Music
SoCAL Music Festival – Southern California Lifestyle
Labor Day Weekend Event On Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 1, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. to Midnight the SoCAL Music Festival will bring the Southern California lifestyle to the streets of East Village by transforming five blocks into the ultimate outdoor music festival for people with a passion for Southern California lifestyle and a love […]
Nathan Pacheco Appears in San Diego
Disney Pearl recording artist Nathan Pacheco will be in town August 15th appearing on the local PBS station during their pledge drive. Nathan’s PBS Special will be airing later that night. Nathan’s self title debut album will be released on September 18. Straddling two divergent worlds — pop and opera — Disney Pearl artist Nathan […]
Neil Sedaka with the San Diego Symphony at Embarcadero Marine Park
It’s hard to imagine that Neil Sedaka is not yet a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He’s a consummate singer, pianist and especially a composer. If I included the entire list of Sedaka’s hits, and the singers and bands who have recorded them, there would be no room for Charlotte Tenney’s […]
John Malashock Earns Fifth Emmy Award
At the threshold of his 25th season as a dance leader in San Diego, John Malashock, renowned choreographer and artistic director of Malashock Dance, won his fifth Emmy in 10 years for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography at the 36th Annual Pacific Southwest Regional Emmy Awards ceremony held Saturday, June 16, at La Costa Resort. Malashock […]
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Celebrates 75 Years
One of summer’s most anticipated happenings – Opening Day at Del Mar – is likely to welcome more than 46,000 celebrities, socialites and party-goers to the track to kick off the season, highlighted by “The One and Only Truly Fabulous Hats Contest,” showcasing Southern California’s wildest and most glamorous chapeaus. As a world-class racing and […]
Ray Wylie Hubbard Performs July 13th
Headline act at amsdconcerts If you are on the e-mail list for Carey Driscoll’s amsdconcerts shows, you know that every now and then Driscoll openly despairs that regular concert-goers won’t take his word and risk $20 on an “unknown act.” This is especially so in light of his guarantee: if you don’t like the […]
Grammy Award-winning Switchfoot Gives Back
Switchfoot Bro-Am Kick-Off Auction Night Soiree The Switchfoot Bro-Am surf contest and concert returns to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, Calif. at 6 p.m., Saturday, June 16, 2012. An annual event near and dear to Switchfoot’s heart, the Bro-Am was created to give back to the San Diego community while also benefiting local at-risk youth. Since its inception […]
Erik Jensen Releases First Solo CD, “Seas”
When I was 15, I got my first guitar and I’ve never forgotten it. It was a nylon-stringed student model from Thearle’s in Mission Valley, on sale for $49.00, saved through dint and denial from my Saturday job running milk bottles to the door for the Golden Arrow milkman. It’s a story I’ve shared often […]
Danny Weller and Third Story
By Richard Cone A professional bassist since the young age of 16, Danny Weller has backed up numerous jazz artists such as Gilbert Castellanos, Geoffrey Keezer, Charles McPherson, Mike Wofford, Peter Sprague, Jason Palmer, Mike Moreno, and Obed Calviere. He’s also backed artists such as blues-singer Earl Thomas, and Scott Russo of Unwritten Law. Weller […]
Ben Howard at the Loft in La Jolla
Breakout British musician Ben Howard continues to bask in praise for his first U.S. release “Every Kingdom,” out now on the taste-making independent label Communion Records (brainchild of Mumford and Sons’ Ben Lovett). “Every Kingdom,” which debuted Top 10 on the U.K. charts and is now certified Gold, received high praise from the British press and influential stations such as BBC […]
