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…
Guitarist Chris Rauber of the Mojo Banditos shows a degree of reverence for his material not displayed by most cover band leaders.
Decades ago, two San Francisco-based string quartets – first the Kronos Quartet in the mid-’70s, followed by 1985’s Turtle Island String Quart…
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…
The ’70s and ’80s saw the evolution of a sister genre to rock ‘n’ roll emerge with a rougher approach, a bigger attitude and a much harder mus…
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…
Photographer Michael Alan Ross shoots and scores with compelling photos of rockstars and their cars.
Word came to Michael Alan Ross, as it often does, from a famous musician’s management team. You can have a few hours with Mick Fleetwood, they…
Two teenagers named John and Paul were inspired to start a band after they saw Buddy Holly perform in 1958 at the London Palladium. Another ki…
Clarence Greenwood, who performs under the moniker Citizen Cope, navigated the concrete jungle of Washington, D.C. during the school year, att…
Guitarist Sonny Landreth was born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, so he brings with him the down South traditions of searing Delta blu…