New! FYI July is out now via the San Diego Troubadour

Here's what's in this month's FYI column from Bart Mendoza: 

"This time out we take a look at the 2020 San Diego Music Awards, ask five questions of guitarist and producer Christopher Hoffee, talk to Jim Ryan of punk legends The Cardiac Kidz, review albums from Enter the Blue Sky and Big Stir Records latest compilation, plus! New Strange Stage Stories from Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) and Lannie Flowers.

San Diego Troubadour FYI July 2020

SNAP! Records Celebrates 29 Years!

Spain's Ruta 66 magazine has a new article this month on SNAP! Records Anniversary, 

with name checks for Manual Scan, The Shambles, True Stories and more

www.ruta66.es/SNAPRECORDS

The Latest Edition of Music Scene SD is Here!

The latest edition of Bart Mendoza's Music Scene SD column can be found in all Local Umbrella Newspapers out now! This month includes info on the 2020 Virtual San Diego Music Awards, Richard Livoni and Switchfoot, as well as music news from Gilbert Castellanos, Howard Blank's The Outsiders with Eli Holland, Laurie Beebe Lewis and Lori Aguilar Wilson, pictured with Pacific Records CEO Brian Witkin, Black Hesher, Gregory Page, Electric Mud, Jason Mraz and more! Plus name checks for Dionysus, RATT, Gayle Skidmore, Jeffrey Alan Berkley, Ben Moore, Brian Cantrell of The English Beat, Blink 182, Evening's Empire, Atom Orr, Bloodstone The Rapper, Mike Stax on The Yardbirds, Michael Inzunza, Bob Davis Monroe, The Tourmaliners, Tori Roze and more!

 

New Cardiac Kidz single Ltd Edition Clear Vinyl

The Cardiac Kidz new single will be available in regular black vinyl and in a limited edition of 25 clear vinyl copies! Get 'em quick!

Coming Soon From Blindspot Records: Audrey Fair!

Coming Soon From Blindspot Records - Audrey Fair / "Make Your Dreams Come True" 

featuring The Eddies & Produced by Earle Mankey

New Cardiac Kidz Vinyl 7" Single!

Legendary punk group, The Cardiac Kidz will release a 7" vinyl single on Bart Mendoza's Blindspot Records label this July. "I Want" / "Baby" (Blindspot 160) will be out in late July!

Photo by Jim Ryan

San Diego Music Awards 2020

The San Diego Music Awards will host a live virtual edition online July 6 at 7 p.m.! Bonus! On July 11 at 8 p.m. it will be broadcast on San Diego's Fox-5 TV ! Here's this year's SDMA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Richard Livoni

New FYI in the June 2020 issue of the San Diego Troubadour

Bart Mendoza's FYI column returns in the June 2020 issue of the San Diego Troubadour:

"With Five Questions for Al Chan of The Rubinoos, a chat with Alicia Previn about her new book, reviews of Evening's Empire, Paff Booms and The Corner Laughers new album from Big Stir Records plus Strange Stage Stories from Van Bates, Kenny Metcalf as Elton, Kenny Metcalf, Johnny Vee and Lannie Flowers"

www.sandiegotroubadour.com

Music Scene SD - New Column Out Now!

The latest edition of Bart Mendoza's Music Scene SD column is out now. The column can be found in all print editions from the Local Umbrella family of newspapers, including:

Adams Avenue News / Bay Ho Connection / Bay Park Connection / Boulevard News / Carlsbad Seaside Courier / College Area News / Encinitas Seaside Courier / Hillcrest News / IB Connection / Kensington News / Ken Tal News / Mission Hills News / North Park News / Rolando News / Serra Mesa Connection / South Park News / Tierrasanta Connection

This month includes news about Ariel Levine, Jason Mraz, Sandollar, Whitney Shay, Melissa Alcazar, Wayne Riker, Johnny Vernazza, Ratt, Frank Zappa, Horsefeathers, The Mighty Pine, Josie Day, Bathwater Babies, P.O.D., Marie Haddad, Switchfoot, The Trebels, The Monroes and more!

New Guitar Pick

A new limited edition guitar pick has been issued

New Manual Scan Pin!

In advance of a new Manual Scan record, "Shooting Star," a new promo pin is out this week

San Diego Music Awards Posters

 Each year Bart Mendoza puts together an 11X17 poster celebrating the annual San Diego Music Awards / Lifetime Achievement Award winner - here is a selection from the past few decades:

2000 Barney Kessel

 2003 Jack Tempchin

 

2004 The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers

Chris Hillman - Larry Murray - Kenny Wertz - Ed Douglass - Gary Carr - Bernie Leadon

2007 Nick Reynolds / The Kingston Trio

2008 Mundell Lowe

2009 The Zeros

2010 Iron Butterfly

 

2011 The Penetrators

 

2012 Mike Wofford

2013 Daniel Jackson

2014 Tomcat Courtney

2015 Peter Sprague

2017 Wayne Riker

New Articles

Bart Mendoza gets a nice namecheck in this article on Paul Williams:

"Listening With Paul Williams' Ears" by Daniel Browne
www.medium.com//listening-with-paul-williams-ears-

...and a name check in this article on the Event's new album- Bart contributed liner notes
www.magicpopblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/the-event

Manual Scan's new album gets a great write up in the latest edition of Spain's Magic Pop
www.magicpopblog.wordpress.com/manual-scan

A Bart Mendoza penned article for the Peninsula Beacon, on the recent challenges facing the music industry. Includes interviews with Brian Witkin, CEO of Pacific Records, Sppike Mike Muellenberg of The Spice Pistols and singer-songwriter Lauren Leigh Martin
www.sdnews.com/What-s+next+for+the+San+Diego+music+scene

Music For Gloves - Manual Scan / True Stories raise funds for medical supplies

Music For Gloves is a series of digital EP's put together by independent labels in Spain to raise funds for medical supplies - Manual Scan's version of  The Beatles classic, "For No One," is included in the EP from Bickerton Records, alongside tracks by Los Impossibles, Fleur and The Color Collection - it can be heard here:

musicforgloves.bandcamp.com/BICKERTON

Meanwhile, the EP from SNAP!! Records includes the True Stories song, "Can't Seem To Make You Mine," as well as Alvino & The Dwells song "Chocolate Mint." Alvino & The Dwells includes David Fleminger and Didier Saurez of Manual Scan and ex-Manual Scan bassist Tony Saurez. Other groups on the comp are The Paff Booms, Macarrones and Motosierras

musicforgloves.bandcamp.com/SNAP!

Recent Articles

Here are some recent feature articles penned by Bart Mendoza

An interview with blues singer Michele Lundeen
www.sdnews.com/Michele Lundeen

An interview with guitarist Fred Benedetti
www.sdnews.com/The+Benedetti+Ensemble

A story on the Guitar Legends 3 album from Pacific Records featuring Billy Gibbons, Steve Lukather, Nancy Wilson, Warren Haynes, Charlie Starr, Kenny Aronoff and more. Interview with label CEO Brian Witkin
www.sdnews.com/Guitar-Legends-3

An interview with Eddy Allen of Fashion Jackson
www.sdnews.com/Fashion-Jackson

Dave Gleason San Diego Troubadour Cover Story by Bart Mendoza

The March 2019 issue of the San Diego Troubadour features a cover story on Dave Gleason, penned by Bart Mendoza. Mendoza has contributed to more than 80 issues of the newspaper, this is his twelfth cover story. Online and on newstands March 1 San Diego Troubadour Dave Gleason

Cover photo by Julia Hall McMahon

Demo Session February 25

Bart Mendoza taped ten new acoustic demos with producer Alan Sanderson at Pacific Beat Studios on February 25. Lori Aguilar Wilson* also joined in on guitar for one track.

David May

You're Gonna Miss Me

Plastic Girl

Yesterday's Hero

Empty Space

Cast No Shadows

The First Time

Satellite Eyes

Capital Love

Shooting Star*