Slack key master Makana to go back, and forward in time at Slack Key Festival in Redondo Beach
by Laila Freeman Celebrated slack key guitarist Makana plans to do more than perform at the 18th Annual Southern California Slack Key Festival, on January 19 at 2 p.m at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. He will also teach the audience what’s behind the music. “Do the listeners know what the song means? Do […]
Sounds like Summer Easy Reader 2024
In the parks, and on piers and beach Dylanfest 34 Saturday, May 25 Dylanfest is an 8-hour celebration of the music of Bob Dylan. Hard Rain, the “house band”, is joined by solo artists, full bands, and instrumentalists. Bring a jacket in case of rain, though it may be moved inside. Early Bird $35, $40 […]
Sting to headline BeachLife
From a distinguished young punk, to a refined jazz interpreter and political voice, then Puff Daddy’s melody source to eulogize the Notorious B.I.G., to an elder statesman in a muscle shirt – Sting is coming to BeachLife 2024. Incubus and My Morning Jacket headline the other two nights of the fifth edition of the waterfront […]
Into the Tropic of Cancer
How a wandering surfer’s search for waves resulted in one the world’s great musical festivals in a Baja Pueblo by Mark McDermott A few years ago, a van swung onto Manuel Márquez de León, a street that runs through the downtown “Centro” district of Todos Santos, a pueblo in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The vehicle […]
Beach Cities 2023 Summer Dining
South Bay Beer & Wine Festival Ernie Howlett Park, Rolling Hills Estates May 21 The Palos Verdes Rotarians host their 10th food, craft beer, and wines festival, in support of local charities. $95 general/$165 VIP. Info at sbbeerwinefest.com Whiskey dinner Pacific Standard Prime June 6 Dan Garrison explains how, back in 2006, Garrison Brothers […]
Americana Beauty – BeachLife Ranch brings it all back home
by Gavin Heaney Photos by JP Cordero/BeachLife Production & Mike Balzer I have listened to Johnny Cash nearly my whole life and for some reason, it never occurred to me he was country. His voice was so plainly original that I never thought of it as pertaining to any particular genre, it just sounded great. […]
Mission Accomplished (Jim Lindberg on BeachLife)
by Jim Lindberg Sunday morning I was exhausted from taking lap after lap around the festival grounds in my official duty as brand director, guiding the film crew to make sure they were getting great shots of people dancing to the music of our killer lineup, noshing on tasty grinds and knocking back a few […]