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Gary Meek’s two previous albums were “straight-ahead jazz,” he says. “All acoustic, and this Monterey-based saxophonist and keyboardist found …
In March of 2012, the century-old First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove hosted a concert presented by the Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community …
Hundreds of car-centric rock songs have been recorded, including The Beach Boys’ “Fun Fun Fun” and Chuck Berry’s “Maybelline,” but nothing qui…
For Mick Fleetwood to enthusiastically tout his new blues band as a “return to [his] roots” may seem like a bit of a stretch, until you factor…
In 1970, Nina Simone wrote a rallying cry of a song called “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” an open letter of support to black kids who were o…
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 …
Pulp was a British band that reached the peak of its musical power in the mid-1990s. They stormed the shores of the United States on a wave of…
If 75-year-old Monterey Jazz Festival Founder Jimmy Lyons is the king of local jazz, then 38-year-old Tm Jackson is its crown prince.