PhotosNeither grape nor grain — but craft, indeed
"The science behind fermentation allows any fruit wine to be fermented to dryness."
Ian Anderson 7 p.m., June 27
Robert Bush
Articles by Robert Bush
55 gigs in 24 hours is a big enough wow
“We didn’t break the record on our first try, which was okay.”
The Guinness Book of World Records achievement for “Most Concerts in 24 Hours” (65 gigs set in Norway, 2012) is safe for now. Local vocalist Leonard Patton and his group with pianist Ed Kornhauser, bassist ...
Whitney Shay's "away" game
Brazilian Mississippi Delta Blues Festival was just the start
A chance encounter at the Doheny Blues Festival two years ago proved to be a pivotal moment for North Park blues woman Whitney Shay, who met a Brazilian guitarist/concert promoter named Igor Prado. “A couple ...
Is this the end of Harbor Music Hall?
“The street traffic is louder than our saxophone player."
San Diego jazz fans might be on the verge of losing another music venue now that Harbor Music Hall (1506 India Street) has been threatened with the potential loss of their beer-and-wine license due to ...
Homeless in the House
Voices of Our City Choir dissed at premier venue?
When the San Diego Music Awards approached musician and homelessness advocate Steph Johnson about having her Voices of Our City Choir open the show at House of Blues last month, she and the group were ...
Jacob Miranda, the nine-band man
And that's after his day-job, folks
It’s hard to imagine that there is a busier musician on the San Diego pop music scene than bassist Jacob Miranda. He plays in nine bands; two of them, Sister Speak and the Lyrical Groove, ...
Trumpeter Stephanie Richards keeps it bicoastal
Six-hour commute worth it, she says
“It’s kind of like living a double life,” says trumpeter Stephanie Richards, who arrived in San Diego two years ago to become an assistant professor of music at UCSD while still maintaining a Brooklyn residency. ...
Joe Lovano blows into town
And other jazz highlights for the week ahead
Wednesday 5 Saxophonist Drew Ceccato and his quintet perform Roscoe Mitchell’s Nonaah at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater with Kyle Motl, Tommy Babin, Judith Hamann, and T.J. Borden at 7 p.m. ...
Music therapy is real
...just ask local artist Mandi Jo Miller, she's seen it work
Mandi Jo Miller wasn’t looking for a new career when a chance meeting redirected her path in life on New Year’s Eve in 2008. “I met a music therapist in a bar,” says Miller. “I ...
Rebecca Jade at Cafe 21
...and the best of the rest in San Diego jazz clubs this week
Monday 27There’s a jam session going on tonight, led by guitarist Louis Valenzuela with Harley Magsino and TBA on drums at Busalacchi’s Modo Mio (3707 Fifth Avenue) from 6 to 9 p.m. No cover. Tuesday ...
