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Get Ready for a Texas Guitar Throwdown Featuring Blues-Rock Guitar Aces Jay Hooks and Chris Castaneda
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Get Ready for a Texas Guitar Throwdown starring Lone Star State guitar aces Jay Hooks and Chris Castaneda at Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top Lounge, 3714 Main St., Saturday, January 31. Show: 8:00PM. Tickets: $18. Info: (913) 520-9899 or visit https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLRNGF6WV7S09/checkout/ZBJZZADMASJCLXEEB2CQRILU. Jay Hooks: This past September, Texas blues-rock firebrand Jay Hooks released Tequila & Bullets, his first studio album in years, to wide critical acclaim. Born and […]
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People Get Ready: Blues & Rock 'N' Roll Summit Coming to Lizzie Rose Music Room
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People Get Ready: A Blues and Rock ‘N’ Roll Summit is coming to Lizzie Rose Music Room, featuring a potent double-bill of New Jersey-based talent: rocker Glenn Alexander & Shadowland featuring Oria and the Asbury Jukes Horns; and some tasty original blues by James ‘JB’ Barnes and the JB Blues Band, Friday, January 30. 217 E. Main […]
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Celebrate Release of Two New Singles, Delta Wires Return to Almost Famous Wine Lounge
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Bay Area Royalty, the Delta Wires, bring their rockin’ Big Band Blues sound back to one of the group’s favorite haunts, Almost Famous Wine Lounge, 2271 S. Vasco Rd. in Livermore, Saturday, January 3. Show: 7:30pm-9:30pm. Tickets start at $12.51. Info: (925) 315-5355 or visit eventbrite.com/e/delta-wires-tickets-1736131288419. Delta Wires are celebrating the release of two new singles that […]
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Redemption, What The Media Is Saying About Brody Buster's New Album
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Kansas City multi-instrumentalist Brody Buster’s critically=lauded new album Redemption, released last April, was nominated in the Blues-Rock best album category for the 2025 Blues Blast Awards. Here’s what the press had to say, reviews-wise, about Redemption. *Also, check out Brody’s cool new video, “Can You Hear Me,” at the bottom of this press release. “Redemption is a strong, […]
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The Blues Foundation Salutes 2026 Keeping The Blues Alive Recipients
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The Blues Foundation enters its 45th year by saluting the 2026 Keeping The Blues Alive (KBA) honorees during International Blues Challenge week, Tuesday, January 13 through Saturday, January 17, 2026. This year’s KBA recipients are Cognac Blues Passions; John Anderson; Jeff Davis; Michael Gray; Jazz Alley; Nola Blue; Jim Hartzell; Robert Terrell; and Mark Jacobson. The KBA Awards are chosen annually by […]
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10th Annual New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival Returns to New Orleans Jazz Museum
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The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival returns to the historic New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave., Thursday, January 15 through Saturday, January 17. Tickets/info: visit NewOrleansCBG.com. The festival will showcase Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee Jonathon “Boogie” Long, sensational old-time music duo Hillary Klug & Meredith Moon, exciting French trio La Durance Blues Band, New Jersey-based Americana outfit April Mae & the […]
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Out and About - December 2025
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OUT AND ABOUT 🎄Merry Christmas!🎄 Happy Hanukkah! 💐 There are numerous holiday events and parades going on with many listed below along with a few ice-skating rinks. Some New Year’s Eve events are listed. Areas having multiple events all month are Vista (Winter Fest and Jingle Terrace), Coastal Christmas in Del Mar, Lightscape in Encinitas, and […]
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What The Media Is Saying About New Album "Wonderlust" by Prog-Rock Legends Pavlov's Dog
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In 2024, as Pavlov’s Dog celebrated the release of the career-spanning retrospective box set Essential Recordings 1974–2018, the band was already hard at work on a new album of original material. That album, entitled Wonderlust, has now arrived on Ruf Records –- a half-century after their debut LP Pampered Menial with the hit “Julia” briefly made Pavlov’s Dog the darlings of the 1970’s progressive rock scene. […]
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Davey Jones - The Curch of Blues
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“All of these things together are helping grow the brand and my music streams,’ says Jones, who enjoyed some chart action last year with his catchy single, “Woman I Love” (listen here). Presently, Jones has over thirty songs out on all of the streaming platforms, getting over ten thousand monthly streams on Pandora. “I […]
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Out & About - Nov 2025
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Carlsbad and Encinitas are hosting Street Festivals, and the San Diego Botanic Garden has brought back their Lightscape event. Lots of holiday events are scheduled, with Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos events through this weekend. This is the last weekend for the Ren Faire. There are parades and other special events around the area […]
