As one of the leaders of the Los Angeles band The Blasters, Dave Alvin was a driving force in the then-insurgent roots-rock movement. In the case of The Blasters, "roots" referred to the earliest days ...

Dave Alvin's songs have an exquisite sense of place. Names such as Abilene, the Rio Grande, and the late Los Angeles club the Ashgrove stud his lyrics. Conversely, the song's narrators are transients, ...

This baker’s dozen of odds and ends from Dave Alvin’s extensive post-Blasters career is not just a welcome release for longtime fans of the singer/songwriter ...

Dave Alvin last visited Spokane in the summer of 2016 on one of his Roots on the Rails tours. The roots-rock legend would gather a bunch of ace musicians, hop on a set of vintage train cars and barrel ...

Dave Alvin is talking about how the music business has changed over the years when he arrives at a cautionary stopping point: "If I had a kid, I would not let them do this," he said. There's a deep ...

Dave Alvin - Grammy award winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Alvin started his career along side his brother, Phil, in the seminal roots rock band The Blasters that they formed together in 1979.

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The Greene Space, 44 Charlton St. October 22, 7:30-9 p.m. New Yorkers who missed Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore at Manhattan’s City Winery at the end of August have the opportunity to catch up ...

On Saturday, June 29, The Stone Pine Sessions presents an evening with roots music legend Dave Alvin and multi-instrumentalist/producer Greg Leisz in concert at Stone Pine Hall in Lompoc, CA. This ...

Dave Alvin knows that music isn’t created in a vacuum. And although he excels at all four styles, he’d be the first to tell you that he didn’t invent blues, country, folk or rock. Calling him the ...