SDMA Lifetime Achievement Award: MIke Keneally

Guitarist Mike Keneally will be the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at the 2023 San Diego Music Award, taking place on April 25 at Humphrey's Concert by the Bay. Bart Mendoza penned the tribute essay about Keneally for the event: www.sandiegomusicawards.com/lifetime-achievement-awards

San Diego Music Awards 2000 Rehearsals

Pictures were recently posted on Facebook from rehearsals for the 2000 San Diego Music Awards, in tribute to legendary guitarist / photographer / producer, O, who passed away this week. "The band, conducted by Mike Halloran, featured Bart Mendoza (guitar / vocals), Joey Harris (lead guitar / vocals), Gregory Page (bass), Stinky (drums), Derek VanderHorst (rhythm guitar) and the likes of O (fluf, Reeve Oliver), Deadbolt, Steve Poltz (The Rugburns), Earl Thomas, Derek Duplessie, Jon Pebsworth (Buck-O-Nine), Gary Shuffler (Honey Glaze), Jose Sinatra and Joy Eden Harrison joining in." Photos courtesy of Sandra Castillo

Derek VanderHorst, Bart Mendoza, O, Stinky, Earl Thomas, Jose Sinatra

Joey Harris, Derek VanderHorst, Gregory Page, Jose Sinatra, O, Joy Eden Harrison, Bart Mendoza

Joey Harris, Bart Mendoza, Derek VanderHorst, Gregory Page, Mike Halloran, Stinky, Joy Eden Harrison, Jose Sinatra, Derek Duplessie

New Concert Spotlights: Sue Palmer, Chickenbone Slim, The Aris Quartett, The Fred Benedtetti Trio and more

Bart Mendoza's latest concert spotlights for the Beach & Bay Press / La Jolla Village News include: Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra at Humphrey's Backstage Live, Fred Benedetti's George Harrison tribute at Dizzy's, Aris Quartett at the Conrad, Adam Hostomsky at the Athenaeum, Melissa Morgan: Friday, Feb. 24 at the La Jolla Community Center Center and Chickenbone Slim and the Biscuits performing at Tio Leo’s
Read here: www.sdnews.com/live-from-san-diego-music-performances-on-the-coast-this-week-17

Laurie Beebe Lewis & The Electric Underground March 25

Tickets are on sale now for a special concert at the Grand in Escondido, California. The debut of the California Flower Power Tour, features Laurie Beebe Lewis & The Electric Underground, with special guests, Mike Pinera of Blues Image plus Robert Zapata & Charlie Munoz of Cannibal & The Headhunters. Bart Mendoza will emcee the event and provided the voice over for the shows video segment. Tickets here: www.showpass.com/california-flower-power

 

 

32nd San Diego Music Awards - Voting is now open!

Voting is now open for the 32 Annual San Diego Music Awards, taking place on April 25 at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay! Anyone from anywhere in the world can vote for thier San Diego based favorites. Amongst the nominees this year are The Spice Pistols, Thee Sacred Souls, Blink 182, Switchfoot, The Tourmaliners, Peter Sprague, Gilbert Castellanos, The Farmers, Wayne Riker, Mrs. Henry, Anthony Cullins, Whitney Shay, Slack Key Ohana, Rebecca Jade and many more! Bart Mendoza has been a part of the events staff for decades, penning the Lifetime Achievement and In Memoriam sections of each year's program, amongst other duties. You can vote once a day, it's free and just takes a few minutes.
Vote here: www.vote.sandiegomusicawards

New Articles! Laurie Beebe Lewis, Alicia Previn, Top 5 Concert, New Releases and More!

 The lastest edition of Bart Mendoza's Music Scene SD is out now, in print and online! This month:

A Conversation with singer Laurie Beebe Lewis about her life in music, The Buckinghams, The Mamas and Papas and the debut of her new band The Electric Underground.
Read here: www.issuu.com/coronado_LaurieBeebeLewis

A conversation with violinist Alicia Previn about her new single / video, "Purpose of A Dog," her studio session work and more + Hemisphere releases a new video!
Read here: www./issuu.com/coronado_PrevinHemisphere

The latest Music Scene SD News Roundup, with info on: As I Lay Dying, Bloodstone the Street Preacher (Erick Lamont Fentress), Johnny Vernazza / Guardians of the Galaxy, P.O.D., Alicia Previn, The Schizophonics, Danny Green, The Tourmaliners, Mike Kenneally, Chauncey Maynor, Mark Langford, Mike Wofford, Cardiac Kidz (Jim Ryan), Nathan East / Phillip Bailey, Joel Nowak (Drip Tank) / Donna Daly (Surf Farmers), Pierce the Veil, Chest Fever and more! Plus: Six String Society's Mardi Gras Cruise, A Dan Sartain tribute at the BlackCat Bar, Fourth Fridays Jazz at the La Jolla Community Center and the 2023 San Diego Music Awards nominations
Read here: www.issuu.com/coronado_SDNews Roundup

Top 5 Concerts, including: The Pacific Wave showcase at Humphreys Backstage Live with Slack Key Ohana, Seawall Prophet and The Tourmaliners, Lauren Leigh Martin and more play The Beatles / A tribute at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Deke Dickerson and The Nashville Ramblers at The Casbah, Mark Langford in the Stella Artois Lounge at Pechanga Arena San Diego and Ace Frehley at the Belly Up
+ New & Recent Music & Video Releases with: Allison Adams Tucker, Chloe Lou, 2 Guns Drawn (Olivia Fentress), Anna Troy / Sol Turpin and more.
Read here: www.issuu.com/coronado_Top5

True Stories 2013

Bart Mendoza photographed in 2013 by good friend and acclaimed artist, Batton Lash

Boys About Town! Bart Mendoza, Paul Bevoir, Simon Smith, Live 1986

Sidestage with Boys About Town, Bart Mendoza (Manual Scan), Simon Smith (The Merton Parkas / Mood Six), Paul Bevoir (The Jetset) at JP's in Point Loma / San Diego 1986

San Diego Troubadour: Looking Back at 2022 / In Memoriam + RIAA Gold & Platinum

Bart Mendoza's latest FYI column takes a look back at 2022, with an RIAA listing of area artists who scored Gold & Platinum awards last year + an In Memoriam section:
Read here: www.sandiegotroubadour.com/looking-back

New Concert Spotlights: Earl Thomas, Nathan Hubbard, The Isley Brothers and more

Bart Mendoza's latest for the Beach and Bay Press / La Jolla Village News, includes concert spotlights on: Nathan Hubbard's tribute to Arthur Lyman at Dizzy's, the The Isley Brothers / Deniece Williams at Pechanga Arena San Diego, Jimmy Patton & Enrique Platas at the Athenaeum, Camarada / The Essence of Tango at the Conrad, Bobby Detroit at Beaumont's Eatery and Earl Thomas at Humphrey's Backstage Live. Read here: www.sdnews.com/live-from-san-diego--week-16