Michael Tiernan’s new album, “L.A. Can Wait“, is a pop gem. It is Jack Johnson meets Coldplay, Karouac meets Confuscious.

But why can L.A. wait? Mostly because of a few calls San Diego singer/songwriter Michael Tiernan has received the past couple of years. One went like this: “Don’t worry Mike, I am Strong”. Tiernan hung up the phone and couldn’t believe it. Stage 4 cancer, his own brother. 2 years later, as Tiernan was recording tracks in the studio for “Strong”, the very song he h...