Back By Popular Demand, Once Again: Delta Wires, respected long-time Rockin’ Big Band Blues mainstays from the San Francisco/Bay area music scene, return to Livermore to perform locally at Almost Famous Wine Lounge, 2271 S. Vasco Rd., Friday, December 13. Show: 7:30pm. Tickets: $12.51-23.18. Info: (925) 384-5870 or visit www.almostfamous.wine. Ernie Pinata’s searing and impassioned harp on the […]
The Blues Foundation launches its 40th year by saluting the 2025 Keeping The Blues Alive (KBA) honorees during International Blues Challenge week, Tuesday, January 7 through Saturday, January 11. This year’s KBA recipients are The Rhythm Room; Blues Blast Magazine; Charlie Hussey; Big Ed’s Blues Jam; Little Steven’s Blues School; Cincy Blues Society; Jefferson Street Sound Museum; and Ryszard Gloger. Keeping The Blues Alive Awards are chosen annually […]
What a double bill! Billy Walton, one of the Tri-State area’s busiest, most popular rock guitarists, who fronts high-energy group Billy Walton Band, joins Philly favorites Low Cut Connie for a pre-Christmas banger at Anchor Rock Club, 247 S. New York Ave., Saturday, December 14. Doors: 7:00PM. Show: 8:00PM. Info: (609) 808-4990 or visit anchorrockclub.com. The show is being presented […]
The December Nights are back in Balboa Park. There are numerous holiday events and parades going on. Ice skating rinks are opening at Hotel Coronado, Viejas, Liberty Station, Temecula and Julian. Some New Year’s Eve events are listed. The Solterra Winery in Encinitas has live music Fridays-Sundays. Vista has a number of events in their Winter […]
“The songs on Saratoga deserve nothing less than your full attention. Eddie’ 9V’s latest album announces his new groove with the crisp, purposeful beats of the opening title track, an instant favorite that gets under your skin with its almost disco-style harmonies and joust of horns and slide guitar” – THE ROCKPIT Ruf Records releases Saratoga, the new studio album […]
Get ready for the 9th Annual New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival at the historic New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave., taking place Thursday, January 16 through Saturday, January 18. An astonishing array of talent from far and wide gathers to both perform and celebrate homemade-stringed instruments in the world’s most musical city. Tickets/info: (504) 568-6993 or visit NewOrleansCBG.com. New Jersey […]
The Gourmet Blues concert series at Humphrey’s Backstage has been added, as well as the Bornemann Theatre in San Marcos with both Daring Greatly and Never Die Young scheduled (among others). Carlsbad and Encinitas are hosting Street Festivals, and the Food & Wine Festival is in San Diego. The San Diego Botanic Garden has brought […]
The New Phunk Odyssey Tour featuring acclaimed Southern Roots-rock vocalist and percussionist Melody Trucks and her good musical pals The Fitzkee Brothers, take to the road for a four-city tour along with Gordon Stirling & The People, with the first show at Death Punch Bar, 2321 18th St. NW, Saturday, October 26. Doors: 7pm. Show: 9pm. Tickets: $15. Info: (202) […]
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Ruf Records is proud to announce a monumental tour that will showcase the legacy of one of the most influential labels in modern blues history. The Ruf Records 30th Anniversary Tour, headlined by Samantha Fish and Canned Heat, with special guests Mitch Ryder and Bernard Allison, and a special performance by Ghalia Volt’s One Woman Band, kicks […]
Halloween events are happening all over along with a number of Harvest or Fall Festivals, including the Fall Festival of Gems and Stagecoach Sunday in Fallbrook, and the Ren Faire in Escondido. Oktoberbest is still going strong. Del Mar is hosting a Wine + Food Festival, and La Jolla is hosting a Spirits Festival. There […]