Bart Mendoza / The SceneSD: Pierce the Veil Score More Gold & Platinum, Tour News and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the SceneSD: A feature on the latest news from Pierce the Veil, with news on reissues, tours, sell out shows, and gold and platinum awards.
Read here: thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/pierce-the-veil-tour-news

The SceneSD: The Siers Brothers Debut Recording

Bart Mendoza's latest for The SceneSD: A feature on the debut release by long time favorites, The Siers Brothers.
Read here: thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/the-siers-brothers-long-awaited-debut-album

The SceneSD: An Interview with singer Linda Berry

Bart Mendoza's latest for the The SceneSD: An interview with singer Linda Berry. Read here: thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/linda-berry-floating-bridges

San Diego News Roundup: The Tell-Tale Hearts, Slightly Stoopid, Kristina Bennett, John Mayall, AJ Croce and more!

Bart Mendoza's most recent San Diego News Roundup for the SceneSD includes info on The Tell-Tale Hearts upcoming comp, Jefferson Jay's Acoustic Evenings concert series at the Athenaeum (Gayle Skidmore pictured), Slightly Stoopid's summer tour, Kristina Bennett scores a major award, John Mayall's posthumous live Belly Up recording, AJ Croce's new logo artist, and more. Read here: thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/san-diego-music-news-march-2025

True Stories August 3 at Standley Park, University City

True Stories will be performing at Standley Park in University City on August 3! The free all ages show will take place from 5 - 7 p.m. By request, the band will be performing all British Invasion set with tunes from 1964 - 1970. More details soon.

New Concert Previews: Corrine Bailey Rae, Stereophonics, Peter Sprague, Jeff Bloom and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the Beach and Bay Press / La Jolla Village News, concert previews for: Corinne Bailey Rae at the Epstein Family Amphitheater at UC San Diego, Finnegan Blue at The Conrad’s Wu Tsai QRT.yrd, Jeff Bloom (ex- Army of Love), at Winstons in OB, Peter Sprague at the Athenaeum, Bill Frissel at Scripps Reasearch Auditorium, and Stereophonics at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. Read here: sdnews.com/live-from-san-diego-music-on-the-coast-this-week-16

San Diego Music Thing - Free Music Seminar March 30

Bart Mendoza's latest for the SceneSD: A feature on San Diego Music Thing, a free music seminar, with sessions on how to book and promote your band, as well as information on music placement for TV and film. Event moderator, Lou Niles, also of 91X and the San Diego Music Foundation gives the details.
Read here: thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/san-diego-music-thing-march-30

Save The Date! True Stories at Standley Park August 3 - Free!

 True Stories, will perform at Standley Park in University City on August 3. The free, all ages, outdoor show will run from 5 - 7 p.m. One of the band's special request shows, True Stories will be playing an all British Invasion set, featuring songs by The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and more! More details TBA.

The Top Ten Movie and TV Appearances by San Diego Musicians Part 1, The Beat Farmers, Jason Mraz, Rocket From The Crypt, Hard Times, Stephen Bishop, Gary Puckett and more!

A new series!  Bart Mendoza's latest for 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐒𝐃 - the Top Ten Movie and TV Appearances by San Diego Musicians Part 1, with clips from The Beat Farmers, Jason Mraz, Rocket From The Crypt, Stephen Bishop, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, The Monroes and more! Part 2 out soon.
Read here: https://thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/top-movie-tv-appearances-by-san-diego-musicians-part-1

The Scene SD: San Diego Music Awards 2025 Showcase Concerts!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐒𝐃 is a feature on the 5 upcoming San Diego Music Awards showcase concerts at the Belly Up tavern, Humphreys Backstage Live, The Bornemann Theater, The Casbah and the Kensington Club, with words from Ron Houston & The Berry Pickers and Be Reilly (The Film Company). Read here: thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/san-diego-music-awards-2025

The SceneSD: Rookie Card's New Album, Adam Gimbel Interview

Bart Mendoza interviews Adam Gimbel in the March issue of SceneSD, all about the band's new album, Us and Them.
Read here: thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/rookie-card-us-and-them

La Jolla Village News Concert Spotlights: Anoushka Shankar, MIke Wofford, Jerry Seinfeld and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the La Jolla Village News / Beach and Bay Press, with concert spotlights on Anoushka Shankar at Epstein Family Amphitheater / UCSD, Javid & Naoko at the La Valencia Hotel, Les Arts Florissants at the Baker Baum Hall, Mike Wofford & Joshua White at the Athenaeum, Jerry Seinfeld at Pechanga Arena and Ashley E Norton at Humphreys Backstage Live Read here: sdnews.com/live-from-san-diego-music-on-the-coast-this-week-15

R.I.P. Joey Molland

R.I.P. Joey Molland of Badfinger. Bart Mendoza posted several photos taken over the years with Molland in a Facebook post, which was quoted in the San Diego Reader's obituary by Jay Allen Sanford.
Read here: www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2025/mar/02/rip-badfinger-singer-songwriter-joey-molland 

                                            Mark Zadarnowski, Bart Mendoza, Joey Molland

                                      (Background) Jarrod Lucas, Joey Molland, Bart Mendoza

Vote Now! The 2025 San Diego Music Awards

Voting is now open for the 2025 San Diego Music Awards! Anyone, from anywhere, can vote once a day for their favorite San Diego music artist, in 28 categories. Bart Mendoza is one of the Academy members who helps organize the event. The ceremony will be held on April 29 at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay on Shelter Island in San Diego.
You can vote here: https://dosd.com/p/sandiegomusicawards
                                           

The SceneSD: March 2025 San Diego Concerts - Todd Rundgren, Poncho Sanchez, Slim Jim Phantom, The Beat Farmers and more!

Via The SceneSD: Here are some of Bart Mendoza's picks for the SceneSD, including Myron McKinley at the Handlery Hotel San Diego, The Simon and Garfunkel Story at the The Sound, The Rolando Street Fair with the The Beat Farmers, Slim Jim Phantom at the Pourhouse, Todd Rundgren sings Bacharach at The Sound, and Poncho Sanchez at the Belly Up. Read here:  https://thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/top-5-concerts-spotlight-concerts-7