Lyle Lovett was still in college when he first heard John Hiatt perform. Hiatt’s band backed guitar guru Ry Cooder during a show in 1981 at th…

The sex, drugs, booze and other currencies of the rock and roll trade, often defined by excess and inhibition, were a little much for 15-year-…

JOURNEY REVISITED Thursday, Sept. 1

WAR Friday, Sept. 2;

SHANE DWIGHT Saturday, Sept. 3. Monterey Fairgrounds & Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey. All shows are at 7:30pm. Free with admission. 372-5863, www.montereycountyfair.com.

Every summer the city of Seaside transforms Laguna Grande Park into a rocking concert venue with its popular Blues in the Park series, which b…

If spending a Sunday afternoon with an adult beverage in one hand and gourmet foodstuffs in the other while listening to top-shelf blues playe…

An epic eight-hour gathering at Planet Gemini Saturday, April 23, paying homage to one of Monterey’s treasured performers John “Broadway” Tuck…

Robert Cray credits 1960s AM radio as one of the dominant sources that shaped who he is as a musician. He absorbed it all – the gospel of the …

Jackie Greene climbs higher with seventh studio album, visits Golden State Theatre.

Charlie Musselwhite lets out a gravelly laugh-sigh combo on the other end of the phone as he compares the ease of recording nowadays versus ba…