Archives for Music
Audra Arrives at Last
By Montague Gammon III
The little girl was soooo bored.
Berlin-born and raised in southern California, she found the rural drive from the Richmond airport to her ...
Parrott Talks Jazz
By Jim Morrison
Every Monday night for a decade, Nicki Parrott joined legendary guitarist Les Paul and his group at New York's Iridium club for an ...
The Last Bison: No Place Like Home
By Mike Federali
Recently, seven-member ensemble The Last Bison came off a 60-day tour pushing over 7,500 miles in support of their major label debut album ...
In Concert: Scotland’s Battlefield Band
Scotland's Battlefield Band
By Jeff Maisey
Moving ahead has always been a theme with Scotland’s Battlefield Band. In fact the Celtic music institution’s tagline is “forward ...
Opera Preview: Marriage of Figaro
By Montague Gammon III
Mozart’s Mad Take on a Wedding Day.
The Mozart opera that runs just four performances at the Harrison Opera House really shouldn’t be ...
Anarchy in the USA
By Jeff Maisey
The Acoustic Anarchy Tour featuring founding Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock and New York Dolls’ Sylvain Sylvain rolls into the Jewish Mother on ...
Shane Cooley Plays Urban Outfitters
By Jim Morrison
Shane Cooley likes to say that say that he's a traveling troubadour and the label certainly fits given his career in the few ...
Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket Headlines at The Naro
By Jim Morrison
Glen Phillips is relaxed and open when he answers the phone in Santa Barbara early morning his time. The conversation ambles easily from ...
Sea Level Singer/Songwriter Festival 2013
Kelly Murphy and Mary Ann Toboz
By Jim Morrison
The Sea Level Singer/Songwriter Festival began, as most organic fundraising activities do, with a couple of ...
Reckless Passengers: Jammin’ Gypsy Rock
By Mike Federali
A lot of “Live” albums suffer from mixes that try to make the band sound like a perfect on stage robots devoid of ...