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The Fabulous Thunderbirds bring the blues—and more—to Carmel.
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds bring the blues—and more—to Carmel.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 14, 2025

“I’m not going to start with slow blues,” says Kim Wilson, founding member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Best Venue for Blues (2025)
Arts Entertainment Nightlife

Best Venue for Blues (2025)

  • Oct 9, 2025

Deja Blue

PHOTOS: The 68th Monterey Jazz Festival delivers a strong slate of music for fans.
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PHOTOS: The 68th Monterey Jazz Festival delivers a strong slate of music for fans.

  • Pam Marino, Celia Jiménez
  • Sep 29, 2025

The 68th Monterey Jazz Festival, Friday, Sept. 26 through Sunday, Sept. 28, did not disappoint the fans who came out to hear over 70 performer…

The Marcus King Band has a new album set, with greater depth but the same raw intensity.
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The Marcus King Band has a new album set, with greater depth but the same raw intensity.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jul 24, 2025

When you hear the guitar, you know instantly that it is in the hands of Marcus King. No one in the blues or Southern rock pantheon ever played…

Kaye Bohler brings her full R&B orchestra to Salinas’ newest stage for New Year’s Eve.
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Kaye Bohler brings her full R&B orchestra to Salinas’ newest stage for New Year’s Eve.

  • Dave Faries
  • Dec 28, 2023

There is no way to contain Kaye Bohler.

At 83 years old, Mavis Staples brings her legendary, irrepressible voice to Carmel’s Sunset Center.
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At 83 years old, Mavis Staples brings her legendary, irrepressible voice to Carmel’s Sunset Center.

  • Rey Mashayekhi
  • Feb 9, 2023

At 83, Mavis Staples still regularly graces stages across this country and the wider world – a living, breathing, crooning gift to those inves…

Amy Helm’s latest album stakes out new musical – and personal – ground.
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Amy Helm’s latest album stakes out new musical – and personal – ground.

  • Paul Wilner
  • Jul 14, 2022

Amy Helm comes by her country/blues roots honestly.

The pandemic hasn’t slowed down the polymathic musician that is Taj Mahal.
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The pandemic hasn’t slowed down the polymathic musician that is Taj Mahal.

  • Paul Wilner
  • Mar 3, 2022

Taj Mahal was supposed to play Monterey in March 2020, but then Covid hit. Two years later, at the age of 78, the veteran road warrior who’s c…

Scott Ainslie immerses himself in rural and working class traditions, and we benefit.
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Scott Ainslie immerses himself in rural and working class traditions, and we benefit.

  • Liz MacDonald
  • Oct 17, 2018

 

Blues music makes a big return in the Monterey International Blues Festival.
Arts & Culture

Blues music makes a big return in the Monterey International Blues Festival.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jan 23, 2017

The Monterey Bay Blues Festival had chugged along for 27 years, bringing such talents to the Monterey County Fairgrounds as BB King, Etta Jame…

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