
On Saturday, April 11, they’ll bring the heat to Children’s Day in the Plaza on the Mission steps at 2:40 p.m. On Friday, April 10, be there when Kauz ONE Concepts presents Project Z, at the Z Club from 9 p.m. But that doesn’t stop them from making their own scene, which brings us to ONE.Īccording to James Kaye, part of a local group called ONE, “Our sound is hip hop-flow and is in tune with the local kids however, we can still appeal to an older crowd. Our mission behind ONE is to unite people through music. We’re continuing to push our influence outside the city into SLO County and beyond.” I don’t think of SLO Town as a hothouse for the cultivation of hip hop, because let’s face it, our lily-white demographic coupled with a lack of venues that cater to locally grown hip-hop artists make it an uphill battle for local emcees to let the lyrics flow.

Snyder plays a “wide, wide, wide variety of jazz and Latin standards and originals, with a generous helping of music popular in the ’60s, from Greensleeves to the Beatles,” according to press materials. at the Nipomo Presbyterian Church (1235 N. at the Cliffs Resort’s Jazz Brunch at the Marisol (reservations at 772-5056) and finally a jazz service on Sunday, April 12, at 6 p.m. at Arroyo Grande’s SLO Down Pub then Sunday, April 12, from 11 a.m. concert on Friday, April 10 at Casa de Flores (1405 Teresa Drive, Morro Bay, 772-7372) then Saturday, April 11, from 7 to 10 p.m. flutist and songbird Libbie Jo Snyder plays a bunch of shows with the Pat Cormick Group this week starting with a 3 p.m. SONGBIRD : Los Angeles-based jazz singer and flutist Libbie Jo Synder joins The Pat Cormick Group on April 10 at Casa de Flores, April 11 at the SLO Down Pub and April 12 at The Cliff’s Resort and the Nipomo Presbyterian Church.Maybe I need to get out more, like for instance shaking off the tax-day blues by hitting Downtown Brew on Wednesday, April 15 when Collie Buddz & The New Kingston Band plays a 7 p.m., 18-and-older show opened by Pep Love ($18 advance $20 at the door). “Some tunes I create are just to show that I could do anything I put my mind to,” he explained in his bio, “to show the versatility of my style.”īuddz’ self-titled CD recently scored four out of five stars in Spin magazine. This year’s other nominees are Junior Reid, Stephen Marley, Shaggy, Sean Paul, and Buju Banton, and aside from Sean Paul I have heard of them.īuddz’ style is a distinctive blend of hip-hop, soca, and reggae, and he frequently buts his voice through a special effects blender. I’ve only vaguely heard of him, and yet he’s been nominated for Top International Artist of the Year from the Fourth Annual Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards. Here’s the other embarrassing thing about my Collie Buddz naiveté.


Well, it turns out I’m half right: Collie Buddz was born Colin Harper in New Orleans. I mean, who names their kid after a Lassie dog and the street name for tasty marijuana nuggets? I mention this not because I’m starting a new career and I want you to know about it (yeah, just try to get that mental picture out of your heads, suckers!), it’s just I have this sneaking suspicion that Bermuda-based reggae star Collie Buddz’ name is actually a stripper name. Apparently, you just add the name of your first pet with the name of the street you grew up on, and voila, stripper name. My stripper name is Tigger Loruth (pronounced L’Ruth). THIS BUDDZ FOR YOU : International reggae star Collie Buddz brings his cannabis-centric hip hop/soca/reggae stylee to Downtown Brew on April 15.
