By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES – Back in the early ’80s, when Australian Nick Cave was still raving like a madman while fronting The Birthday Party and wooing the Goth crowd, it was impossible to […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Rod Stewart has revealed he has been battling prostate cancer for three years and has beaten the deadly disease. Sir Rod also revealed additional good news: He is releasing an album on […]
Opener Walter Trout Comes Roaring Back By CRAIG HAMMONS Everybody was feeling alright at the rock party tonight. Blues brother George Thorogood and his band The Destroyers are on the road celebrating 45 years of […]
By JOHN DALY Sir Rod Stewart and Live Nation Entertainment have announced an exclusive multi-year global touring partnership through which Live Nation will produce and promote the famous UK Rocker’s concert events internationally. Stewart is […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS The psychedelic rock legend Arthur Brown returned to Los Angeles to weave his spell on us dedicated fans. It was a cold night in Los Angeles and after a rough week at […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS I go way back with Alice Cooper. I first saw him open up for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in the gymnasium of Cal State Fullerton in 1972. All he […]
By JOHN DALY California Rocker has been named one of the top 25 music magazines to follow on the Web. The award comes from Feedspot.com, a web aggregator that analyzes and collects data on reader […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS Human Drama and Bar Sinister are a perfect match of artist and venue. Human Drama has played there many times in the past but tonight’s show was going to be special as it […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS The Residents started their 2018 In Between Dreams tour of North America back at the historic Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles. These purveyors of the avant-garde and bizarre brought their brand […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS Carl Palmer is by far one of the greatest drummers of all time. He ranks right up there with Keith Moon, John Bonham and Terry Bozzio. After nearly four decades behind the […]
The Darts Rip it Up By CRAIG HAMMONS All-girl group The Darts had a rip-roaring Rock and Roll weekend with three shows in just over 24 hours. They opened the weekend of with a 4 […]
By CALIFORNIA ROCKER STAFF While it was a tough year, raging live performances brought out the best concerts of 2017. CaliforniaRocker.com presents what our staffers selected as the 50 best concert events of the year. […]
December Award for Best Blog followed by January’s Best Music Blog List By JOHN DALY LOS ANGELES – CaliforniaRocker.com won first place in the Best Individual Blog category of the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism […]
Good Memories and New Songs By CRAIG HAMMONS The mighty and majestic Depeche Mode were in town for four mind-blowing sold out shows at the Hollywood Bowl in support of their brilliant new album Spirit. […]
Review by CRAIG HAMMONS The house was a rocking and I didn’t bother knocking I just came on in to see Mississippi bluesman R.L. Boyce’s Los Angeles debut. R.L. Boyce is in town to support […]
Review By CRAIG HAMMONS Happy hippies and purveyors of the fine art of rock music were in heaven the other night at Yestival, a celebration of all things prog rock. The triple bill of Yes […]
Review By CRAIG HAMMONS After seeing some of Hans Zimmer’s performance footage from Coachella it was going to be mandatory for me to see this modern day genius of a composer when he came back […]
Site Wins Social Media and Best Blog Awards By JOHN DALY LOS ANGELES – The team at CaliforniaRocker.com has set the standard: Donna Balancia and her editorial team have won five journalism awards in one […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS, Photos by ALYSON CAMUS To witness a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds show is like having a spiritual rock and roll cleansing. He captures hearts and souls whether on the stage […]
Photographs © 2017 by ALYSON CAMUS Alyson Camus never fails to get the shot and in this case the fabulous French photographer captured spectacular images of Nick Cave. “It was one of the best shows […]
Musicians, Artists and Friends on Hand at Showing By DONNA BALANCIA The Blessings performed as fans of photography and music gathered at Pop Obscure Records in downtown L.A. for an exhibit by photographer Heather Harris. […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Legendary producer Nile Rogers will be the music keynote speaker at SXSW 2017, which, musically will be more diverse than ever. With performers ranging from Jesse Colin Young and Modern English, to […]
Bob Weir, Desert Trip, Eagles of Death Metal, The Cure, Make Beautiful Music in 2016 Eagles of Death Metal at The Teragram Ballroom The band members in The Eagles of Death Metal have coped with […]
Review of Alice Cooper at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino By CRAIG HAMMONS The first time I saw Alice Cooper was in the gymnasium of Cal State Fullerton in 1969. He was on the bill with […]
Jeff Beck Revs up His Past and Present with Once in a Lifetime Show By CRAIG HAMMONS – Jeff Beck has been out on the road promoting his new album Loud Hailer. However, the show […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS – SOULROCKER (Sol-rahk-er) – One who lives from the heart, with compassion for all, and possesses a tenacious enthusiasm for music, life and the planet. Once Michael Franti and his band Spearhead stepped […]
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