ON the Beat | Heeding the Monterey Jazz Magnet
Just Up the Highway Apiece, the Monterey Jazz Festival —“Best in the West” — Calls out Santa Barbaran Jazz Lovers, and a Certain Santa Barbara Jazz Royalty, Charles Lloyd
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ON the Beat | The Other Bowl and Other Musical Matters that Matter
Libbey Bowl shimmies with Big Thief and Kamasi Washington, Grand on State swings on, full slate of music on the calendar.
ON the Beat | Of Musical Barns and Hubs
Jennifer Terran shows her artful stuff, barn-side; Jensen’s Music Lessons reborn and renovated; Blues Society stokes up a Thursday
ON the Beat | Tip of the Hat and the Tip Jar to Roy and Zach
Music man Zach Madden keeps the torch of showcasing singer-songwriters at Roy; Santana Hits the Bowl for a Long-awaited Return, a Double-header.
ON the Beat | Bowling for Memories
Saga of Dolly, Sturgill/Johnny, and variations on the theme of soul, brought to us by the Santa Barbara Bowl.
ON the Beat | Going Ambient in Late August
The columnist listens up to Mitchell Yoshida’s alluring adventure in ‘Well-Tempered Spinet’ sounds, and flies off on a late summer tangent about the new dark ambient, mostly organ-based world.
ON the Beat | Confession of a Whalehead
I have been a good culture-fearing Santa Barbaran for nearly all of my days, eager to know all that’s important
ON the Beat | Further Adventures on the Miles-Coltrane Trail
Tenor saxist Ernie Watts burns up Grand on State, on a Miles-Coltrane tribute theme; Fiesta and MAW in the rear view.
ON the Beat | Viva la MAW and Mariachi
A perennial, and peripheral, highlight of Fiesta is the Mariachi Festival, at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Saturday; Music Academy of the West, winding down, hits the town.
ON the Beat | Big Week at the MAW, Sierra Goes Bowling
Music Academy of the West offers a dense week of highlights; beloved “bluegrass and more” star Sierra Ferrell returns, this time in the big house at the Bowl.
