“I’m in Maine, looking at New Hampshire across the Piscataqua River,” Tom Rush said over the phone late last month. “The leaves are turning and it’s gorgeous.” Rush’s voice is unmistakable, and so is the approach; a laid-back sincere tone that sounds like a chat across the porch with an old friend. He’s not just […]
It’s doubtful anybody will be dropping LSD or getting silly on psilocybin, at least not on stage, at the third annual concert collaboration between Santa Barbara–based classic rock band Doublewide Kings and the Santa Barbara Symphony. But it might be easy to imagine you’re at the Fillmore in San Francisco circa 1969 during Psychedelic Symphony, […]
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Thousands turned out in Santa Barbara and across the country for last Saturday’s No Kings rally protesting the increasingly autocratic administration in Washington. So it feels important to point out that there are no kings in the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, meaning no music director, no artistic director, not even a conductor. Everyone who is part […]
Hahn Hall is back in action again on October 29 as Camerata Pacifica plays on a rare Wednesday evening for the local launch of “Beethoven 32,” its momentous three-year cycle featuring principal pianist Gilles Vonsattel performing all 32 of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. Vonsattel dives right in, beginning the cycle with the “‘Hammerklavier,’ Sonata No. 29 […]
For the first time in their long histories, State Street Ballet and Santa Barbara Symphony are opening their season with a collaborative production, one that includes – and closes with – a full-length production of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet. The concert opens with Maestro Nir Kabaretti and the orchestra performing two short works – Shostakovich’s […]
Covid was a weird time. We listened to music, microwaved mail, and made sourdough – among other things. About two weeks before the shutdown, I was scrambling to host an event at SBCAST – the Swiss-Army Bauhaus facility where I was living at the time. Running up and down the stairs from my studio with […]
Santa Barbara community-based Chamber Players’ next concert takes place October 12 Trinity Lutheran Church (909 N. La Cumbre Road), where members of the ensemble will perform a diverse selection of works including Dvořák’s “String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96, ‘American;’” Denes Agay’s “Five Easy Dances for Woodwind Quintet;” Debussy’s “Petite Suite” (arr. G. Davies for […]
Heading east on a plane, Pete Muller calls within moments in response to my text to talk about his new album and special concert at SOhO. It’s a trip that combines his two passionate pursuits (apart from his family); spending some time at PDT Partners – the Wall Street hedge fund Muller founded and whose model […]
Not many pianists are still performing professionally when their age is more than the number of keys on a piano. But at age 89, Gil Rosas has arranged to play what he says will be his final large public concert this September 13, at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, in what is, appropriately, a benefit for […]
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Rory Block got her first exposure to acoustic guitar as a pre-teen in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, fell in love with Mississippi Delta blues guitar before she turned 15, taught herself how to play the style by transcribing songs on old records, and then left home to find the masters in person. She released […]
Tommy Guerrero was a pioneer of street skating as an original member of the iconic Bones Brigade alongside Tony Hawk, then traded that legendary status to take up a career as a musician. At first working as a member of the skate rock band Free Beer and later Jet Black Crayon, in his solo efforts […]
Alejandra Folguera, founder of Nomad Tango, and Rodney Gustafson, founder of State Street Ballet and co-founder of Nomad Tango, knew they’d hit on something special when Tango Meets Classical, their production of separate pieces of tango and ballet, was a sensation at SOhO last year. This year, things have grown by leaps and bounds as […]
With the NFL football season launching earlier this month, the Santa Barbara Symphony is hosting a kickoff of their own, a free season preview event on Thursday, September 18, at the at the historic Lobero Theatre. The preview will be jamming with fun, music, and inside info to introduce a season that marks a milestone […]
Students are back in school. Both Concerts in the Park at Chase Palm and the Stow House’s Music at the Ranch have come to a close, as will UCSB A&L’s summer film series after Friday. But wait! Free weekly outdoor events will still be happening in the September section of summer, courtesy of a new […]
