Author: John Hancock

Orville Peck — Humphreys By the Bay Alt-county star Orville Peck brought his 2022 Bronco tour to a sold out, standing room only crowd at Humphreys by the Bay Concerts in San Diego, CA on April 25th. Fresh off his performances at Coachella, the fringed mask wearing South African singer and his band put on […]

Local San Diego band, Mrs. Henry played tribute to The Band’s ”Last Waltz” at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach recently. Mrs. Henry, along with a virtual who’s who of San Diego County musicians performed the entire set from the film to a very rambunctious, sold-out crowd. Mrs. Henry is Jody Bagley (keys and […]

Morgan Wade — Belly Up Tavern 11/16 I had the pleasure of attending and photographing a Lucero concert recently at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California. The opener, Morgan Wade, was someone I had not really heard much about until I found out she was opening the show. As always, I like to check […]

Lucero — Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California Memphis based Lucero brought their punk influenced, alt-country, Americana sound to Solana Beach, California recently where they played to a sold-out crowd at the world-famous Belly Up Tavern. The band is on tour promoting their tenth studio album, When You Found Me. They opened with “Texas […]

Under the Big Sky Festival Just got back from a week-long vacation to beautiful Montana, which included attending the Under the Big Sky Music Festival. The festival was held on a beautiful ranch in Whitefish, Montana. I have to say of all the festivals I have been to, the setting was the most beautiful, even […]

It’s been a while since anyone has seen live music. That all changed last weekend at Pala Casino in Pala, CA, near San Diego when Honey County, one of Rolling Stones’ top ten country acts you need to know in 2017 took the outdoor stage and played to a socially distanced, masked, but still-there-to-have-a-good-time crowd. […]

  Rosanne Cash performed a 90-minute acoustic set to a sold-out crowd at the Poway Center for Performing Arts in Poway, CA. Cash was accompanied by her husband, Jon Leventhal. The show was part of the 2019-2020 Poway OnStage series held at the center. Artists who have performed for the series include Steve Poltz, Arlo […]

ZZ Ward brought her Stardust tour to the historic Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California on Feb 28. The show was sold out and to my surprise it was a predominantly middle-aged crowd, though there were quite a few 30-something females in the crowd as well. The latter was probably there due to Ward’s latest […]