Of MAW, ‘The Muse,’ and the Banquet for a Cause
Music Academy of the West’s annual fundraising gala capped off 79th summer festival, with Cheryl Goldberg as honoree and Audra McDonald as musical guest of honor.
Author: Josef Woodard
Indy Origins: Joe Woodard on Four Decades-Plus of Steady Culture Consumption
How a scrawny kid full of music dreams built his freelance writing career at this newspaper and beyond.
Swan Songing with Style
Music Academy of the West closes out festival, orchestrally on a casual note, plus a mini-festival wrap.
Review | Souffle Gone South
“The Invite,” a funny-and-cringey dramedy directed by and starring Olivia Wilde, was one of the summer’s surprise hits, continuing its life on the small screen.
Heavy Petal Pushing, Country Royalty in Training
Rising country star Sierra Ferrell juggles traditionalism with her own private musical muse, at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
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.
Honey and True Grit
‘The Rivals of Amziah King,’ a genre- and gravity-defying film, takes on the “Bee Arts,” with thriller touches, feel-good vibes, and rootsy fine music.
Tales of Betty and other Folk Lore, Outta Cuyama
Folk band Cuyama Mama & the Hot Flashes plays SOhO in the wake of releasing an impressive debut “concept” album, ‘Betty Arlene’.
Zooming In on Arid Wonders
Paulette Donnellon’s exhibition “The Untamed Desert,” at Solvang’s California Nature Art Museum, celebrates the wonders and animal inhabitants of the Anzo-Borrego Desert.
Artistic Tides of Possibility
Veteran landscape/seascape painter Nicole Strasburg stretches her conceptual frame with her latest Sullivan Goss exhibition.
