Many relief efforts have come up recently in wake of the devastating fires that ravaged the central coast. Event Santa Cruz (who last spring hosted several livestream concerts to assist local businesses), has launched an ongoing series titled “Love You […]
Songs and Stories #190: The Carolyn Sills Combo’s “Return to El Paso”
Browse and listen to the entire podcast archive at AnchorFM.com. Oh, is THIS going to be a fun one. Carolyn Sills and Gerard Egan, of the The Carolyn Sills Combo, first visited this podcast in 2013 – see “Songs and […]
Behind the Song: “No More Tequila For Santa”
“No More Tequila For Santa” is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and all the usual digital platforms. It started with a title. Christmas Night circa 2018, a friend of ours grabbed a decoration that looked like a present. I […]
Songs and Stories #184: The Coffis Brothers Return to the Podcast
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher We’ve been circling around a re-visit with Jamie and Kellen Coffis of The Coffis Brothers and The Mountain Men for literally years. They first dropped in by the podcast back in 2011 for episode #112. At […]
Songs and Stories #183: Keith Rayburn and “Highway”
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher Sometimes it takes awhile to get the whole group into this show. And the wait is really worth it. Way back in “Songs and Stories” #105, I interviewed local singer/songwriter Craig Rayburn about his debut release, […]
Krampus Goes to the Movies
Let’s skip the annual “Die Hard is a Christmas movie” debate, and dive right into a few big-screen appearances from a REAL Christmas character: Krampus.
Songs and Stories #176: Richard Newman’s “Surfers and Shapers”
Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher It started with a photograph. When filmmaker and photographer Richard Newman was asked to photograph a surfboard, he said, “Okay, but there’s more story here.” Four and a half years later, he’s finished the full-length documentary, Addicted […]
Video Recap: Fun Times in San Luis Obispo
I had an absolute blast making my way down to San Luis Obispo a few weeks back. I teamed up with “Classinova,” a sister group of the band Cafe Musique, whom we’ve become good pals with over the past few […]