Blog Archives

Sonoma County is rife with winemakers and musicians.  There are winemakers who make music and there are musicians who make wine.  Rich Little is truly in that latter category, a … Continue reading

One thing you are not going find in this music column is stories about big name stars.  I tend to gravitate toward people making music who are doing it on … Continue reading

Kat and Oscar Mooneyhan of Sonoma’s Valley of The Mooneyhan productions (I love that name) are producing their 6th annual Bell Bottom Bash on Saturday, May 19, and it’s back … Continue reading

Sheila Whitney, who I like to call Sonoma’s Songbird, was singing a little country music backup last weekend at the Sebastiani Theatre, helping out the Joe Chaplain Band and in … Continue reading

Twenty-two years ago, Marin county native Bonnie Raitt swept the Grammy Awards with her huge album, “Nick of Time.”  After a few more albums in the ‘90s and very early … Continue reading

One of the first columns I wrote when I started with the Sun last June was on singer-songwriter Adam Traum.  In the second paragraph I wrote that Traum was “one … Continue reading

Sonoma is such a diverse musical community, especially for a town of just 10,000.  We are home to blues bands, jazz bands and singers, rock and roll bands, tribute bands, … Continue reading

A few weeks ago I wrote a review of “Paper Hearts,” the poignant and earthy new disc by South Bay singer-songwriter Katy Boyd.  Her writing and music seem to come right … Continue reading

Wallace (Wally) Breitman is a music enthusiast with a love of opera, classical, jazz, folk, country, Broadway and Hollywood show tunes, “and just about every other kind of music except … Continue reading

South Bay singer-songwriter Katy Boyd is making her way to Sonoma on Friday March 16 for a performance at Hopmonk Tavern to promote her incredible new CD titled “Paper Hearts.” … Continue reading