Music Blog
Just Announced: Free Sic Alps Show in Big Sur
San Francisco garage-rock, Drag City record label and openers for Sonic Youth. You may think that all that indie cred must be the result of ...
Goodbye, Ms. Houston
When I arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, I had no idea that a few miles away one of the most talented female singers ...
Keeping the Monterey Fairgrounds Enticing with the Turf Club Music Series
Yes, the Monterey County Fairgrounds was home to the Monterey Pop Fest in 1967 where Hendrix and Joplin made lasting impressions on the music world; ...
Obama and Jack Johnson Fave, John Cruz, to Perform at CRBC
A little more than a week after John Cruz's version of "Hi'ilawe" was featured on the popular television revamp of "Hawaii Five-O," he will appear ...
R.I.P Ms. Etta James
One of my favorite things about Etta James—aside from her mountain-moving voice and dynamic presence—was: she loved getting a little raunchy and never cared what ...
The Henry Miller Library Comes Out of Hibernation
2011 was an amazing year for the Henry Miller Library, (((folkYEAH!))) and any of the folks that were lucky enough to experience at least one ...
Beach Boys Finally Confirm Reunion Tour
There have been more pump fakes surrounding the possibility of a Beach Boys reunion tour than an NBA basketball game. Nearly two years ago, Big ...
Top Music Story Comments of 2011
About 10 years ago, if you wanted to make a comment on something that appeared in print media, you had to physically submit a letter ...
Pitchfork Gives Mucho Love to Monterey County
The online hipster and sometimes overly esoteric music website, Pitchfork, has made a tradition of inviting respected indie artists to contribute to a monster "Best ...
Monterey County's Most Memorable Music Moments of 2011
In 2011, the live music scene in Monterey County had some grand moments—Jackie Greene played a free show in Sand City and Ozomatli played The ...
Top Ten Albums of 2011 (Part Two)
For my top 5, click HERE. 10: Strokes: Angles The main reason why the Strokes made my list is because they actually put out an ...
Top Ten Albums of 2011 (Part One)
Folks usually start at ten on these kind of lists but I'm starting at five. Stay tuned for the rest. 5. Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring ...
The Tour Diaries: Part Three
Check out Lauren Shera's final installment of her journey around the country on the Communion Tour, including a visit to my hometown of Philly: From ...
Injury Update From Levi Strom
Nearly two months after local singer-songwriter Levi Strom released his sophomore album The Lone Wolf, the unthinkable happened: The benevolent, bushy-haired musician broke his neck ...
Longtime Local Musician John Michael is Truly Loved
John Michael (pictured above on the left with Celtic hard rockers Bog Iron) is featured in this week's edition of the Weekly. It was difficult ...
The Tour Diaries: Part Two
Lauren Shera's second installment of the Communion Tour. Closing out our second week of the tour, I'm fighting some sniffles and may not be as ...
The Tour Diaries: Part One
When local singer-songwriter Lauren Shera embarked on a tour with the U.K.-based, grassroots promotion outlet Communion, she promised to keep in touch with her hometown ...
Deliciously Overwhelming: The Bridge School Benefit and Communion in the Redwoods
I've never seen Mountain View's Shoreline Amphitheatre as crowded as it was on Sunday for the second day of Neil and Pegi Young's annual Bridge ...
Communion in the Redwoods is Now Free
In a text message from Britt Govea, mastermind of (((folkYEAH!))) Presents and a co-presenter of this weekend's Communion in the Redwoods fest, he writes: "Communion ...
The Good Sams Emerge From Moss Landing with Classic Western Swing and Tasty Americana
The best way to describe one of Monterey County's newest music acts—playing this Sunday at Communion in the Redwoods at Fernwood in Big Sur—is to ...
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