The soulful sound of music has been around for hundreds of the years. So now, five years into the second millennium, there is a chance that the current music of artists has all been heard before. But will the music…
SLO gets rowdy with Indigo Girls
nick coury “You guys are rowdy; it’s so awesome,” said Indigo Girls guitarist and singer Emily Saliers at their concert in the Christopher Cohan Center on Jan. 16. This view from Saliers summed up the emotion for the night. In…
Album incites cringes
Mariecar Mendoza The following article is an album review, commentary piece. Needless to say, no one is quite ready for me to spew out of the mouth. However, I can’t rest until I express what I have felt since listening…
Jazz group MoonPie to play in SLO
MoonPie, a local jazz, bossanova and blues group, will perform at Linnaea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo Saturday, February 4 from 8-10 p.m. MoonPie has performed locally since 2001 and has been continuing their "evolution and refinements of jazz standards" according…
Jazz up the night with Bridgewater
Holly Burke Dee Dee Bridgewater, a Grammy and Tony award-winning vocalist, and the Hollywood Jazz Orchestra will honor jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald with a tribute concert entitled “Dear Ella” tonight at the Christopher Cohan Center. Bridgewater, whose first singing job…
Musician sends 'greetings' to listeners
Mariecar Mendoza Oh Boy! How the world seems to be taking to this man – from music snobs to hipsters; musicians to wannabes; Christians to heathens; Heartland Americans to urbanites; punks to emos; creamos to extremeos and club-Goers. Or, to…
Get ready to paint the town indigo
Nick Coury Cal Poly’s Christopher Cohan Center will be colored indigo on Thursday with Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, known in the music industry as the Indigo Girls. I recently talked with Ray, guitarist and singer of the duo, about…
'Astral Weeks' beautiful, unorthodox
Mariecar Mendoza Do you ever get down about how most albums that come into existence are extremely easy to sing along to? If not, it’s OK, this just happens to be yet another one of my sustained quirks. Sure, it’s…
'Canada' is out of this universe
Ryan Chartrand Boards of Canada, hailed as the most important band of electronica music in recent years, has returned with its third album, cryptically titled “The Campfire Headphase.” The group, most praised for its genius expedition into ambient techno on…
Q&A with MxPX
Mariecar Mendoza (MM) Mariecar Mendoza, Diversions editor (YR) Yuri Ruley, drummer for MxPx MM: What is the question you hate getting asked the most by reporters? – So I don’t ask it. YR: Not that I hate it, but…
Mountains provide challenge and inspiration
Jen Boudevin The hills of San Luis Obispo will be alive with the sound of music as the Cal Poly Symphony celebrates the mountains in its fall concert. The symphony begins its 2005-2006 season at 8 p.m. this Saturday with…