The Break Make More Than 'Retro' Surf Music - Spinner

The Break Make More Than 'Retro' Surf Music
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Brian Ritchie's foray into instrumental surf music began with a mysterious phone call from Midnight Oil's management. "Brian, get on a plane to Sydney," he ...

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Surf-rock pioneer Richard Delvy dies at 67 - Reuters

Surf-rock pioneer Richard Delvy dies at 67
Reuters
Delvy later formed the Challengers and produced its 1963 debut album, "Surfbeat," which sold well and helped solidify the polarity of surf music and culture ...
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SXSW 2010: The Novas - Spinner

SXSW 2010: The Novas
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I was playing surf music. But once they did, we were like, 'OK, now I get it. I see where we need to go with this." And we started growing our hair long. ...

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California Guitar Trio to perform - Red Bluff Daily News

California Guitar Trio to perform
Red Bluff Daily News
With a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, progressive and the quintessential California musical genre surf ...

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CD reviews: Surfer Blood, Findlay Brown and Josh Thompson - Fort Worth Star Telegram

CD reviews: Surfer Blood, Findlay Brown and Josh Thompson
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Far from the train wreck those names suggest, Astro Coast is ironic surf music, shot through with glowing harmonies to make riot grrls weak at the knees. ...

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Carolyn Barber: Music is in the air - Red Bluff Daily News

Carolyn Barber: Music is in the air
Red Bluff Daily News
This whirlwind of instrument styles fuses classical rock, blues, jazz, and world music, as well as progressive, quintessential California music, genre surf ...

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After many years in San Francisco, adventurous surf guitarist Jim Thomas of ... - Santa Cruz Sentinel

After many years in San Francisco, adventurous surf guitarist Jim Thomas of ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Surf music is California music. Yet the story of California and its culture has always been a story of outside influences, people from some ...

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Ventura County's undertow catches a Chicago transplant plotting a course for ... - Ventura County Star

Ventura County's undertow catches a Chicago transplant plotting a course for ...
Ventura County Star
Bennett, who describes Mainsail's style as “surf-influenced indie rock,” said “it's not like when you think of surf music you think of Jack Johnson or ...

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Sound Affects: Music reviews and ratings - California Chronicle

Sound Affects: Music reviews and ratings
California Chronicle
... Puritans' second album, the band incorporates jazzy piano parts, guitars of various descriptions (Big Black-style screeching, surf music tremelos, etc. ...

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CORNING CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Gigantic book sale - Red Bluff Daily News

CORNING CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Gigantic book sale
Red Bluff Daily News
... rock, blues, jazz, world music, progressive, as well as the quintessential California musical genre surf music, the California Guitar Trio's stunning ...

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