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

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…

Mojo Banditos makes Sly McFly’s debut with locals who played together for decades.
Music

Mojo Banditos makes Sly McFly’s debut with locals who played together for decades.

  • Paul Fried
  • Sep 29, 2016

Guitarist Chris Rauber of the Mojo Banditos shows a degree of reverence for his material not displayed by most cover band leaders.

Anderson & Roe attack the keys with intensity.
Music

Anderson & Roe attack the keys with intensity.

  • Paul Fried
  • Jul 28, 2016

Decades ago, two San Francisco-based string quartets – first the Kronos Quartet in the mid-’70s, followed by 1985’s Turtle Island String Quart…

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…

Rock pioneer Pat Travers visits Fox Theater in Salinas.
Music

Rock pioneer Pat Travers visits Fox Theater in Salinas.

  • Paul Fried
  • Jun 30, 2016

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…

Blues luminary Charlie Musselwhite returns to the Peninsula.
Music

Blues luminary Charlie Musselwhite returns to the Peninsula.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Feb 18, 2016

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.
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Photographer Michael Alan Ross shoots and scores with compelling photos of rockstars and their cars.

  • Mary Duan
  • Aug 13, 2015

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…

PacRep’s annual love letter to Buddy Holly refuses to fade away, includes more impersonations than ever.
Music

PacRep’s annual love letter to Buddy Holly refuses to fade away, includes more impersonations than ever.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Aug 13, 2015

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…

Citizen Cope’s solo-acoustic tour hits Golden State Theatre.
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Citizen Cope’s solo-acoustic tour hits Golden State Theatre.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Feb 12, 2015

Clarence Greenwood, who performs under the moniker Citizen Cope, navigated the concrete jungle of Washington, D.C. during the school year, att…

Bluesman Sonny Landreth is going to melt Sand City into glass, then shatter the glass.
Arts & Culture

Bluesman Sonny Landreth is going to melt Sand City into glass, then shatter the glass.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Aug 21, 2014

Guitarist Sonny Landreth was born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, so he brings with him the down South traditions of searing Delta blu…

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