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By The Numbers 5-24-12

Real Estate

$1,200,000 Recent Sale 534 Crocker Ave., Pacific Grove Built: 1961 Size: 3,092 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: 2 fireplaces, deck, fenced yard, tub with jets, vaulted ceilings, guest quarters Seller: ...

Deepening Roots

The third annual, two-day California Roots Music & Arts Festival brings its biggest names yet to the Fairgrounds.

Three years ago, when the Weekly spoke with Jeff Monser prior to his inaugural California Roots Music & Arts Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, he didn’t really know what to expect of his one-day ...

Underground Epic

Live from the BASSment’s open mic sessions ignite enthusiasm in the local music scene.

In a dimly lit, low-ceilinged space below hip gastropub Cannery Row Brewing Company, an expertly executed cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” takes a wonderfully unexpected turn into The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm.” Following ...

By The Numbers 5-17-12

Real Estate

$545,000 Recent Sale 668 Pine St., Monterey Built: 1956 Size: 1,080 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, 1-car garage Amenities: Ocean view, hardwood floors, patio, full basement Seller: Nancy Napoli Buyer: Noris Orsi Broker: ...

The Dwight Stuff

Shane Dwight leads a crop of musical entertainment at the Castroville Artichoke Festival.

Sometimes agony breeds brilliance. Seasoned bluesman Shane Dwight – performing with his band at the Artichoke Festival on Saturday at 3:30pm – recently delivered his most poignant and lyrically-driven album in the wake of a ...

Turning Paige

The Dani Paige Band hopes Grateful Dead vibes direct their new album toward mainstream success.

A lawyer can be a band’s best friend, especially if they used to represent the Grateful Dead. Last February, the Dani Paige Band’s entertainment council scored an opportunity for the outfit to shoot a video ...

Revving the Engine

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Terry Sylvester highlights this year’s Rock & Rod Festival.

Terry Sylvester’s 2010 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Hollies isn’t one of his fondest memories. “I enjoyed it but it was kind of ruined for me by Mr. Graham ...

In Bloom

Gardens & Villa stops at CSU Monterey Bay on their way to the top.

Over the past couple months Santa Barbara’s Gardens & Villa have been getting their first tastes of large-scale success. “All of the sudden we’ve been playing for huge crowds in huge spaces,” says bassist Shane ...

Endless Notes

A hard-working man’s bushel of instruments keeps his performance fresh.

“I started fooling around with the concept of a one-man band with a lot of different instruments,” Al Frisby says. “I wanted to do something that was different from the lounge guitar act or jazz ...

Super Sonic

The White Hills bring heavy doses of guitar-driven space rock to Seaside.

The thunderous roar of the White Hills’ hurts-so-good decibel level will be unleashed upon the diorama-sized Alternative Café on Saturday. Seaside’s eardrums may never be the same. But the New York City-based duo – usually ...

By The Numbers 5-3-12

Real Estate

$900,000 Recent Sale 24255 San Pedro Lane, Carmel Built: 1960 Size: 1,388 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Ocean view, fireplace, deck, patio, fenced yard, tub with jets, breakfast nook Seller: ...

Marley

Reality Doesn’t Bite: Bob Marley was human after all and much more than a brilliant musician.

There’s so much material out there on Bob Marley that one would think his 36 years of life had already been amply covered since his 1981 death. Apparently, the closest people to Marley – including ...

Girl Talk

The female presence in this year’s Hipnic lineup is dynamic. Nicki Bluhm – returning with her band the Gramblers (7:25pm Friday; campground stage) – has been a Hipnic fixture since its inception, getting better every ...

Big Buck

Lindsey Buckingham, of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Fleetwood Mac, comes to Carmel.

Even if you’re not a Fleetwood Mac fan, you’ve probably heard of their 1977 release Rumors. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, it’s the sixth best-selling album in U.S. history. Glee recently devoted ...

By The Numbers 4-26-12

Real Estate

$675,000 Recent Sale 115 Littlefield Road, Monterey Built: 1978 Size: 1,709 square feet Features: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Fireplace, vaulted ceilings, deck, fenced yard, tub with jets, bonus room Seller: Laura Coor, ...

Costume Party

Feather boas, action figures and ’70s rock represent just a sampling of the Billy Martini Show’s charisma.

Custom-made Billy Martini dolls accompany CDs and Swarovski Crystal-studded tank tops on the merchandise page of Billy Martini’s website. The figurine, which looks like a cross between Kid Rock and Liberace, wears an ivory-feathered boa, ...

Blazing Away

Shady Nate’s record release show helps remind a local rapper/promoter how far he’s come.

John Blaze has always written rhymes and wanted to make his living doing something in the hip-hop world. But a few years back, he made some bad choices that ended up costing him his apartment ...

Getting Schooled

Two rockers-turned-teachers evoke Wilco with their sound.

Guitarists/singers Marc Stafford and Bryn Loosley’s college experience isn’t much different from the norm: The longtime friends attended Chico State while pursuing their dream to make it big with their alt-country band Buffalo Creek. “After ...

Rasta Legislature

Longtime reggae musician Prezident Brown delivers love, unity and a new EP to Salinas.

When reggae musician Fitzroy Albert Cotterell’s father died, the man better known as Prezident Brown was forced to leave school and help care for his mother and three sisters. Growing up in the poor farming ...

Corazon Canción

An audio-visual spectacle, celebrating the music and dance of Argentina, previews in Carmel.

April 29’s world debut of Te Amo, Argentina in Santa Monica sold out in just a few days. Thanks to Chamber Music Monterey Bay, 700 folks will have the opportunity to check out a preview ...

Signed and Sealed

JGB, featuring Melvin Seals, helps keep Jerry Garcia’s legacy alive at Fernwood’s Earth Day celebration in Big Sur.

Keyboardist Melvin Seals recalls an interview in which Jerry Garcia was asked, “What do you think will happen to the music when you’re no longer here?” “Jerry said, ‘I would like to believe the music ...

By The Numbers 4-12-12

Real Estate

$1,200,000 Recent Sale 534 Crocker St., Pacific Grove Built: 1961 Size: 3,092 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: 3 fireplaces, deck, fenced yard, vaulted ceilings, skylights, guest quarters Seller: Dennis and ...

Free For All

Renowned jam band Moonalice highlights two days of superb free music at Good Old Days.

Last year, the average price of a ticket to see Paul McCartney was $145.72. Cher was $131.22. For Roger Waters: $125.71. And those lofty numbers don’t even include tax, parking or add-on fees. In a ...

World of Taj

Traveling around the globe through the music of Taj Mahal.

Taj Mahal has released 24 studio albums over his 40-year career. As each one takes the listener on a unique musical adventure, from country blues and calypso to Afro-Caribbean and Indian, the bluesman reiterates why ...

Genius Overload 

More than 50 luminaries gather in Monterey for The Entertainment Gathering 6.

Pebble Beach Food & Wine isn’t the only high-priced event bringing creativity to the Peninsula this weekend. While culinary icons including Thomas Keller and Masaharu Morimoto make foodies’ mouths water in Del Monte Forest, leaders ...

By The Numbers 4-05-12

$3,125,000 Recent Sale 194 San Remo Rd., Carmel Highlands Built: 2011 Size: 4,139 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 3-car garage Amenities: Ocean views, library, wine cellar, 2 guest suites, landscaped, patio, 2 fireplaces ...

Sweetest Voice

Melissa Polinar uses natural talent and social media to advance her career.

When Melissa Polinar was only 18, Warner Brothers brought her on as a staff songwriter. But the music giant had no real clue about the secret weapon it had added to its arsenal. “[Warner Brothers] ...

Experimental Extreme

Two bands bring unorthodox sounds and visions to Seaside.

Similar to electronica oddities like Deadmau5, the Santa Cruz musician known as Mantle or Mantle Sound Core doesn’t like to divulge his real name. He’s also a man of few words; he’d rather let his ...

Harlem Globetrotters

For 26 years, the Harlem Gospel Choir has been spreading love all over the world.

The Harlem Gospel Choir was born Jan. 15, 1986, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The group’s been dedicated to carrying on his ideals ever since. “Dr. King’s philosophy was to bring people ...

By The Numbers 3-29-12

Real Estate

$995,000 Recent Sale 6 Deer Forest Dr., Monterey Built: 1982 Size: 3,170 square feet Features: 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Fireplace, skylights, breakfast bar, vaulted ceilings, large yard Seller: Andrew Singer and Melanie ...

Island Fever

Musicians from Oregon and Connecticut bond in a tropical paradise.

Guitarist Daniel Nickels and drummer Tom Miller lived on opposite coasts of the U.S., but an open mic night at a beach bar on the Carribbean island of St. Kitts brought them together in 2008. ...

Jazzy Fresh

The 42nd annual Next Generation Jazz Festival brings more than 1,000 of jazz’s up-and-coming elite to town.

After more than 20 years, it would be understandable if there was nothing left to blow Paul Contos’ mind. But the education director of the Monterey Jazz Festival, who described the student-based Next Generation Jazz ...

By The Numbers 3-22-12

Real Estate

$1,150,000 Recent Sale Monte Verde, 5 SW of 13th, Carmel Built: 1927 Size: 1,320 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Amenities: Ocean views, fireplace, vaulted ceilings, deck, stainless steel appliances, granite counters Buyer: Mark ...

Soaring Sounds

Owl Paws lead a trio of bands coming together for a music-filled night at East Village.

Owl Paws’ booming “Party Johnson” was inspired by singer/guitarist Derek Schultz getting screwed over by his then-girlfriend, who was attending CSUMB. The tune includes folk-oriented harmonies reminiscent of Mumford & Sons fused with near-shouting lyrics ...

Redwood High

Following a breakout Hardly Strictly debut, AllofaSudden jams in Big Sur.

Last year, AllofaSudden had the opportunity to perform in San Francisco on a bill that included everyone from Robert Plant and Conor Oberst to The Blind Boys of Alabama and Thurston Moore. “It was really ...

Live at the Library

Decorated singer-songwriter James Hurley returns to Prunedale with books as a backdrop.

James Hurley rarely divulges that he dropped out of high school to pursue a career as a professional cowboy. “I was going to be the next world champion bull rider,” he says. On Wednesday, the ...

Green Machine

Celtic Grateful Dead cover band Wake the Dead lead a music-filled weekend of St. Paddy’s Day fun.

“When Irish eyes are smiling, ’tis like a morn in spring,” someone once said. “With a lilt of Irish laughter, you can hear the angels sing.” With a range of thematically appropriate music options spreading ...

More Shamrocking

A pair of other Érie shows for the weekend

The Black Irish Band is almost as prolific as the Grateful Dead. Their upcoming release, Dark Ocean: Songs of Pirates, Privateers, and Poor Sailors, marks album number 22 in 20 years. Presented by the Friends ...

Mucho Mariachi

Three major mariachi outfits help keep more than a century of tradition and culture alive in Salinas.

The reason Caminos del Arte director Nicolasa Alvarez thought mariachi music should be incorporated into her east Salinas nonprofit youth program was as simple as looking in the mirror. It’s part of her – and ...

By The Numbers 3-15-12

Real Estate

$770,000 Recent Sale 170 Pacific Ave., Pacific Grove Built: 1934 Size: 1,900 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Amenities: Fireplace, hardwood floors, guest quarters/artist’s studio, fenced yard, patio Seller: Sarah Boyle Buyer: Francis and ...

By The Numbers 3-8-12

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