Music

In the world of entertainment, there are performers, entertainers, and stars. Most are a mix but very few hit the trifecta. Singer/actress Patti Lupone is one of those very few.…

One of my favorite graduate composition classes was "World Music." This was more accurately (if a bit more awkwardly) named "Introduction to the Field of Ethnomusicology"—the study of the musics…

After a recent public administrative review of the use permit for Libertine Brewing Company in downtown San Luis Obispo, one message clearly resounded during the hearing. Don’t mess with our…

Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown the Musical is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. The Tony Award-winning show comes to…

Photo by Lloyd Esola/Mustang News   Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the Mustang News on February 15, 2026. It has been edited and updated by SLO Review staff.…

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the new romantic comedy Solo Mio is how surprisingly good this film actually is. On the surface, the storyline seems all-too-familiar: Matt (Kevin James)…

The Central Coast is blessed with many stellar live music venues, both indoor and outdoor. But there’s one flying under our local entertainment radar that’s an absolute hidden gem: the…

By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay opened its 10th season on Valentine's Day eve with a staged reading appropriate both for the date and, apparently, the audience. The Last…

Photo by Mark Velasquez   Gunslingers and cowboys and frontier towns. Hard-ridden horses, saloon girls with hearts of gold, and sheriffs with shiny badges. Good vs. evil fighting it out…

Photos courtesy Riot Artists   A Ukranian quartet—“like no other band I’ve ever seen” according to Cal Poly Arts director Molly Clark—comes to the Performing Arts Center SLO on Thursday,…