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

New! Music Scene SDTV #7 with Emily Bartell, Jeff Berkley and more!

It's here! Episode #7 of MusicSceneSD TV hosted By Bart Mendoza - Episode 7 with Emily Bartell and Musical Guest: Jeff Berkley + Gary Puckett on tour with The Turtles, Beatles Fair to return, Free Mon- Wed live music in San Diego (The Casbah, Queen Bee, Navajo Live), Clapton Hook & Strange Daze at Quartyard, Glen Campbell's new Surfdog Records release, Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra and more!

 

Episode #6 Music Scene SDTV with Evening's Empire, Emily Bartell and more

It's here! Episode #6 of MUSIC SCENE SDTV! Bart Mendoza hosts, with Emily Bartell of the San Diego Music Awards and Musical Guest: Evening's Empire + news about the San Diego Blues Festival with Larkin Poe, the Fremonts, Nikki Hill Band etc, The return of Dizzy's with Joshua White and Fred Benedetti, The Baja Bugs play "Meet The Beatles" & "The Beatles Second Album" at Humphrey's Backstage Live, in the studio with Chloe Lou and the Lidells, Sande Lollis records with Jeff Berkley, a Jason Mraz deluxe edition and more. You can view on all major platforms, it's archived on Youtube

 

Music Scene SD - July Edition with Tamar Berk, Victoria Robertson, Paul Berezetsky and much more!

The latest edition of Bart Mendoza's Music Scene SD is out! Free, in print or online in all Local Umbrella Newspapers, July 2021 includes:

A Conversation with Tamar Berk, plus details on all the San Diego Music Awards showcases and words from Julia Sage & Marujah photo + name checks for Dave Preston, Navajo Live, The Casbah, Electric Mud, Fuzz-Huzzi, Hocus, Bloodstone the Street Preacher and many more. Read here:
https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/07-july-2021_lum_pacific_beach/19

A conversation with Victoria Robertson of Opera4Kids and her "Enchanted Tail" production + details on new music from Tolan Shaw, Wavves, Switchfoot, Stone Temple Pilots, P.O.D. and more
https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/07-july-2021_lum_pacific_beach/20

San Diego Music News: w/ Three Headed Monster (Riston Diggs / Sly Beats), Hemisphere (Rob Shinno), Blindfold Monks (David Lally, Matt Hensley), Pat Beers of Schizophonics and The Little Richards, Tiki Oasis with The Nashville Ramblers, The Tourmaliners and Alvino & the Dwells, Museum of Making Music reopens, Navajo Live adds a blues jam with Chickenbone Slim and Manzanita Blues, jazz at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (Jaime Valle, Joshua White), Louis Brazier moves his open mic night to the Kensington Club, Charlie Arbelaez & The Matt Hall Big Band at Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center, the Adams Avenue Street Fair is back, Coral Bells EP release and more! Read Here:
https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/07-july-2021_lum_pacific_beach/21

 A Conversation with Producer Paul Berezetsky of Music Scene SDTV
https://issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/07-july-2021_lum_pacific_beach/18

 

Episode #5 of MUSIC SCENE SDTV! With Mark Langford of Rock and Roll San Diego and Musical Guest: Audrey Callahan - and more!

It's here! Episode #5 of MUSIC SCENE SDTV! With Mark Langford of Rock and Roll San Diego and Musical Guest: Audrey Callahan + Professor Mike Ruggirello's Gadget Corner and news about Tolan Shaw, Hemisphere (Rob Shinno), Victoria Robertson's Opera4Kids at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion / Balboa Park, San Diego Music Awards Music Industry Award Recipient Liz Abbot of The San Diego Troubadour and lots of new releases / new videos from Wavves, Switchfoot, Tamar Berk, Biggie Babylon etc. You can view on all major platforms

Overheard In San Diego 25th Anniversary Party November 7

The San Diego Reader's "Overheard In San Diego" comic strip by Jay Allen Sanford is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary with a party at Navajo Live on November 7. On hand will be eighties ska favorites NE1, with Freemartin and a short acoustic set from Bart  Mendoza, with more guests TBA.

 

2021 San Diego Music Awards: Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award / San Diego Music Industry Award

Two important awards have been announced for the 2021 San Diego Music Awards: The Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award will go this year to guitarist Jerry Raney (Glory / Beat Farmers etc), while the San Diego Music Industry Award will be given to publisher Liz Abbott of the San Diego Troubadour. You can read Bart Mendoza's words on these two San Diego Music icons at: www.sandiegomusicawards.com/lifetime