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Athenaeum Jazz: Pilc/Moutin/Hoenig Sold Out Jan. 13
Athenaeum Jazz is kicking off a terrific series of concerts for the Winter of 2012, starting out Jan. 13, with a rare West Coast appearance by the Pilc/ Moutin/ Hoenig trio, at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, (1008 Wall …
Concerts This Weekend
There are concerts again this weekend and good ones at that. The San Diego Symphony is presenting both sides of the Romantic War we discussed earlier. Representing Leipzig is Schumann's Piano Concerto and Brahms' Symphony No. 3. On the Weimar …
Lt. Dan Band To Play Benefit For Camp Pendleton Marine
Gary Sinise, star of "CSI-New York" and bass player for the Lt. Dan Band, is getting the band together for a March 1 benefit show in Temecula's Town Square Plaza. On Tuesday, Sinise appeared at the Temecula city council meeting …
Moby Dick
Music rehearsals for Moby Dick started last night for San Diego Opera. Usually it's not too difficult for me to hate contemporary "classical" music but in this case I have a tall order. To the contrary, I think I'm in …
Fishburne on Fishbone: Rock & Roll Documentary @ Whistle Stop Thurs. Jan. 12
The documentary Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, about the band Fishbone and narrated by Laurence Fishburne, will be screening at the Whistle Stop on Thursday, January 12, along with a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Chris Metzler. "It's about the …
Phil Bellante has John Lennon Covered w/ the REAL "Imagine"
"It seems some people, like Cee Lo Green, have the audacity to re-write the lyrics to one of the most revered songs ever," says singer/songwriter Phil Bellante, whose cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine,” with its original lyrics and performed on …
Fusion: Vinny Golia Style
LA multi-wind master Vinny Golia is on a roll lately, recording excellent compositions with a wide variety of musicians, and knocking them out of the park, like Barry Bonds after a trip to the restroom. Here, on his own label, …
Fraudulent Perversion
In a previous post I said that Mario Lanza was the Andrea Bocelli of his day. I must emphasize that Lanza was an infinitely better singer than Bocelli. Mario Lanza could have been a legitimate opera star whereas Bocelli's opera …
WTF Album of 2011: Keven Darklight, a Sci-Fi Hip-Hop Musical
Longtime Reader readers may have noticed I rarely do literal album reviews, preferring to let the Everyone's a Critic/Hometown CDs contribs shine in that department. But this singular local-centric release Keven Darklight, winner of my (not so) coveted WTF Album …
Dutch Drum Legend Han Bennink in La Jolla Jan. 13
Jan. 13, at the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, represents the opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime jazz experience for San Diego music fans. FIRDAY THE 13th IMPROVISERS SUMMIT. That's what they are calling this group led by the legendary Dutch drummer …
Beat Farmers Reunion Saturday, January 7, at the Belly Up
The Beat Farmers were San Diego’s own favorite cowpunk band, enjoying a worldwide following throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, before the untimely death of band member Country Dick Montana. The Dick Blue Ball, a Beat Farmers Celebration of the …