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Story, photos and video by Adrian Hedden Paul Murray sold pickles at Carlsbad’s farmers markets for the last decade. Murray, 59, and his...

Thelonious Monk was already an icon of the U.S. bebop movement from his piano bench when the late 1950s saw the genre taken to new...

From the opening riff of “Aces High,” Iron Maiden’s fifth album “Powerslave” is a guitar-driven, adrenaline-fuel masterpiece and the...

B-horror movies and gothic themes were uncommon in the early iterations of punk rock until Lodi, New Jersey’s The Misfits crawled out of...

Few soul singers of the Motown era of the 1960s and ’70 gave us a voice as smooth and bombastic as the icon Marvin Gaye, and like many...

The original lineup of the Grateful Dead is shown inside the gatefold of "Skull and Roses." No rock band was more synonymous with live...

Dave Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica for his unrepenting drunkenness in the late 1980s, years before that band went on to become...

Story, photos and video by Adrian Hedden Canon Felt is an imposing presence. The Carlsbad High School junior stands about 6 feet tall,...

“Everything Scatter” is situated amid Kuti’s renowned “purple period” in the mid-1970s known for increasingly political themes in the music.

Photos and words by Adrian Hedden The cover of "London Calling" features Paul Simonon smashing his bass at a concert. Born out of the...

The cover of "A Love Supreme" Iconic jazz saxophonist John Coltrane hit his creative peak in his 1965 album “A Love Supreme,” released...

Story, video and photos by Adrian Hedden Kat Davis looked out at the125 women gathered at Carlsbad's Riverside Country Club and was...

Photos and story by Adrian Hedden Maggie the Bear eats her birthday present, Jan. 18, 2025 at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park in...

Pungent red chile vapors climbed into my nostrils from the wooden fire, giving off a heat at war with the cold winter air.

The fall announces itself as the flora transitions from the typical greens and browns

Middleton opened Milton’s Brewing in Carlsbad in September 2016, but it began as a hobby behind closed doors.