Music, Motion, and Meaning Collide at SXSW Austin’s SXSW has long been a place where music, film, and culture intersect—but ...

After five decades, surf-sound music and Orange County remain synonymous. The classic tunes continue to be performed by oldie surf rock and vocal surf pop bands, much of it now made by middle-aged ...

"You'll never hear surf music again," is a very famous line from "Third Stone From the Sun," from Jimi Hendrix's debut album Are You Experienced (1967). That lyric was taken by many (including myself, ...

In the summer of 1962, 16-year-old Tommy Nunes and his group The Sentinals toured the country in a station wagon, promoting Nunes’ instrumental song “Latin’ia.” Meanwhile, members of The Impacts, ...

Surf music was born in the early 1960s in Southern California. Heavily reverbed guitars gave the music a watery texture and wildly careening rhythms evoked the power and unpredictability of waves.

The Blue Hawaiians from Los Angeles were there, as were Frankie & the Pool Boys from San Francisco and Fascinating Creatures of the Deep from Santa Cruz. The Black Flamingos came in from New Jersey as ...

It seems that a question that I had recently for my “Ask the Expert” column on Wednesdays in the Sports section regarding Dick Dale and what was the name of the club that he played at in Garden Groove ...

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There’s no need to catch an actual wave to feel like you’re out in the California surf this month thanks to the return of a festival that celebrates beach music. The 15th annual Surf Guitar 101 ...