I first met Dallas Mercer in 2005 when he became the bassist for my band Moonshine Deathbed.
The ʦapp International Music Festival returns for its fifth season this weekend offering three public concerts and a special lecture session on Beethoven.
Earlier this week, the Kern County Fair announced the complete lineup for the 2024 Budweiser Pavilion Concert Series.
If you missed Blackberry Smoke's debut last fall at the Fox Theater, never fear. The Southern rock band will bring its "Be Right Here" Tour to downtown ʦapp on Oct. 30.
The show is over and August Young has, in a figurative sense, just blown the roof off the historic Nile Theater with his hard-driving tribute band, Legend Zeppelin.
Deedra Patrick has been a familiar name to local audiences as both a solo artist and as the frontwoman for acts like her 1980s top 40/new wave outfit Contraband, the L.A. heavy rock band DeTor Grey and, most recently, NeuTrick with keyboardist Chris Neufeld and Turquoise with Neufeld and gui…
Editor's note: On July 8, the show's start time was announced to be pushed back to 8:30 p.m. due to the heat.
On Tuesday, legendary rock band Heart announced it would be postponing all remaining shows for its Royal Flush Tour, which included a Dec. 12 stop at Mechanics Bank Arena.
As a musician who's been performing and creating music for over 30 years, I'm all too familiar with the musician life cycle: create, perform, record, repeat.
The Kern County Fair has announced the first six mainstage performers for this year's event, including two new additions this week.
Brave the heat for a Thursday night show with Mento Buru at The Marketplace.
It's a good week to be a Soda Crackers fan. The band with local ties, which recently released its debut single, will perform its last ʦapp show of the summer on Saturday. And band leader Zane Adamo is also up for a Beautiful ʦapp Award for his efforts to preserve the Bakersfiel…
Adema will return to ʦapp later this summer, bringing its nu-metal to the Nile Theater.
Get ready to "Step That Step" at this year's Kern County Fair.
Legendary Brazilian jazz-funk trio Azymuth will play Pyrenees Cafe on Sept. 15.
It will be "Ladies' Night" when the Kern County Fair opens on Sept. 18.
There's a fun little detail on Frankie Quiñones’ Wikipedia page. Under his "Career" section, two places are listed as some of the "major venues" that the comedian had played. One is The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The other is the ʦapp Fox Theater.
Flogging Molly will bring its Celtic-inspired rock to the Fox Theater on Oct. 9.
On Saturday, get ready to raise the roof while raising funds for cancer research at Mento Buru's Summertime Pachanga.
The ʦapp Municipal Band returns Sunday for its latest series of free summer concerts at Beale Park Amphitheater.
ʦapp's summer heat got you singin' the blues?
After a slight delay, the local indie-rock festival 3 Days in Space returns on June 7, 8 and 9, barely missing this Sunday's "Parade of Planets" six-planet alignment, because that would have been just too much.
"An Evening of Rock and Conversation" happening Tuesday at the Fox Theater is a curious kind of event. The kind where each facet of the show seems to funnel into each other with a sense of effortless ease, like a matching set by the same designer.
Rejoice in the music at First Presbyterian Church, which will host an organ recital and dedication on June 2 with Dr. Richard Elliott, principal organist of the Tabernacle Choir, Temple Square.
A happy crowd of music lovers from ʦapp and as far away as Idaho were treated to a superlative concert last Friday at World Records.
Downtown ʦapp hummed with life Sunday during an inaugural festival featuring live music and a variety of vendors selling hot food and cool drinks.
There's a particular quality about Solange Igoa's voice, the lead singer for the Portland-based Glitterfox, that I find to be a fascinating contradiction.
Local attendees of the popular Lightning in a Bottle music festival next week are in for a special treat.
A huge breath of fresh music blows into ʦapp this weekend!
Take a look at the video for the song “Cowboy Kid,” and you’ll get a good idea of what Wade Bowen is all about.
Right in the middle of all the events happening this Cinco de Mayo weekend, a relatively small show will quietly vie for attention in between big, loud calls for bouts of shots of tequila and cold Mexican beers.
Get ready to dance with the return of the Concerts by the Fountain series. Each Thursday, weather permitting, a local band entertains the crowd at The Marketplace.
Delano music lovers will be under the spell of the "Conductor" next weekend with a free concert from the ʦapp Symphony Orchestra.
For anyone thinking of singing with Punk Rock Karaoke at The Well on Apr. 27, heed this advice: Don't wait. Because if you do, chances are you'll see the song you were entertaining to sing — but didn't out of fear — being sung by someone else. Your moment? Gone.
The ʦapp Sound "is staging a subtle comeback in the person of Vince Galindo and Country Deluxe," according to journalist and author Robert Price, whose 2018 "ʦapp Sound" book chronicles the history and development of the music that has turned ʦapp into a haven for fans o…
ʦapp, I hope you're happy now with the news that Lee Brice is returning to town.
Get ready to put on your cowboy boots and dance when Kimberly Perry comes to play the Nile Theater on Oct. 10.
Nine songs into his current album, "Hell Paso," Koe Wetzel inserts a 56-second-interlude where he raises a toast to people who like the album, then drinks to those who have hated it so far, before concluding with a big, fat kiss off to those who think Wetzel has no business being called a co…
Cal State ʦapp will present an evening of piano sonatas with guest artist Stephen Drury on Tuesday.
Some of ʦapp College Performing Arts Department's music majors will have their chance to shine on Saturday during the spring semester's Applied Music Program Recitals.
As it has done steadily for years, World Records, led by its tenacious, stalwart leader, Pat Evans, will bring some quality entertainment to town this coming weekend as part of its eternal No Stinkin' Service Charge series of concerts.
Editor's note: The event has been rescheduled to May 3 due to inclement weather.
For its latest release, local Latin ska reggae group Mento Buru pays tribute to country legend Merle Haggard and his final recording, "Kern River Blues."
I truly believe that anyone who's spent some time in the newly reopened Nile Theater downtown will attest to the decor's ornate beauty. I don't think it can be denied. Its beauty is of a particular vintage.
What about love? ʦapp will have plenty to go around when Heart heads to Mechanics Bank Arena for a show on Dec. 12.
ʦapp High School, the city's oldest and largest high school, has a storied history as a powerhouse in the arts, in academics, and in sports. With active parent booster clubs supporting a large variety of programs, as well as an alumni association, the school has a student body of 3,00…
Get ready for a night of soulful melodies, captivating storytelling and unparalleled musicianship as Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group grace the Crystal Palace stage this Tuesday and Wednesday for two unforgettable evenings of music as a part of the Guitar Masters concert series.
Over the next two days, the Rustic Rail, that quirky train-depot neighborhood bar off of Norris Road, will host a couple of shows appealing to our community's better natures with a lot of high-musicianship to spare.
Fans of local accordionist extraordinaire Richard Noel will be thrilled by an upcoming concert featuring one of his contemporaries.
Parker McCollum admits he's in a time where he's fighting a battle between his commercial and artistic ambitions.