Love’s Demise Takes Front Seat on New Record By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN I have been listening to Kris Anglis’ new EP, Heartbreak Is Contagious over and over since I recently had her on my radio show, […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Matt Jaffe has hit his stride with his latest album, Undertoad. I have been following Jaffe since he was 14 and playing hugely good guitar at a house concert series in Northern […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Late at night is a good time to listen to Melissa Sullivan’s new album, Late Last Night, set for release June 26, preferably in a richly-paneled, near-empty cocktail bar while you sip […]
CALIFORNIA ROCKER STAFF We get a lot of photos here at California Rocker and many don’t get featured as they may deserve. From Steven Adler to Peter Frampton, from Moby and KAABOO to The Cure […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN I have been listening to John Mayall ever since I outgrew doo wop. Although he was in England and I was in California, he introduced me to that unique American art form, the […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Freshly Cut, the debut full length album by The Strands, will not only excite their local following, but introduce the wider world to Amanda Campbell’s languid pop/jazz and incisive love lyrics that […]
Peter Frampton Presented with Les Paul Award By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN ANAHEIM – On Saturday at NAMM, the day began when social media influencer and singer BINX and I encountered heavy security at the Media Center. […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN ANAHEIM – It’s a good thing that the Anaheim Convention Center added the new North Hall because NAMM is really using it. Attendance hit 101,000+ and it showed, especially in the major […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN ANAHEIM – A $2 million dollar guitar strap. A watch that tunes your instruments, a guitar that folds up and yet sounds great. These are a few of products presented to the media […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN The beloved actor Rob Morrow bought his funky country blues band RMB to the Santa Monica Playhouse’s community theater stage, playing for a small audience as part of the gig by the […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN It’s hard to know where to start when reviewing Via, the most recent album released by the Costa Rican hip-hop and rap artist NAKURY (born Natasha Campos). Usually you start with the […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Jill Jack is one of my favorite people. An icon of music in Detroit, she has toured nationally and in Europe, bringing her intelligent, exciting, emotional country rock blues and ballads to […]
With Iraheta It’s All About the Voice By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN I thought a long time before I nominated Allison Iraheta for the LA Music Critics Award for Best Rock Singer of 2016. Allison and her […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN The band SWIRL has tight music and a clear message: Choose your path, stand up for it, don’t let negative voices deter you. The music from SWIRL is powerful – hooks that […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Special to CaliforniaRocker.com PASADENA – Going to a John Mayall concert is like going to church – not to a religious ceremony, unless blues is your religion, but being inside a cathedral experiencing […]
By Patrick O’Heffernan What happens when two Texan musicians raised in classical music and school choirs find themselves in a punk venue in Guadalajara playing for tacos and tequila. They write a song, “Guadalajara,” part […]
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