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P.O.D.'s Murdered Love: 1st Studio Album in 4 Years
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/05/22271/ P.O.D.'s first studio album in four years, Murdered Love, is set for release this summer, with a preview track called “Eyez” (featuring guest singer Jamey Jasta) now streaming online. Shortly before its release, they’ll play the Rocklahoma music fest …
The Day Elvis Made History in San Diego - 56 Years Ago Today
Research into Elvis Presley’s first-ever California concerts, over the first week of April 1956, has yielded new material about the San Diego dates, including unpublished photos of the rock icon backstage at the long-gone San Diego Arena at Eighth and …
Self-Titled Delta Spirit Self-Assured
As music fans, we often adopt bands into our being, embody them, pull them into our personality; but, as with the friends we've known since youth, we do not always grow with them. Delta Spirit has grown. Having fallen in …
Montalban Quintet Announce Casbah Gig
"De playin', De playin" Over the weekend, members of the Montalban Quintet announced they booked what will be their first show at the Casbah on April 24. The band, whose sound can be filed under, well, anything from jazz, to …
Higher Consciousness in Faure
The final section of Faure’s Requiem is in paradisum — in paradise. It is not a traditional text that is set for a requiem but is reserved for burial. Faure included it on his own volition. The text seems pretty …
Small Crowd Reaps Benefits from Electrifying Performance by Golia, Helzer, Burr, Unruh & Kangas @ 98 Bottles
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/02/22077/ In a stunning display of absolute indifference to artistic excellence, San Diegans avoided Saturday night's Vinny Golia / Rick Helzer + Burr / Unruh Duo concert in droves--which was a shame, on multiple levels. Despite the low attendance, those …
DJ Jim McInnes Recovering from Tumor Surgery
"I will be laid up until June following surgery on March 27th to remove a substantial tumor from the space between my eyes and my brain, which had already caused me to lose most of my sense of smell," legendary …
Liquid Geometry and Kill Quanti Represent San Diego on International Beat Compilation
Local beatmakers Sleeve (Liquid Geometry), Mastah Syphe (Liquid Geometry), and Mystery Cave (Kill Quanti) make an appearance on a compilation released yesterday by Portland-based label and artist collective, STYLSS. Sleeve↓ [Liquid Geometry] - Naked Lunch Bug by STYLSS The 34-song …
Ball and Chain: San Diego Symphony Requiem
Before the concert on Sunday we were reminded that the San Diego Symphony is a “tier one orchestra”. That is not in dispute. How about the San Diego Master Chorale? They’re a tier one church choir but I’m getting ahead …
Bad Music at Church Venue
"I want the bad music night to function as a 'safe' space for anyone who wants to perform some material that is new and might not work at all. The audience is expecting you to be bad from the start, …
Chano Dominguez: Flamenco Sketches at Neurosciences Institute
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/01/21974/ You've got to hand it to Dan Atkinson, the Jazz Program Coordinator, and the rest of the folks at the Athenaeum Jazz concert series. Each Athenaeum production, whether it's held at the Music & Arts Library, The Studio on …
Women In Jazz at the Museum of Making Music, March 31
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/30/21932/ "It's never been easy being a woman in jazz--it's a boys club and always will be, but because there are so many great female artists out there now, it is getting easier," says San Diego flute icon Lori Bell. …
Jazz Double-Bill @ The Loft: Peter Sprague Quartet / Jeff Kaiser Quintet
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/29/21857/ Brian Ross, the Programs and Events Manager for UCSD, is putting together a truly magical double-bill performance at The Loft, on April 4, featuring the Peter Sprague Quartet, with special guests the Jeff Kaiser Quintet opening the show. Sprague …
Gimme DeCath - Wayne Riker's All-Star Local Guitar Decathlon
“All of these players I’ve either heard of over the years, or I’ve played with, and they’re all guitarists that have a high musical IQ,” says Wayne Riker, whose new full-length Guitar Decathlon features ten tracks, ten styles of music, …