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Dave Scott New Slide Quartet at Liberty Theatre March 18
Jeffery Smith, the Managing Artistic Director for the Liberty Theatre At Paradise Village will be presenting trombonist Dave Scott & The New Slide Quartet on March 18, as a part of their ongoing Sunday jazz concert series. Scott is the …
Farewell Capone
Hardworking (and hard-drinking) 91X program director and afternoon DJ Garret Capone said his final adieus to local fans the afternoon of Wednesday, February 29. In a tear-drenched finale, the beloved music hound had fellow 91X DJs Mike Halloran and Steve …
"Tragic Comedy" : Ian Tordella and his band.
Saxophonist Ian Tordella's new CD is officially out today, and after last Friday's release-party, it seems that a dedicated review of the source material is warranted. Tragic Comedy represents a new direction in jazz--it's not quite the "electric-space-jazz," that Tordella …
Tayari Howard to Resurrect Smooth Jazz Online
“I was the first person to be laid off.” After 16 years as a Smooth Jazz host KIFM radio management handed William Tayari Howard his pink slip. That was in May of 2011. “After me, they laid off the rest …
RIP Davy Jones: the Monkees Once Turned Del Mar Into Clarksville
Singer Davy Jones passed away this morning after suffering a heart attack in his home. The Reader dug this up from the archives to look back again at some of his history in San Diego. On September 11, 1966, Del …
Leap Rossini
I’m happy to say that Google is showing some couth. Today, they posted a twofer doodle on their home page. Why is it a twofer? It honors both leap year and Rossini’s 220th birthday. Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born on …
One Milligram Xanax, a Pinch of Playful Pout
Last Thursday night I stepped out of the San Diego night-time chill and into the soothing heat of a lazy New Orleans summer day — Linnzi Zaorski, regular of New Orleans' Frenchmen Street, was playing Bar Pink and warming up …
Sage Francis En Route to Save Solana Beach
Rhode Island’s Sage Francis emerged from the turn of the century indie rap boom and backpacker movement as the godfather of confessional hip-hop. Set against a genre historically predisposed toward image over reality, Sage favored a poetic delivery fraught with …
That Other Bach (2 of 2)
“Herr Johann Christian Bach, music master of the queen, took Wolfgang between his knees. He would play a few measures; then Wolfgang would continue. In this manner they played entire sonatas. Unless you saw it with your own eyes, you …
Sikh Rocker Hargo Drops New/Old Full-Length Today
Out of Mankind, the full-length that Sikh rocker Hargo recorded in New York City back in 2009, finally drops today, February 28. Hargo got his first taste of fame at the age of 16, when his tune “Giving” was selected …
Ian Tordella Group, Mattson 2, Dusty Brough & Julien Cantelm
Saxophonist Ian Tordella hosted a multifaceted CR-Release party last night, held in the very cool artist-workspace-warehouse Glashaus building in the industrial district of Barrio Logan. The event featured three acts in all, two of them guitar/drum duos as well as …
Music Bucket Amateur Video Contest
Since everyone with a cell phone and some inexpensive editing software is making videos these days, local acoustic/electronic/world/folk blend performer Andy Robinson thought it would be fun to see what people would come up with using the mostly-instrumental songs from …
Rosenwinkel Standards Trio Live at Athenaeum Jazz
Last night, the Athenaeum Jazz at the Studio concert series struck gold with the debut San Diego performance by the highly acclaimed guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and his Standards Trio, featuring veteran bassist Ugonna Okegwo, and young drum phenomenon Justin Faulkner. …
Flogging Molly Homecoming Gig March 6 @ House of Blues
Celtic punk ensemble Flogging Molly will play House of Blues on Tuesday, March 6 as part of the band's 8th Annual Green 17 Tour. The Green 17 Tour was born in 2004 as a countdown to St. Patrick’s Day with …