PhotosFlat-front, slim-fit chino shorts: as formal as they come
If you’re going to tuck your shirt in or wear more formal shoes like loafers, just wear long pants
Matt Louv 3 p.m., April 18
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Articles by Robert Bush
Balboa Park’s Panama 66 perfect fit for Gilbert Castellanos, Erika Davies, and other jazz musicians
“I have people in here from open to close every day.”
Entrepreneur Jeff Motch is one of a four-person collective that owns and operates Blind Lady Ale House in Normal Heights; Tiger! Tiger! in North Park, and Panama 66 in Balboa Park. The last, an open-air ...
Nathan Hubbard’s Parker Meridien surprised to win Hip-Hop/Rap category at 2019 San Diego Music Awards
“When they called our name, it felt like opening a door to a surprise party”
Drummer/ bandleader Nathan Hubbard has had his share of success at the San Diego Music Awards in recent years, winning “Best Jazz” in 2017 for his album Furiously Dreaming, and in 2014 for his sprawling ...
San Diego Reader 2019 Music Issue
Guitar-based bands, children of hip-hop, jazz stories, funk scene, record label turmoil, art of music
Guitar bands spotted in the wild Here’s a fun-fact: contrary to popular opinion, guitar-based bands aren’t on the endangered species list. They may not generate the national coverage they once did, but if you venture ...
Immigration through Migration: Pat Metheny drummer and composer of Birdman soundtrack Antonio Sanchez releases new album
Grammy Award winner is “completely repulsed by what the United States is doing to immigrants”
The cover photo of drummer Antonio Sanchez’s new CD Lines In The Sand, which dropped in January, should be familiar to most San Diegans. It depicts the U.S. border wall at Imperial Beach as it ...
Crowdfunding collapse between Allison Adams Tucker and PledgeMusic
“I’m up to my eyeballs in debt”
“I had premonitions that something was amiss,” says vocalist Allison Adams Tucker, whose latest recording project got caught up in the apparent collapse of the crowdfunding organization PledgeMusic, after she spent a considerable amount of ...
Douglas Kvandal’s Hammond B-3 organ donorship
“They make smaller compact electronic versions now, but it’s not the same thing"
“There is a real organ renaissance happening throughout the country right now,” claims Hammond B-3 specialist Douglas Kvandal, who is gearing up to present the Jazz Organ Summit Concert on February 17 at Dizzy’s (1717 ...
Monday night jam packed at Rosie O’ Grady’s
“It’s always slammed and everyone says it’s a fun hang”
Guitarist Louis Valenzuela was looking for a specific type of vibe when he was considering setting up a new jam session for local players. “I remember there was another Monday night session back in the ...
Number 82 guitarist of all time
Wilco guitarist Nels Cline remembers playing San Diego
Nels Cline, who was listed by Rolling Stone at number 82 in the “Top 100 Guitarists of All Time,” is probably best known to the general public as the lead guitarist of the band Wilco. ...
New time and new appreciation for flutist Holly Hofmann’s Jazz night at The Handlery Hotel
“People come because it’s an intimate listening venue"
“This March, we will have been presenting at the Handlery Hotel for four years,” says flutist Holly Hofmann. “During our first year, you could still get a seat. The venue holds about 75 people. For ...
