by The Editors on February 11, 2009
Carlsbad lost a country singer on Saturday February 7, 2009 when Molly Bee Muncy died due to “complications related to a stroke at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside,” according to a story in the Los Angeles Times. She was 69.
At 10, she sang “Lovesick Blues” for country singer Rex Allen and soon debuted on his radio show. Within two years, she was a regular on “Hometown Jamboree,” a Los Angeles-based show run by Cliffie Stone, who helped popularize country music in California. . . . First broadcast on radio, “Jamboree” aired on KTLA-TV Channel 5 from the late 1940s to 1960. The show gave a big break to many young singers, including Tommy Sands, who became a teen idol and dated Bee in the 1950s. . . . “She had a great voice and a wonderful stage personality,” Sands told The Times on Monday. “She was a sweet person, just terrific.”
A celebration of Bee’s life will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at El Camino Memorial Chapel, 340 Melrose Ave., Encinitas.
[Link: LA Times]
by The Editors on February 4, 2009
It seems like a long way off right now, but we’re putting in on the calendar just to make sure we don’t miss it. The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbadistan will present the world’s first Bob Moog Retrospective beginning in September. The Moog was the original synthesizer that helped create modern music.
Here is what Moog’s daughter Michelle Moog-Koussa had to say about it.
The Museum of Making Music will be hosting the first ever Bob Moog Retrospective exhibit from September 2009-March 2010. A formal announcement about that exhibit is forthcoming. I spent much of the weekend in meetings with the MoMM’s excellent staff about this exhibit and came away feeling excited about our collaboration and delighted at the prospect of bringing my father’s archives out for people to explore. We’ve come a long way from the moldy workshop!!
[Link: Synthtopia]
by The Editors on December 18, 2008
Guitarists Peter Pupping and Tim Holcombe along with the rest of the Peter Pupping Band will be playing a live Christmas concert on Saturday December 20, 2008 at the Carlsbad Village Theatre.
Peter is a multifaceted musician. He directed the MiraCosta College guitar program from fall of 1987 through spring of 1999. Today he frequently performs as a soloist and with various ensembles and leads the Peter Pupping Quartet on the GuitarSounds label. The quartet appears in concert regularly and performs classical & contemporary acoustic music including; world music (Spanish, Pop Flamenco, Brazilian Bossa Nova, Samba, Irish), light jazz and popular hits.
From the few riffs we’ve heard on this should be an amazing show (if it’s not already sold out).
The Peter Pupping Band, 8 PM, December 20, 2008, Carlsbad Village Theatre, 2822 State Street
[Link: Carlsbad Village Theatre via San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on December 9, 2008
A Carlsbad audio company, Digital Group Audio, is set to launch an all-new, ultra portable speaker system for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Created by Erik Groset and Robin Defay, two under-30 entrepreneurs, the LiveSpeakR turns iPhones into mini boom boxes.
This amazing new speaker system features a set of speakers that fold-up and store conveniently behind the iPhone when they are not in use allowing for maximum portability. When the unit is stored (or hidden) it piggy-backs on the iPhone or iPod Touch making it portable enough to fit in your pocket for on-the-go multimedia. The unique style of the LiveSpeakR™ is visually stunning featuring bold design inspired by modern art. At launch the product will be available in black or white with more colors to come.
We’d add them to our gift list, however, they don’t ship until January so they wouldn’t make it for Christmas. To pre-order the speaker system visit http://www.LiveSpeakR.com.
[Link: Livespeakr.com]
by The Editors on November 10, 2008
Today, Carlsbad’s Wu Man, 43, was announced a winner of the annual United States Aritist Fellowship.
Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa virtuoso. The pipa is a lutelike Chinese instrument that has a two-thousand-year history. Wu studied a classical style of pipa at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, receiving the first master’s degree in that instrument. She immigrated to the United States in 1990, at the age of 25. Wu performs traditional pipa music and also interprets specially commissioned works by composers such as Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and Tan Dun. She has performed as a soloist with many orchestras and is a principal member of Yo- Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project. Wu was the first Chinese musician to perform at the White House. A.C.
United States Artists (USA) is a grant-making organization dedicated to supporting America’s finest living artists working in in a diverse array of disciplines. And to think, Wu lives in Carslbadistan. We are proud to see our Village associated with such talent. Even if we don’t exactly know what a pipa sounds like.
[Link: United States Artists via LA Times]
by The Editors on October 28, 2008
The Caribbean rhythms of the “steel pan” drums warm hearts around the world, but on November 1, 2008 at 5:30 PM at The Carlsbad Village Theatre, 2822 State Street, the sounds of Trinidad and Tobago come to Carlsbadistan on film and in person.
Keli Ross-Ma’u will be premiering his documentary In The Panyard and playing a live concert following the film.
Keli Ross-Ma’u, a music student from the U.S., studies and performs with the Pamberi Steel Orchestra in Trinidad, the birth place of the steel pan. Ross-Ma’u gets an insider’s experience of the Panyard, a community center where people of all ages from the surrounding neighborhood gather for steel pan rehearsals, and he learns how the country’s unique instrument and personal methods of teaching music create a close bond within the community.
All tickets are $22 at the door, or $20 if purchased in advance. Click the link to purchase tickets.
[Link: Carlsbad Village Theatre]
by The Editors on September 19, 2008
The Fifth Annual Carlsbad Music Festival kicks off tonight in. . . well, in Los Angeles with Calder Quartet, Red Fish Blue Fish, and Build. Weird, huh?
And the third concert at The Loft on the campus of UCSD September 25, 2008 is only open to UCSD students. Seems like organizers really should call this the 71% Carlsbad Music Festival.
For those who aren’t interested in making the trek to LA or currently students at UCSD the festival actually begins in Carlsbad on Monday September 22, 2008 at the New Village Arts Theatre with Build, Tristan Perich, and Favian Svensson.
The musicians of the Carlsbad Music Festival will perform a split set of music by composers-in-residence, Tristan Perich and Fabian Svensson. Build, led by composer/violinist Matt McBane, performs a full set of original music featuring music from their recent release self-titled debut album. This marks festival’s first collaboration with New Village Arts Theatre in their Carlsbad Village black box theater. Seating is limited.
Seeing as this is music we’re not familiar with we may have to go check it out. Ticket are ($28 Priority, $18 General, $10 Student) and can be purchased by clicking here.
For more info follow the jump for the rest of the dates and players.
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by The Editors on September 18, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church is hosting the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus’s presentation of The Alice Parker Festival tonight (September 18, 3008), and they’re calling it a “once in a lifetime choral event.” Seeing as we haven’t had many “choral events” in our lifetime, that statement is most likely true.
“Alice has been one of the most beloved and revered figures in choral music for half a century,” continues Chase. “We are very pleased to present this Festival, which I recommend to anybody, at any level, who loves vocal music. I guarantee it will be a musical experience like none other, and choir singers and audience alike will feel musically gratified.”
So, if you appreciate group singing of a spiritual bent, this might be a perfect evening. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for “youngsters 18 and under.”
[Editors’ Note: If anyone attends this event based on seeing it here, please let us know in the comments.]
[Link: La Jolla Sympohy via San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on August 29, 2008
On Sunday, August 31 at 3 PM sharp Carlsbadistan’s own Joanie Mendenhall will be playing a free all ages live show and playing with The Exfriends in the parking lot at Lou’s Records in Encinitas.
That’s right, two shows in one. If you haven’t heard Joanie and/or the Exfriends this is a great chance to see two of San Diego’s best musical acts for free (with your kids). And, as Joanie pointed out in her email: it’s also dollar day at Lou’s.
[Link: Lou’s Records]
by The Editors on August 22, 2008
Apparently, there’s more than one rock violinist in the world. Hard to believe, we know. But one of them, Antonio Pontarelli (the 2004 winner of America’s Most Talented Kids) will be demonstrating both the acoustic and electric versions of his instrument at the Museum of Making Music on Saturday August 30, 2008 at 5 PM. After the demo, he’ll play a concert.
In this music-infused “informance,” Pontarelli introduces guests to acoustic and electric violins by showcasing the evolution of the instruments’ roles in both classical and rock music. He also reveals some of his secrets that have helped bring the timeless timbre of the violin to popular music.
Tickets for the entire evening are $15 for general admission; $12 for Museum members, and $7 for students. For tickets, please call (760) 438-5996, ext. 212 or order online at www.museumofmakingmusic.org.
[Link: Museum of Making Music]
Carlsbad lost a country singer on Saturday February 7, 2009 when Molly Bee Muncy died due to “complications related to a stroke at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside,” according to a story in the Los Angeles Times. She was 69.
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