Tortellini and eggs at Toasties Cafe in Pacific Grove is a unique dish that rhythm guitarist and vocalist Sammy Skidmore of Seattle-based Dining Dead is looking forward to during the band’s two tour stops in Monterey County.

He shares one of the most famous surnames in music history, but Jakob Dylan has spent three decades proving that his story is very much his own. Born in New York City to folk legend Bob Dylan and model Sara Lownds, he grew up in the long shadow of an icon – and emerged from it as a gifted so…

Stonies Taphouse & Bistro brings the “fyah,” as Chilean headliner Quique Neira performs in an intentionally intimate setting, joined by Elenah and Salinas-based The Rudians, who will also handle sound, staging and production.

Clarinetist Mariam Adam is a poster child for the quality of music education available to youth in Monterey County. This Monterey High School graduate came up through Youth Music Monterey and other programs.

Phil Collins ruled the 1980s.