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Overdue Ovation: Ellen Weller's Debut CD
A few years back, a friend of mine asked me to compile a "desert-island" list of 10 or so CDs I found absolutely essential. After thinking on the subject for many hours, I was able to assemble a compendium of …
Groovetube: Critical Beatdown Ate My Baby
Since January, local musicians Mike Gao, eLan, DJ Pound, DJ Cleancut, and Nino Seneris have been curating monthly Kava Lounge showcases with some of San Diego’s most exploratory experimental electronic beat music. Last night’s installment included some of my favorite …
"Inspiraling" Bi-Coastal Concert @ UCSD
What happens when you take nine of the world's deepest improvisers, (four at UCSD--five at NYU), plus one forward leaning composer/conductor--outfit them with Star Wars level video and audio transmission capabilities--and turn them loose on three adventurous pieces composed specifically …
Armando Rome Would Like a Little Help
As of this writing, it is day 23 of Latin pop singer Armando Rome’s Kickstarter campaign. He’s headed to the Living Room coffee shop on El Cajon Blvd. to generate a little action. Otherwise, his Kickstarter project page caption says …
Cult Hero Gary Wilson @ Soda Bar Nov. 6 w/New Album
Cult DIY rocker Gary Wilson will play a rare hometown show at the Soda Bar in San Diego on Sunday, November 6. Expect to hear brand new music from his soon-to-be-released album Feel the Beat. "You don't remember who I …
Robin Adler, Mutts of the Planet Get "Blue" @ Dizzy's
San Diego vocalist Robin Adler and her husband, guitarist Dave Blackburn, together with a large, tight ensemble they call the Mutts of the Planet will bring the music of iconic songwriter Joni Mitchell into Dizzy's on Nov. 6, from 7-10 …
La Jolla Symphony: Caribou for Dinner (2 of 2)
After intermission, Le sacre du printemps was ready to assert itself. When The Rite of Spring was first performed, it nearly caused a riot. Now I understand why. This music must be experienced live. Recordings are useless. The electrical divide …
Return of Grind
It's been a while since my last show, which was Kreator in the early 2000s, but I am anxious to see Brujería who have been at their satanic/political grindcore for almost 20 years. Frontmen Juan Brujo and Pinche Peach hit …
11-11-11: Big Day For Local Record Releases & Gig Parties
11-11-11 is shaping up to be a big day around San Diego. Eve Selis' new full-length Family Tree premieres November 11, with a release party in Sherwood Auditorium at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art on Prospect Street. The …
La Jolla Symphony: Where's the Dominance? (1 of 2)
I have never understood Stravinsky. He's one of the those composers who just hasn't done it for me. Prokofiev? Got it. Ravel? Totally. Shostakovitch? For sure. Mahler? All day. Why has Stravinsky eluded me? I know I'm supposed to get …
Leonard Patton & Geoffrey Keezer's Expressions
Expressions represents a sublime collaboration between two of San Diego's best kept secrets: vocalist Leonard Patton, and pianist Geoffrey Keezer. Patton's regular gigs include teaching and performing musical theater, he's been featured in the Lamb's Players production of miXtape, for …
Addendum
I have been convinced to create an addendum to I am Woman (3 of 3)* in order to clarify the text and the YouTube clip. The text of the final movement of the Gorecki is taken from a folk song …
Laura Roppe's Cancer Survival Song/Video Hits 1 Million YouTube Views
Laura Roppé has surpassed a million YouTube views of the costume and dance-filled video for her cancer survival anthem “I’m Still Here,” which had over 13,000 views during its first 12 hours online. The achievement caps a banner year for …
Telematics= Cutting Edge Tech + Music, Nov 2
Mark your calendars for Nov. 2, when UCSDs lauded music program will bring technology and music together in a collaboration that must be experienced to be believed. Inspiralling 2011: Telematic Jazz Explorations is the event. Telematic concerts involve the Internet …
Weekend Preview
This weekend is a little thinner than last for classical music. However, The La Jolla Symphony is opening its season of Stravinsky. It's a novel idea and I like it. There will be several concerts throughout the season that feature …
Vokab Kompany Song in Commercial for "Firey" New Southern Comfort Flavor
Vokab Kompany's collaborative song "Burn It Down" (with Crush Effect, a local trio of dub step DJ/beat producers) is being served as the soundtrack to a new national TV commercial for Southern Comfort's new liquor flavor Fiery Pepper . (Amusingly, …
Joshua White Trio: Exponential Ascension
San Diego pianist Joshua White has reached a stage where his musical development is growing so fast--that if it were a virus--we'd all be under quarantine...or dead. Ninety minutes elapsed in the seeming blink of an eye last Tuesday night …
Sprague Quartet Lights Up Liberty Hall
Guitarist Peter Sprague played a rare South Bay gig at the Liberty Hall Theatre in National City on Sunday, even more rare was the inclusion of his multi-instrumentalist brother Tripp Sprague, along with bassist Gunnar Biggs, drummer Duncan Moore and …