Entertainment
It is a little odd to hear flute in a rock song, Ian Anderson admits.
When I heard Chris Hillman was recording a live album in Nipomo, I had to ask: “If I go and yell, ‘Free Bird!’ can I get on the record?”
Sunny San Luis Obispo County, with its missions, beaches and oak-covered hills, is the last place you’d typically think of as “scary.”
Five decades after fleeing their homeland, one group is dedicated to keeping Tibetan culture alive.
Children will see favorite storybook characters come to life when Theatreworks USA brings “Charlotte’s Web” to Cal Poly’s Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center this weekend. The touching story by E.B. White has become a classic, read in homes and schools for over two generations.
I n her song “Brick by Brick,” Inga Swearingen describes the slow, sometimes painful process of growing from the ground up.
D on’t be surprised if you find yourself humming along to “Smokey Joe’s Café.”
Neil Simon’s comic talents run loose in “Rumors,” and an energetic cast lets out all the stops to make the play a frenetic farce at San Luis Obispo Little Theatre.
Mills, a horseshoer, is a true singing cowboy, who celebrates more than three decades as a local performer with two CD’s of cover songs. “The Saloon Years” showcases the most popular tunes he performed live at the steakhouse. The second is a tribute to songs about the road. Veteran musicians, Mills and his band do justice to songs made famous by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Chuck Berry and Charlie Daniels. While the “Saloon” CD reflects on yesteryear, Mills still performs regularly, keeping his roadhouse country sounds active. To hear samples from these CDs, visit the Ticket section of www.sanluisobispo.com.
Ryan Cordero remembers sitting in the back row of the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, watching a touring version of “The Producers” and thinking: “I will do this one day.”
For singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff, the turning point in her music career came when versatile vocalist Linda Ronstadt agreed to cover one of her songs.
Back when he was an English major at Cal Poly, Matt Ward would pack up his guitar and head to Linnaea’s coffee house for a mellow gig before a handful of people.
While Goldar is probably his best-known role, Kerrigan Mahan can be heard in numerous films and TV shows, lending his voice to cartoons, movie trailers, actors who need dubbing, and commercials.
For nearly three decades, Monte Mills and the Lucky Horseshoe Band were the hottest act in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Rip Van Winkle, the protagonist of the Great American Melodrama’s latest show, is not your typical hero.
For 40 years, Lance Robison secretly possessed an important part of Beach Boys history.
Superheroes and super-villains are welcome at this year’s PolyCon.
After more than three decades with Los Lobos, the Latin rock band best known for the 1987 hit “La Bamba,” songwriter Louie Perez is starting to feel like Mel Brook’s “2,000-Year-Old Man.”
Most musicians would lunge at an opportunity to perform with Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan. But when John Jorgenson was asked to audition for the two legends’ bands, he passed.
Kelrik’s charming production of “The Jungle Book” embellishes Rudyard Kipling’s classic story with creative costumes, puppets, a nice jungle set and a cast that includes entertaining pros and emerging young talent.
