Ned Birkey is Monroe County Community College's 2023 College Supporter of the Year. The announcement was made at Monday’s meeting of the MCCC Board of Trustees. “That was very nice of them,” Birkey ...

It’s been four years since Nate Birkey left Santa Barbara for New York City, and on Wednesday, August 27, he will be back in town to celebrate Almost Home, his fifth album on the Household Ink label.

Current Nate lives in New York City and has been working with some of the area’s finest musicians. His current quintet includes pianist Jim Ridl; saxophonist Sal Giorgianni; drummer Marko Marcinko; ...

The longtime Santa Barbara resident-turned-New York City-based jazz musician Nate Birkey is returning to SOhO for his usual summer show on July 23. The triple-threat trumpeter, vocalist, and composer ...

Weather: After about two inches of rain over the past week, the cool and wet weather pattern is finally changing to warm and dry for the next two weeks! MSU, OSU, Purdue, Nutrien and other Ag ...

When I first started getting into jazz almost two decades ago, I listened repeatedly to Chet. It’s a gorgeous Chet Baker album comprising mostly ballads, ideal for a late-night seduction. At the same ...

LEFT: Corn pickers, which eliminated the need for the crop to be picked by hand, have given way to behemoth combines that can harvest 24 rows at a time. RIGHT: Birkey’s also sells drones that can ...

There is a mystical quality to Nate Birkey that manifests itself in both his vocals and Trumpet style. Birkey has been compared to both Miles Davis and Chet Baker, and his playing has more than a ...