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"California Bluegrusion" - the singularly uniquely music style of California Central Coast-based singer-songwriter-guitarist David Lynch - and Lynch's latest CD I Can See Sound - have been receiving great acclaim of late. "My personal favorite of the year...fun, funny, intimate, heartfelt, and just plain enjoyable," raves Kathy Johnston of New Times. "the most fun I've had listening to music in a long time," says Sonnie Brown, host of Song Town ...

Mixolydian Band members; Robert Barr, Wendy Morrow and Bob and Ruth Montano have spent most of their lives in SLO County and have had a musical relationship for over 25 years. Listen to 5 of the 10 songs from Mixolydian's new CD release: "Affairs of the Heart", which includes Rock, Blues, Country, Reggae, Contemporary and Pop music. This music encompasses deep human emotions and common experiences with great solid arrangements and musical exper...

Ethereal vocal harmonies over dreamy slide guitars. Horns, flutes, and accordion playing along side pulsating acid synthesizers. Acoustic guitars converted into dub crazy sound sources over hip hop and disco beats. This is Psychedelic Pop. This is Leilujh. Fronted by indie rock queens Marisa Chaves and Samara Violet, Leilujh's unique sound has been compared to artists such as Serge Gainsbourg, Stereolab, Saint Etienne, Radiohead, ABBA, D...

Delilah is well known among the theatrical crowd for her recent spring performances as Ava Gardner in SLOLT Legend's 'Swingin with Sinatra', and as Fraulein Schneider in Unity's 'Cabaret'. Delilah sang professionally in NYC, SF, Canada, Japan, and the Phillippines with her own cabaret act. SLO side she has revisited her cabaret roots with the music of Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel,Kurt Weill, and Stephen Sondheim. On keyboards is the versatile...

SMRRC plays a variety of rock, blues, and new country.

Soprano Marissa Bloom, a burgeoning young singer, is known for her extraordinary dramatic presence and rich vocal quality. Currently, Marissa Bloom is a resident artist with Opera San Luis Obispo while performing in both the recital and operatic capacity and studying with Jacalyn Kreitzer of Los Osos, California. From 2008-2010, Ms. Bloom was the Assistant Opera Director at West Virginia University where she obtained her Masters degree Summa...

Specifically a recording project, with distributions in both United States and Europe, this is PAPER GODS, featuring John Fair, co-founder of LYCIA. Their latest effort, "When Oracles Fail" presents a continued expansion on John's dark ambient meets orchestral approach. The result is a grand expose of dark folk influences fused with neo-classical and classic goth sounds. The male vocal contributions of Youssef Alaoui significantly accent the...

Workhorse formed in the fall of 2009 with the mission of creating the heaviest music possible, without sacrificing musicianship. Spending months in the woodshed, mastering blazing speeds and odd-time signature-based songs, they emerged onto the Central Coast music scene in the summer of 2010. Fans were awed by the ferocity and blistering speed of songs like “Seven Circles,” and the rapid fire time changes combined with bone-crushing heaviness...

Formed in 2004, Fighting Chance is finally starting to get rolling with some well deserved recognition and praise. This Rock/Reggae/Punk outfit started out San Luis Obispo,CA playing coffee shops for friends as a duo and has evolved into a 5 piece juggernaut. With over 500 shows, and coutless tours undertheir belt, their latest release " A Lifetime of Basic Cable" the work of experience. The album covers almost all of their struggle including wom...

Toty Viola is an Italian born guitarist and accomplished music composer and arranger - best known for his authentic European flavor. His most recent recording is Jazzissimo! - a recording which includes several of his original compositions and arrangements, as well as a mix of some favorite cover songs. 10-time Grammy award winning artist, George Benson, had this to say about the CD Jazzissimo!, “This recording by Toty Viola is an adventure for...

Authentic Jamaican Roots Reggae Band.International Recording Artist&Top ranked backing band.

Melody Klemin is a local singer/songwriter who has performed around SLO town since she graduated from Cal Poly in 2005. Her music is a blend between contemporary folk and mellow acoustic rock, with occasional hints of indie and alternative influences. Her frequent performance spots include Linnaea's Cafe, the Songwriter's at Play Showcase at Steynberg Gallery, and most recently, West End Espresso & Tea.

Originally from Santa Barbara and formed in 2000, the band has gone through various line up changes and is currently stronger than ever after a merge with Santa Maria Disco- Metal Band "Tumult". Carried By Six is currently recording their first Album. The E.P. will be entitled "TUMULT" in honor of the merger.

The Facial Ticks are really more of an idea than a band, because parts of the band technically live 300 miles apart. But they share a common fondness for surf instrumentals, obscure radio hits, Civil War tunes and Rickenbacker guitars. And sometimes even surprise themselves with good original songs. A few of these are included here. The theme of this set is simple—what happens when things you're sure about fall apart around you? The song...

The Koopas are Frankie, Johnny, and Diego. 3 friends with a love for music and video games. They cover all the classics from "Super Mario Bros." and "Punch Out" to "Papberboy" and "The Legend of Zelda"

The Pack is a hip hop group from Berkeley, California. The Pack released an seven track EP in 2007 entitled Skateboards 2 Scrapers which included hits such as "Vans" and "I'm Shinin". In 2007, The Pack put out their debut album Based Boys which included the single "In My Car". Recently, The Pack has stated on their MySpace that their next album is scheduled for an early 2009 release. They have posted one song from the album, "Hoes In This Hous...

Singer songwriter Jeffrey Pine has made a life of celebrating the natural world and inspiring others to rally for its preservation. A renowned performing and recording artist, Jeffrey Pine is also a respected environmentalist and public lands activist. With a wide array of interests and a diversified background as a speaker, photographer, ornithologist, lepidopterist, fine artist and musician, Jeffrey Pine effectively combines his many voi...

Jill Knight has been nominated for the LA music awards best female vocalist, finalist at the Telluride Troubadour competition, finalist at the National Academy of Songwriters songwriter of the year, finalist in Billboard magazine best unsigned band, a regional best seller in Album Network magazine, best DIY albums in Performing Songwriter Mag, She has shared stages with India Arie Shawn Colvin David Wilcox Michael Hedges Roger McGuinn Phoebe S...