Dave Alvin was barely into his 20s when he wrote “American Music,” the roots-rock anthem that serves as his watchword. With the Blasters, the Knitters, and on his own, Alvin surveys the expanse of ...

Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin will appear together tomorrow night at the Arts Campus at Willits with their band, the Guilty Ones. They are touring behind their second album that they have made ...

When Dave Alvin was 12 or 13, he and his brother Phil would sneak off to The Ash Grove, an L.A. folk/blues club, where they'd watch Big Joe Turner, Lightning Hopkins and T-Bone Walker. Now Alvin is ...

Whenever Dave Alvin comes to town, I’m invariably reminded of my late friend and former Buffalo News colleague Jay Bonfatti. He was a serious fan of both Alvin’s solo work, and his efforts with the ...

You might have thought it was a Penn and Teller thing, the way Dave spoke and Phil stood still. It was even more of a magic act when Phil did step up to the mic and sing out in that holy shit voice of ...

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