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Video:LIVE FIVE: Locals gracing stages in La Jolla, East Village, Little Italy, Linda Vista, and downtownMercedes Moore at Books & RecordsMay 17Blues diva Mercedes Moore wears many musical hats, among them that of a swing dance …
Video:GONZO: Neil Young performing "Harvest Moon" at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater on 4/24/2024I caught a Neil Young show last summer when he performed at the Rady Shell as part of his Coastal …
Rand Anderson’s parents were big country fans. So naturally, he rebelled against the sound at first, and embraced punk and metal. But eventually, he returned to the fold. He even played with the Phoenix outfit …
Legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, May 7, at 8:00 pm, at The Civic Theatre. San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare conducted.Before the concert, San Diego Symphony …
Video:Festivals and fun in downtown, Carlsbad, Little Italy, and La JollaThe annual Gator By the Bay Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Festival features four days of live music with over 100 musical acts and performances on …
Under the spell of ayahuasca, it’s not uncommon for people to see apex cat predators. One friend told me that during her session, she kept seeing jaguars. As for me, during my last sitting with …
Blair Gun’s Joedin Morelock and Zach Cavor started writing songs together in 2020. “We had just met up and we were jamming with some different musicians,” Morelock recalls, “but Zach and I really connected on …
I saw Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on Sunday, April 28, at the Civic Theatre. It was the fifth production of Butterfly that I have seen at San Diego Opera. My first experience came in 1993. …
Video:Star Wars Party and more in Pacific Beach, Mira Mesa, Ocean Beach, Jacumba, La MesaBorn in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer-songwriter Ryan Hiller was still a teen when his band Real Eyes won opening slots …
Video:Bad Religion bassist Jay Bentley reflects on the band's early days playing Iguanas in Tijuana“I don’t even know this fucking guy, he’s not my friend!” says the man who has just pulled a stranger out …
SeeYouSpaceCowboy’s singer/lyricist Connie Sgarbossa has faced down her trauma, her anguish, and her struggles to find some reason to live with remarkable audacity, honesty, and backbone. That probably helped her when she was confronted mid-set …
While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical music fans at …
Video:Live music in Little Italy, Mission Valley, Bankers Hill, Downtown, and Shelter IslandSwive is an alt-rock band specializing in harmony-filled female and male vocals, founded in 2021 by members who’ve played with Lighting Starts Fire, …
Video:Sparse crowd doesn’t lessen metal magic.“It doesn’t matter,” says a guy I’ll call Drunk Boda after I inform him that I didn’t play at tonight’s Metal Monday show at Navajo Live in San Carlos. The …
Owl Be Damned took its time getting out of the nest. In the late ‘10s, singer Douglas Thompson (Low and Be Told, The Marsupials) pitched drummer Ben Johnson (The Long and Short of It, Hostile …