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Horn Player Brain
This weekend was thin on classical music in San Diego. Last weekend we feasted on fresh, local, produce. This weekend had more per-packaged, mass-consumption fare, aka mp3's and YouTube. Since I was so impressed with the horn playing of Benjamin …
Jesse Davis All-Star Birthday Bash Oct. 20
When Jesse Davis plays Humphrey's on October 20, the gig will also serve as an all-star birthday bash. "We're expecting guest singers and musicians to pop in," says his wife Diane Davis, "all hinging on if they do not have …
Unsigned Talent Contest: Win Session with Grammy-Winning Producer
Taylor Guitars and Guitar Center have announced their Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter contest, an artist discovery program which aims to find the nation's best unsigned talent. One prize package will go to the top singer-songwriter; a three-song EP with Grammy Award-winning …
New Gary Burton Quartet at Neuroscience Institute
The Athenaeum Jazz At The Neurosciences Institute kicks off their autumn concert series on Oct. 12 with an appearance by the New Gary Burton Quartet, in support of their new CD on the Mack Avenue record label, Common Ground. Burton …
Wavves Announces Upcoming Video Game
Today, Nathan Williams, front man for Wavves, announced on Twitter that he is one step closer to releasing his own video game. "Remember when I said we were making a video game? I wasn't lying," he tweeted. Williams included a …
Bass Summit IV at Dizzy's
Organizer and doublebass maestro Rob Thorsen presents the Fourth Annual Bass Summit on October 9 at Dizzy's. San Diego is deep in doublebass talent. Four of the world's best players live here and three of them will be featured performers. …
James Farm Wows Anthology Crowd
In what certainly must be considered a highlight concert event of 2011, Anthology brought the co-op quartet James Farm to the stage on Oct. 2, to the delight of a packed, enthusiastic crowd. James Farm is obviously aiming toward a …
Art Fag Releases Colleen Green 12" Cujo EP
Today, San Diego-based boutique vinyl labels Art Fag Recordings released Boston-gone-Oakland/LA artist Colleen Green’s 12”Cujo EP, six tracks of stoned, blasé, far away, ‘verby fuzz pop ex-love songs. Pitchfork called the EP “coffee for your ears,” but Green’s disconnected demeanor …
Erasure Delivers at House of Blues
Erasure hasn't toured for a while, so the raucous crowd at the House of Blues could be excused for it's boisterous display of adoration toward Andy Bell and Vince Clarke. The crowd was so effusive in its joy to share …
San Diego Symphony Phyriffic
The San Diego Symphony is on fire. Their opening weekend was an orchestral tour de force. The Symphony put three masters of orchestration on the program and handled their business. The first half of the program was Berlioz's Roman Carnival …
91 Year-Old Ravi Shankar in Escondido Oct. 9
The 91 year-old sitar master Ravi Shankar will perform at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido on October 9. Shankar is considered the world’s master player of the sitar, a 19-stringed instrument made of gourd and teak. He …
Back to the Laundromat with U.S. Bombs
The cans were cracked, and after the steep $15 cover and being mildly entertained by the opening two bands of the night — mainstream scream-punk blah that most missed — Wooly Mammoth surprised with rapid chord changes and wild, ranting …
Expanded Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at UCSD
UCSD's the Loft will host a special appearance by the Tulsa, Oklahoma born band Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at 8 p.m., Oct. 5. The band is touring the US in support of their new release, Race Riot Suite, (inspired by …
The Mozart Rules--Metroplitan Opera Auditions
During the lunch break of The San Diego District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, one of the accompanists asked me my opinion about the singers we'd heard so far. I was at a loss. 10 singers had presented themselves during …
Drowning Men New/Old Full-Length & Tour with Airborne Toxic Event
The Drowning Men will be hitting the road next month, bringing their anthemic indie rock on a 23-date North American tour supporting previous tour mates the Airborne Toxic Event, plus some headlining shows along the way (dates below). They'll hit …
Patton + Keezer = A Night To Remember
"I feel great about the gig...Keezer and I have a great musical chemistry together. He's truly on a level of musicianship that most people only dream of. I love the challenge of walking the tightrope with a musician like him …