allstars includes Rolling Stones sax player Karl Denson and …
The struggle session returned with a vengeance at the San Diego Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday, November 16. The previous concert weekend featured a program without any contemporary pieces to struggle through as an audience …
Two days after we got a new (old) President, I found myself back Downtown to check out a new live music space called The Beat. Despite all the noise leading up to the voting, the …
Most neighborhood conflicts over live music involve loud bands that drive the neighbors nuts. But an unusual battle has been brewing in Ramona for over a year now, one involving musicians who most often perform …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Sitting On Stacy, Matte Blvck, Think X, Hendrix Celebration, CorianderSitting On Stacy at Belly UpNov 21Formed in 2013, alt-ska rockers Sitting On Stacy won the 2018 Kaaboo Discovery competition, and went on to …
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday, November 9, was the concert I didn’t know I needed. To be honest, the program looked a bit boring on the surface. It was only Mozart, Haydn, …
“Jazz is whatever the fuck you say it is.” I tell guitarist Aaron Lind, whose organ trio is performing at Golden Island Dim Sum and Asian Cuisine in Mira Mesa tonight. Though I’m not opposed …
Asked about the weirdest or wildest gig they ever played, many folks understandably invoke chaos, mayhem, fire, floods, and/or smoke coming out the guitar player’s ears. But David Martin from Tigers In Cairo — which …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Patch Croome, Sara Petite, Buck-O-Nine, Justin Froese, Nardwuar’s Video VaultPatch Croome at L’Auberge Del MarNov 14Daring Greatly, who relocated from Calgary, AB Canada to San Diego in August 2015, were at one time …
Back in the dark days of the pandemic, San Diego Opera conceived of a way to present Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme in a manner that would be consistent with Covid-19 social distancing rules. The performance …
“I wonder why my phone isn’t recognizing me,” says All Monster Revue guitarist Richard “Richie” Bonnin with counterfeit astonishment. The reason is pretty obvious: the facial recognition software can’t penetrate his stage makeup, which resembles …
The last time Michael Tiernan released an album was just before the pandemic hit in 2020. Before that, the San Diego based musician wrote music that was mostly about his life experiences, including surviving cancer …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Residencies and one-offs in Little Italy, Del Mar, Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, CoronadoDeaf Club at the CasbahNov 7Co-founded by Justin Pearson (The Locust, Dead Cross, Planet B), Deaf Club says they “approach music …
There are some spooky operas out there and nothing is better for a refined and dignified Halloween. Of course, a sugar-laden celebration is also appropriate but on this night of ghosts and devils, opera can …