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Hermosa Saloon celebrates Johnny Cash’s birthday with Humble Harry
Humble Harry and Alyssa Barron rock the Hermosa Saloon singing Johnny Cash’s and June Carter’s “Jackson,” in celebration of Johnny Cash’s birthday
South Bay Jam takes root at Standing Room in Hermosa Beach
Every Thursday, Barclay Roach plays a variety of music that is as head-spinning as it is head-bobbing. From punk to jazz, the South Bay Jam has evolved over the past year to incorporate a rotating crew of dozens of musicians and hundreds of songs.
Linkin Park’s Bennington performed for Palos Verdes Peninsula school kids
At a 2016 concert in Palos Verdes for local school kids, Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington joined fellow rock stars and the Palos Verdes High choir in singing Bob Dylan’s elegiac “Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” On Thursday, Bennington was found dead in his Palos Verdes Estates home, of an apparent suicide.
Carjacking suspect decides not to carjack Pennywise guitarist in Redondo Beach
“It looked like he was reaching for the driver side door handle and I thought for a moment he was coming for my truck. But if he was, he changed his mind when we made eye contact,” said Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge. Dragge is 6-foot-5, 300 pounds.
Tenor Dennis McNeil performs Valentine’s Day concert at The Lounge, Hermosa Beach
Tenor Dennis McNeil and keyboard player Ed Martel presented a concert of love songs in celebration of Valentine’s Day at The Lounge in Hermosa Beach
Singer/songwriter John Brown releases “Christmas at the Beach”
Singer/Songwriter John Brown continues his contributions to local holiday music with a newly released song celebrating “Christmas at the Beach.”
Dirk Hamilton returns to South Bay for Alva’s show
Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Dirk Hamilton performed regularly at the now legendary Sweetwater in Redondo Beach. He returns to the South Bay this Saturday, November 19 for a performance at Alva’s in San Pedro. He recently released “Touch and Go,” recorded and produced by Rob Laufer.)
Live on arrival: Hermosa Beach’s Kevin Sousa returns to Pier Plaza, with a new EP in tow
by Ryan McDonald Flick the volume knob far enough to the right, and the first sound you will hear on “Wait, What?,” the new EP from Kevin Sousa, is the faint murmur of a steady rain. In a state suffering through a five-year drought that even El Niño couldn’t slake, that may qualify as […]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts Por Favor, Hermosa Brett Dennen conjures California by way of shimmer and shine
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts Por Favor, Hermosa Brett Dennen conjures California by way of shimmer and shine by Rachel Reeves Brett Dennen’s folk music conjures the spirit of Southern California — light, happy, the essence of summer — though its influences derive from places as distant as Africa and the Caribbean. His tunes are […]
Hillside Serenades
Summer-long concerts each Wednesday evening at Malaga Cove Malaga Cove is an enclave unto itself, and it’s also one of the first things we see when we drive up from Redondo Beach and into Palos Verdes Estates. In the plaza, landmarked by the statue of Neptune, there are art shows each month, but a little […]
Battle for the Beach 2016: Finals
The finals for “Battle for the Beach 2016” were held last night at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. Spliff Vision, Aurico, Josh Arbour, and Zeal Levin were the four musical acts who performed. Zeal Levin emerged as the winner, and he will open for the Hermosa Beach 2016 Summer Concerts. Photos by Sean Carroll.
Jarvis opens Sunday for Donavon Frankenreiter at Saint Rocke.
Hermosa Beach singer-songwriter Jamisen Jarvis opens Sunday for pro surfer turned singer-songwriter Donavon Frankenreiter at Saint Rocke. Easy Reader music critic Alex Khatchadourian described Jarvis as, “Languid at times, soulful at others, Jarvis has the allure of a vocalist beyond her years.”
Descendents perform first Hermosa concert in two decades
The Blue Ribbons have been flowing with a Stoli or two on the rocks thrown in. Anticipation fills the air. People are wearing local surf shop T-shirts and hats along with those of Black Flag, Pennywise and of course Descendents.