NOTEWORTHY columnist Charles Andrews, hit hard by the flu, wants to wish all our SMDP readers famil
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – BILLY GIBBONS Birthday Jam with Robby Kreiger, Joe Bonamassa, others
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: CELSO SALIM & DARRYL CARRIERE — Remember that blues duo I raved about for mont
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: THE SKATALITES — How can I HIGHLY RECOMMEND a band who had their heyday in Jam
PUTTING THIS RIGHT UP TOP! Why? Because sometimes, somehow, you can lose track of the most important
WOODY’S WORDS STILL KILLING FASCISTS Fifty years after his death, “the sad truth” about the gr
A WORD OR TWO ABOUT LIVE MUSIC It’s always a gamble. A gamble you have to take. Recently, followi
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – STEWART COPELAND: “POLICE Deranged for Orchestra” — I’m alway
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – PETER ERSKINE TRIO — Local boy makes good!! Actually, Erskine was a
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – DUDAMEL conducts MAHLER’S 4T — oh boy do I love Mahler and so does
BIG FINISH To the summer music series in Gandara Park last Sunday, with Americana artist JOACHIM COO
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: LA OPERA presents VERDI’S “IL TROVATORE” — finally I saw, I heard, I lov
