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Interview: Adam Duritz talks cover songs as Counting Crows return for Anaheim...
Adam Duritz of Counting Crows at a Brooklyn show in July. Photo: Jason Kempin, Getty Images When it came time for Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz to hunker down and write new music last year, he just...
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Little Big Town hits the big time with ‘Tornado’ but postpones Wiltern show...
Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet, from left, pose with their prizes at the 46th annual CMA Awards earlier this month. Photo: Erika Goldring, Getty...
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Interview: Dwight Yoakam still blurring the lines
Dwight Yoakam’s latest album, ’3 Pears,’ has garnered some of the best reviews of his career. He headlines Dec. 13 at City National Grove of Anaheim. Seven years had passed since Dwight Yoakam put out...
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Clay Aiken bringing Joyful Noise to Anaheim
Clay Aiken, singing star most recently seen on ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ performs Dec. 21 at the Grove. Christmas comes more than just once a year for modern-day crooner and former American Idol star...
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Coming up: Wanda Jackson, Growlers, Donavon F.
Wanda Jackson at last year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. Photo: David Hall, for the Register In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re taking a bit of a breather as the year crawls to a close – and...
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Coming up: Reel Big Fish, Bone Thugs, Avant
Just after the holidays is naturally the quietest time for the concert biz; most promoters still aren’t back to work and bigger venues are dark. But there are still a few reasons to get out this week,...
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Pennywise begins to heal as milestone arrives
Pennywise 25 years on. From left: Byron McMackin, Randy Bradbury, Jim Lindberg and Fletcher Dragge. Relationships can be difficult. Being in a band is no different. And so it is that locally beloved...
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Interview: Midge Ure returns after decades away
Ultravox vocalist Midge Ure, voice of ’80s synth-rock hits like ‘Vienna’ and ‘Reap the Wild Wind.’ Midge Ure has toured the world with high-profile bands (Ultravox, Visage, Thin Lizzy) and helped...
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Old friends rally for the Blasters’ Phil Alvin
The Blasters’ Phil, left, and Dave Alvin at the Hootenanny in 2007. Photo: Kelly A. Swift, for the Register There’s a rare occurrence set for Saturday night at the Observatory in Santa Ana. The...
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Adam Green & Binki Shapiro stopping in Santa Ana
Green and Shapiro will spotlight their new collaboration at the Constellation Room and Bootleg Theater. I was surprised not to see this pairing turn up amid the small lettering on the Coachella 2013...
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