This Friday (June 24, 2011) it’s time to pack up the picnic basket with crackers, cheese, and alcohol and head east to Carlsbadistan’sStage Coach Park (click the link for directions) as road-worn blues diva Janiva Magness belts out her songs with “earthy, raw honesty.” As USA Today has reportedly said, “Magness is a blues star.”
Janiva Magness is among the premier blues and R&B singers in the world today. Charismatic, gutsy and known for her electrifying live shows, she won the Blues Music Awards’ B.B. King Entertainer of The Year in 2009 – only the second woman ever to win the coveted award.
The truth is it doesn’t matter who is on stage. We all know the main reason most people go to Jazz in the Park is to drink with friends, kick back, and there’s not much that can ruin that, right? So play your Friday night right and blues out with Javina. For more info, click the link.
Big Time Operator swinging the crowd at Stagecoach park, July 9, 2010. Click here for photos.
Carslbadistan’sJazz In The Park is getting a fresh start for its 26th season. Not one of the bands who performed last summer is returning. There may be a reason for that, but it’s certainly has nothing to do with the energetic, friendly crowds that flocked to Stagecoach, Poinsettia, and Calavera Hills Parks last summer.
The all-new season of Jazz In The Park kicks off on Carlsbadistan’s Eastern Front at Stagecoach Park Friday, June 24, 2011 as the electrifying blues singer Javina Magness returns after a two-year absence.
Janiva Magness is among the premier blues and R&B singers in the world today. Charismatic, gutsy and known for her electrifying live shows, she won the Blues Music Awards’ B.B. King Entertainer of The Year in 2009 – only the second woman ever to win the coveted award. Her voice possesses an earthy, raw honesty and beauty born from teen homelessness and deep experience. USA Today declared, “Magness is a blues star,” and The Philadelphia Inquirer said, “Magness sings superb, potent soul-blues with a scorching intensity.”
Better get out the picnic basket and start collecting all that wine and cheese because you”ve only got three weeks. For the complete Jazz In The Park schedule click the link. [click to continue…]
“The goal of the event is to highlight our coastal playground as an irreplaceable resource, and to show appreciation for its beauty and value,” said Tammy Urie, special events director for the Carlsbad Village Athletic Club which is helping to organize this year’s event.
On Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7 PM, the Museum of Making Music is presenting Peter Sprague and his band in an evening soaked in Beatles music.
Peter Sprague and his band will infuse their love of Brazilian and jazz music into the classic tunes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney for a new experience in Beatlemania! . . Program highlights include a rearrangement of “With a Little Help From My Friends” into a Brazilian reggae romp, and an Afro Cuban version of “Got to Get You Into My Life.” Beatles’ ballads are also well represented during the show including “And I Love Her” and “In My Life.”
It was a perfect day to stroll the streets of the Village of Carlsbadistan and the largest one-day street faire packed the downtown like never before. It was blue skies and heat all day as throngs of people milled back and forth cruising, shopping, and looking good for their friends and neighbors at the World Famous Carlsbad Village Street Faire.
Carlsbadistan’s Haley Allen has been banging on the drums she was 9 years old, but now the 22 year old says she’d just like to earn a living playing music, according to a story in the San Diego Reader.
“My favorite thing to do in my spare time is to head down to the Kraken on Sunday nights in Cardiff and sit in with the Blues Brokers. They’re a band of seasoned older local musicians who play the style of music that’s in my blood. I love playing with them.”
Nice to know of one more person in Carlsbadistan who can keep the beat. Click the link for the rest of the interview.
In the early to mid 1960s artists such as The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Sonny & Cher, The Byrds, The Righteous Brothers, Nancy Sinatra, and the Fifth Dimension, topped the pop charts with songs like Up, Up and Away, Little Old Lady From Pasadena, Cherish, These Boots Are Made for Walking and Good Vibrations. . . It was known as the West Coast Sound, and the artists who sang these songs are household names, but the musicians who performed those hits were virtually unknown to the listening public and remain so today.
Check out the film Friday night and be enlighteded.
Carlsbadistan’sGia Sky delivers some smooth, melodious, hooky pop for those who love that sort of thing. Follow Gia on Twitter @giaskymusic or click the link for a few more songs on facebook. Dare you not to hum along. . .
This Friday, February 4, 2011 at 7 PM, Carlsbadistan’sMuseum of Making Music presents its Local Flavor Concert Series featuring the infectiously captivating and soulful grooves of San Diego singer/songwriter Lee Coulter. Tickets are $10 and include a slice of pizza and a beverage. We’ll leave it to you to figure out what kind of pizza it will be.
Carlsbadistan’s singing sisters Ruby Summer (Ruby and Summer Spiro) say their new album Mermaids & Poets should be available real soon. From the sounds of the some of their new songs it is more amazingly well produced pop on the way. . . that beach looks familiar? For the latest follow them on Twitter @rubysummer.
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This Friday (June 24, 2011) it’s time to pack up the picnic basket with crackers, cheese, and alcohol and head east to Carlsbadistan’s Stage Coach Park (click the link for directions) as road-worn blues diva Janiva Magness belts out her songs with “earthy, raw honesty.” As USA Today has reportedly said, “Magness is a blues star.” 
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