Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with the Guilty Ones performing at the Chateau Rive at the Flour Mill in Spokane, WA.
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Following up on their critically acclaimed 2014 release, Common Ground — a tribute to Big Bill Broonzy — the Alvin brothers are back to further explore their musical influences and the roots of American music. On Lost Time, out Sept. 18, Dave […]
Taken at the Los Angeles weekly roots music show, The Grand Ole Echo
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin have announced their new release, Lost Time, due September 18, 2015, on Yep Roc records. The brothers Alvin reunited in 2014 for their first album together in over thirty years, titled Common Ground Dave Alvin & […]
Dave Alvin at Byron Bay Bluesfest, Australia, April 2015
Anne McCue’s sixth studio album, Blue Sky Thinkin’, traverses the great cosmic continuum into the era of mid-20th century jazz and swing, bringing with it enough of the singer’s East Nashville songwriting swagger and Australian independence to make the eclectic 12-song […]
Dave Alvin performing with his brother Phil Alvin and the Guilty Ones at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
Anne McCue is a chameleon. When I first heard her, ca. 2001, she was cranking out Hendrix-style electric licks. As wild and free as any of the Big Boys around at the time. She had her “almost pop” phase with Amazing […]
California is the land of plenty in more ways than just fresh fruits, cracked nuts, jagged mountains and warm beaches. Music, too, is a huge part of the state’s history, and native son Dave Alvin feels it. As a veteran […]
One image lingers after seeing the Blasters perform at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia in October 1984. While Phil Alvin sang “Long White Cadillac”, his brother, Dave, the band’s principal songwriter, could be seen silently mouthing the lyrics while playing […]
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