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Rock, Bach, blues and jazz are all hallmarks of the thriving (and historic) Central Coast music scene.
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Rock, Bach, blues and jazz are all hallmarks of the thriving (and historic) Central Coast music scene.

  • Paul Wilner
  • Oct 22, 2021

“If there’s anything we try to preserve, it’s creating or recreating opportunities to come together to experience music joyfully, and enjoy the emotional uplift that comes from that experience.”

The Beach Boys, still led by Mike Love, visit Golden State Theatre.
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The Beach Boys, still led by Mike Love, visit Golden State Theatre.

  • Paul Fried
  • Mar 9, 2017

Being called “one of the biggest assholes in the history of rock and roll” by Rolling Stone last year probably didn’t make Beach Boy Mike Love…

Singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt return to Carmel.
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Singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt return to Carmel.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Mar 9, 2017

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…

Eclectic and inspired Rufus Wainwright to perform Carmel’s Sunset Center.
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Eclectic and inspired Rufus Wainwright to perform Carmel’s Sunset Center.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Feb 2, 2017

A decade after Rufus Wainwright unveiled his politically melancholic “I’m Going to a Town,” British pop star Lily Allen resurrected it as an a…

Songwriters Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and John Prine perform in Monterey.
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Songwriters Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and John Prine perform in Monterey.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Dec 8, 2016

“Everybody’s dying this year,” says folk icon Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. “It seems like a week doesn’t go by without some beloved musician dying.”

Nobel Dylan
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Nobel Dylan

  • Rob Rogers
  • Oct 18, 2016
Iconic dancer Twyla Tharp celebrates 50th birthday.
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Iconic dancer Twyla Tharp celebrates 50th birthday.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Oct 13, 2016

The Twyla Tharp Dance Company stands among the most famous dance companies in this country – among those by Paul Taylor, Alvin Ailey, Martha G…

Singer-songwriter Cass McCombs kicks off his world tour at Henry Miller Library.
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Singer-songwriter Cass McCombs kicks off his world tour at Henry Miller Library.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Sep 8, 2016

Cass McCombs’ 2016 record Mangy Love brings on razor-sharp cynicism. The opener “Bum, Bum, Bum,” a jab to the groin of the American justice sy…

Monterey Americana Festival stacks a strong five-act bill.
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Monterey Americana Festival stacks a strong five-act bill.

  • Paul Fried
  • Jul 21, 2016

Having partnered up with BaconFest for a two-day event last year, this weekend’s edition of the Monterey Americana Festival will return to a s…

Popular bluesman highlights free Seaside concert series.
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Popular bluesman highlights free Seaside concert series.

  • Paul Fried
  • Jul 14, 2016

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…

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