A guitar player walked into my studio in Ajijic this afternoon to pitch a project for sponsorship by the Mexican newspaper I write for, the Semanario Laguna. Juan Casteñon, a world-class jazz...
The costume holidays are here, Halloween and Dia de Muertos, which are not related except for their proximity on the calendar and the practice of wearing costumes.
Halloween is the New World incarnation...
FIMPRO, the most important gathering of the music industry in Latin America wrapped up last Friday with a blowout concert at the Conjunto Santander arts complex at the University of Guadalajara and...
From Thursday you will get a special treat in this space: I will be giving you daily reports and videos from FIMPRO!
What is FIRMPRO?
It is the International Music Fair for Professionals is...
If you were in San Francisco in 2001 you might have seen posters of an old log cabin inside of a rough wooden picture frame with the TransAmerica Tower behind it –...
Next Friday you can hook up with Adam lambert, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, and many other music stars in saving the world. And you don’t have to leave home to do it.
Sept...
The attack on the Twin Towers in New York City 20 years ago launched over 150 songs from artists ranging from Eminem to Bruce Springsteen to Tori Amos to Beyoncé, and over...
There is no better evidence that live music is back with a vengeance than the upcoming Wasteland Festival in the Mojave Desert in California this September. Attracting upwards of 4000 attendees it...