George Varga
The Union-Tribune
San Diego, CA, United States
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Drum legend Zakir Hussain a borders-leaping marvel: 'He has blazed a trail' says Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart
The 2022 Kyoto Prize Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy Laureate, will be honored here Wednesday, give a lecture Friday at UC San Diego and perform Saturday at the Balboa Theater → Read More
Humphreys Concerts 2023 season boasts Ringo Starr, Indigo Girls, Rodrigo y Gabriela, America and 33 debuts
Here is the full lineup, including returning artists Boz Scaggs and Diana Krall. Newcomers to the intimate open-air venue include Josh Wolf, FKJ, Christine and The Queens, The Teskey Brothers, Heather McDonald and Sabrina Carpenter. → Read More
Music Notebook: SZA to take victory lap at SDSU, Branford Marsalis landing in OC, EXTC will rock the Casbah
SZA is having a record-breaking year, while Marsalis will perform at Irvine's Segerstrom Center for the Arts with the talent-packed quartet he has led since 2009 → Read More
Rady Shell 2023 summer season will feature Buddy Guy, Patti LaBelle, Van Morrison, Jethro Tull and more
The lineup at the San Diego Symphony's $85 million open-air venue also includes everyone from The Jacksons and Judy Collins to Charlie Puth and the Gipsy Kings → Read More
Appreciation: David Lindley, dead at 78, an arresting music great who was nearly arrested on stage in San Diego
A master of multiple stringed instruments, Lindley stood out as a solo artist, band leader and musician of choice for Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon, Graham Nash, Terry Reid, Bob Dylan and many more → Read More
Blink-182 postpones Tijuana gig and Latin American reunion tour due to drummer Travis Barker's finger surgery
The Poway-bred pop-punk band had planned to kick off its tour March 11 in Tijuana → Read More
San Diego's can't-miss concerts: Eric Johnson at HOB, Dinosaur Jr. at the Casbah, Gonzalo Bergara at Dizzy's
Pick-six! Guitarists top the bill in San Diego in the coming week, although rising gypsy jazz violinist Daisy Castro, 25, is worth keeping an eye on → Read More
Sax great Houston Person, a reluctant 'acid-jazz' legend at 88, back in Del Mar for 2023 San Diego Jazz Party
The 35th annual edition of the three-day jazz fete kicks off Friday at the Del Mar Hilton. The lineup includes Ken Peplowski, Chuck Redd, Lia Booth, Peter Washington and more → Read More
American Academy of Arts & Letters inductees include Francis Ford Coppola, Frances McDormand, Roger Reynolds
Other 2023 honorees include film director Francis Ford Coppola, actress Frances McDormand, fiction writer Yiyun Li, orchestra leader Maria Schneider and trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith → Read More
Guns N’ Roses announce 2023 world tour, including a stop in Chicago
Here are all the dates for the tour, which is being produced by Live Nation. → Read More
Guns N' Roses announce 2023 world tour, including San Diego Snapdragon Stadium show; here are all the dates
The hard-rocking Los Angeles band will return to the same Mission Valley location where it performed in 2016 and 1993 → Read More
Three don't-miss San Diego rock and jazz concerts to catch in the next week
Will the young, North County-bred trio almost monday achieve the longevity of such fellow San Diego-bred bands as Switchfoot and blink-182? Time will tell, but they are off to a promising start → Read More
Depeche Mode adds 29 North American dates to its 2023 tour, including shows in San Diego and Los Angeles
The veteran English synth-pop band, which was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, is on the road for first time since 2018 → Read More
Karl Denson explores two musical universes leading his band and touring with the Rolling Stones
The saxophonist, flutist and singer leads his own band, Tiny Universe, and tours with the Rolling Stones. 'Seeing Mick and the other Stones, who all work at such a high level, is always good for you,' he notes → Read More
San Diego Music Awards: Thee Sacred Souls and Rebecca Jade lead the field with five nominations each
Solo artist and Former Frank Zappa band guitar and keyboard wizard Mike Keneally will be presented with Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd annual edition of the homegrown music fete → Read More
Review: Rhianna fumbled her Super Bowl halftime show, rushing through snippets of 13 songs in 13 minutes
The vocal superstar from Barbados delivered on her promise of a 'jam-packed show,' but it was more a triumph of choreography (so many dancers) than music; she performed while visibly pregnant with her second child → Read More
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker dislocates finger a month before band's reunion tour set to begin in Tijuana
It is unclear if the painful injury will impact the band's upcoming reunion tour, which is scheduled to kick off in March in Tijuana. Barker toured in 2006 with his left arm in a brace → Read More
Music Notebook: Isley Brothers at Pechanga Arena, The Lone Bellow at Belly Up, Jungle Brothers at Music Box
Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Isleys scored their first hit record, 'Shout,' in 1959 and inspired The Beatles → Read More
Appreciation: Burt Bacharach was engaged, sometimes enraged in his storied music career: 'I pick my places'
The winner of six Grammy Awards, three Oscars and an Emmy, the peerless songwriter inspired several generations of listeners and fellow musicians with his impeccably crafted, subtly subversive music. He was not a Grateful Dead fan. → Read More
Beyonce queen of the Grammy Awards night with history-making Grammy Award wins
The superstar singer made history as the biggest victor in Grammy history, but lost in the Album, Song and Record of the Year categories → Read More