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Joshua White Quintet at 98 Bottles Feb. 18
Feb. 18, a very special Joshua White Quintet will be performing in The Back Room at 98 Bottles in Little Italy. The concert will focus on the music of innovators Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman. The Quintet is comprised of …
Dave Mustaine Backtracks On Endorsement of Rick Santorum
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine wants to set the record straight; he's hasn't endorsed presidential candidate Rick Santorum, at least not yet. Last week the former La Mesa resident and current resident of Fallbrook was quoted as saying: "I'm hoping that …
Allison Adams Tucker Quartet: Jazz Live
Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker played a special, Valentine concert for her KSDS Jazz Live appearance last night at the Saville Theatre. Because her gig fell on Feb. 14, Ms. Tucker tailored her program to feature the many sides of love …
Where's the Band?
This is the inventive tour of six guys playing unplugged solo work, independent of their full bands — a great "folky emo extravaganza" as Matt Pryor of the Get Up Kids called it in jest. The night started with a …
John Hancock: “I just have this thing for chairs. I think they’re cool.”
Scripps Ranch-based photographer John Hancock says he wanted to shoot portraits of as many San Diego musicians as he could. “What’s the coolest way I could do that?” The answer came in the form of an epiphany: have them strike …
Moby Dick: Mechavich Steps in for Ailing Conductor
Tonight before the piano-dress rehearsal for Moby Dick, San Diego Opera General and Artistic Director Ian Campbell announced that conductor Karen Keltner has removed herself from the production. Mr. Campbell explained that maestro Keltner has been fighting illness with antibiotics …
Pip as Shaman: San Diego Opera Moby Dick (2 of 2)
Within the context of Melville’s Moby Dick, the character of Pip is significant. Moby Dick was written ten years before the start of the Civil War and as an African-American character, the way Pip is treated by the other characters …
Middle East meets West at the Museum of Making Music
Last night, the Museum of Making Music concert featuring A.J. Racy and David Borgo, titled "Tales Of The Reeds," was a smashing success, drawing a full house of enthusiastic listeners. Racy, who is a professor of Ethnomusicology at UCLA and …
Liquid Geometry and ELEV8 Celebrate HM.T DM.T with Freddy Todd
Tonight, Liquid Geometry and four-year-strong bass music weekly ELEV8 combine forces to host Detroit banger Freddy Todd supported by a local line-up of OSAL8, Squama, Mastah Syphe, and Facemelter. Syphe will be playing a special set dedicated to Liquid Geometry …
Happy Birthday, Lucinda!
Up-and-coming guitarist Blake Mills took the stage at 8 p.m., playing six tracks supporting his new release, Break Mirrors, and finishing with a Lucinda cover. Lucinda and Blake emerged a while later for an intimate evening together in support of …
Longlost "Captain Sticky Theme Song" Recovered, Uploaded
Thanks to a recently discovered unmarked white label acetate, KFMB's "Captain Sticky Theme Song" can now be heard again for the first time since the late 1970s, when the Captain (aka Richard Pesta) was still battling evil on local streets, …
Allison Adams Tucker: Jazz Live Valentine Concert
The February edition of the KSDS Jazz Live concert series is going to be a Valentine Day special, with local vocalist Allison Adams Tucker as the featured performer. Tucker will be joined by bassist Evona Wascinski, pianist Danny Green, and …
London Below Losing Co-Founder zOe, Final Shows Feb. 11 & June 16
“My time as lead singer for London Below has come to an end,” says zOe Tantrum, co-founder of the goth cabaret band formerly known as Tragic Tantrum. “I have made the very difficult decision to leave the band, to explore …