New Music Scene SD! - Bright West, Jerry Raney, The Beatles and more

The August edition of Bart Mendoza's Music Scene SD, available in all Local Umbrella Media newspapers includes: 

An interview with Ben Hernandez of Bright West, formerly Malachi Henry & The Lights. Details on new music and singing with Mavis Staples! Plus a chat with Jerry Raney of The Beat Farmers / Glory etc about his 2021 San Diego Music Awards Lifetime Achievement trophy. Read here:
https://issuu.com/Bright West

A San Diego centric guide to Beatles related happenings and music this weekend and on - A new documentary from Peter Jackson, concerts from The Bajabugs with Hector Penalosa, Britain's Finest, Fred Benedetti,and The Rollers with Martin Martinarena, plus new music from Ringo Starr / Nathan East and Wayne Riker, San Diego Beatles Fair and more. Read here:
https://issuu.com/Beatles Events & Music in San Diego

San Diego Music News from: Jason Mraz, The Cardiac Kidz, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, Gary Puckett, Stone Horse, author Ben Johnson of the Casbah, Surfdog records releases the final Glen Campbell album, Rocket From The Crypt, Hallo Gras Cruise with The Sleepwalkers + Whitney Shay + Robin Henkel, Mark Hoppus with Arrested Youth, Sande Lollis of Enter the Blue Sky, Alvino & The Dwells and more: Read here:
https://issuu.com/San Diego Music News

A guide to upcoming music festivals, with photos of Robin Henkel, The Fremonts, Manzanita Blues, and Larkin Poe + A guide to new releases with Angels & Airwaves, Razor Nights with Diana Death, Atom Orr, Gez Keller, Sluka, Switchfoot, Bella Kay, Manuok, Subsurfer, Glass Spells and more. Read here:
https://issuu.com/Festivals and New Releases

New! Music Scene SDTV #9 with Wayne Riker, Beatles stuff and Ray Brandes book

It's here! The latest edition of Music Scene SDTV with Emily Bartell and musical guest Wayne Riker + A San Diego-centric Beatles related news round up w/ Ringo Starr & Nathan East, The Baja Bugs, The Rollers with Martín Martiarena, Britain's Finest and more + new releases from Angels & Airwaves, Sluka, Switchfoot and with Michelle Palermo, a look at the must have Ray Brandes book "Getting Nowhere Fast" - Theme song for Music Scene SDTV is  by Alvino & the Dwells!

 

Photo Album #2 - Bands

A few of the bands Bart Mendoza has been in over the years:

The Shambles at the Marquee / London

True Stories at the Ocean Beach Street Fair

The Very Idea in Balboa Park

The Riot Act at The Casbah

The Rarities at the North Park Spring Festival

Manual Scan at the Balboa Park Sculpture Garden

Music Scene SDTV Episode #8 with Laurie Beebe Lewis (Mamas and Papas / The Buckinghams etc)

It's here! Episode 8 of Music Scene SDTV - Included is a look at upcoming San Diego area music festivals, including the San Diego Blues festival with Larkin Poe, The Fremonts etc, The Adams Avenue Street Fair, Wonderfront and more + a chat with writer Sandra Castillo and Laurie Beebe Lewis (Mamas and Papas / The Buckinghams) fills us in on new happenings + Professor Mike Ruggirello of Theory Thursday and more! 

New Music Scene SDTV Page!

Music Scene SDTV has it's own page now - archived episodes include performances from Evening's Empire, Casey Hensley, Skyler Lutes, Ed Kornhauser, Audrey Callahan and The Tourmaliners - upcoming episodes include The Spice Pistols, Bloodstone the Street Preacher, Laurie Beebe Lewis, Tamar Berk and more! Plus chats with behind the scene folks like Brian A Witkin (Pacific Records), Mark Langford (Rock and Roll San Diego), Emily Bartell (Bar None Productions) and more + in each episodes first segment - lots of San Diego music news, with photos and coverage of lots of area events and bands

entertalkmedia.com/music-scene-sdtv/ 

Photo Album #1 : With Other Musicians: Keith Emerson, Donny Osmond, Harry Nilsson, Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols), Josh Rouse, Jake Clemons (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band) and more

Photo Album #1 features Bart Mendoza with other musicians. Future albums will also have other themes:

with Keith Emerson

with Liberty Devitto

with Jay Weinberg of Slipknot

with Johnny Vernazza of The Elvin Bishop Group

with Josh Rouse

with Jake Clemons

with Donny Osmond

with Glen Matlock

with Greg Douglass of The Steve Miller Band / The Greg Kihn Band

with Harry Nilsson

 

Quiet On The Set! Music Scene SDTV Photos!

Music Scene SDTV airs every Friday at 6:30 p.m. on all major platforms and is later archived on Youtube

with Michelle Palermo

with Oxana Bulgakova and Victoria Robertson

with Bloodstone the Street Preacher

 

San Diego Troubadour: Richard Larson and FYI with Victoria Robertson, Nathan Hubbard and more

The August 2021 edition of the San Diego Troubadour includes Bart Mendoza's feature on drummer: Richard "T-Bone" Larson of Chloe Lou & The Liddells, The Amandas, Joey Harris & The Mentals and more. Read here: sandiegotroubadour.com/richard-larson-rhythm-beats-and-grooves/

and a new FYI column with Victoria Robertson, Nathan Hubbard and reviews for Big Stir Records, Anton Barbeau, Chris Collins, Jamie King and Lannie Flowers, plus a Steve Marriott comp from Mojo!" Read here: sandiegotroubadour.com/FYI