A fifth generation Californian, Dave Alvin grew up in the small town of Downey and got his musical education by listening to the late night border radio stations, watching his older cousins play guitar and banjo, collecting dusty, rare 78s and sneaking in underage to bars with his older brother, Phil, to see their legendary [...]
The Quadratones will debut at the Siren this Saturday for an afternoon of music performed by some of the Central Coast's finest musicians: Ted Waterhouse, Guitars & Vocals ; Phil Wimer, Guitar & Vocals; David Block, Bass & Vocals; Kevin McCracken, Harmonica & Vocals; and drummer Wes Starr. They have an eclectic set of great [...]
Plenty of tables and seating available for this one. Doors 7pm, show 8pm. The depths of the Texas blues tradition with the wit of a poet. She hits the stage with an unmatched presence, a true legend in her time. “Mighty and joyous rock-injected blues…luxurious vocals and fine guitar work. Her voice is as muscular [...]
Pat Travers was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12, he saw Jimi Hendrix perform in Ottawa. Travers began playing in bands early in his teens; his first bands were the Music Machine (not to be confused with the Californian psychedelic/garage band of the same name), Red [...]
Armed with a warm, soulful sound, Moreno creates music that offers an intoxicating invitation into her musical world for English and Spanish speakers alike. Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, singer-songwriter-producer Gaby Moreno has released 7 albums, earned a Grammy nomination for her albums Alegoría (Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album, 2023) [...]
Local rockabilly buddies, Bonneville Phantoms open the show at 8pm. Playing an amalgam of roots rock, country-rock, blues, rockabilly, folk-rock, and just plain rock & roll, the Beat Farmers were a band with a genius for silliness that also happened to feature a handful of excellent musicians, and wrote songs that were honest, heartfelt, and [...]
Valley Sons are: An original/classic rock band, Los Angeles-based Valley Sons is influenced by blues/southern/country and classic rock. The band features drummer/vocalist Kurt Custer (former Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steve Earle Band member) bassist/vocalist Robert Sims and guitarist/vocalist Martin Verry. If Martin is ever unavailable Valley Sons can perform with either guitarists Emanuele Moretti or Doug Painter. Both [...]
An evening featuring three of the Central Coast's finest Americana inspired bands. California coastal inspired blues, roots and Americana dashed with a bit of surf. Support your local music scene! Susan Ritchie: "R&B/Blues genre winner Susan Ritchie delivered a blistering set off her terrific new album. She was clearly a crowd favorite and had them [...]
Matthias Clark, front man for King Holiday, formed Baywood Jones with fellow Baywood locals Wayne Walcoff and Luis Monge, as a jam band to explore and stretch out on guitar with great organ and drums. The Wine Seller in Morro bay graciously let the band play every week and tunes were developed in the room [...]
Siren Shows are NOT seated events. Be ready to dance in our intimate bar sized venue. Sorry, NO early entry while we prepare for the show. Doors 8pm, show 9pm YOUNG DUBLINERS: After thirty years as one of the world’s leading Celtic Rock bands, the Young Dubliners have begun work on their tenth studio album [...]
