Stevie Ray News

Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its Inductees for 2015.

Two-time GRAMMY Award winner John Hampton, a legendary producer and engineer, died on Friday, December 12, from complications from cancer. He was 61. The Recording Academy released the following statement on his passing.

George starts off this easy funky rhythm guitar lesson by first performing the riff so you can hear how it should sound. This funk style riff is in the key of A and is based in the pentatonic scale and is a great riff for learning the muting technique that was made really popular by guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughn if songs like Pride and Joy.

Today, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts announced American Idol Season 11 winner and critically acclaimed artist Phillip Phillips will make his Santa Rosa debut tonight, December 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM at the Ruth Finley Person Theater (50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa).

Pat Halloran, longtime President and CEO of the Memphis Development Foundation which operates The Orpheum Theatre, has announced plans to retire on December 31, 2015. Halloran joined the Memphis Development Foundation (MDF) in 1980 and will have completed 35 years of service at the time of his retirement.

The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing will celebrate its eighth annual GRAMMY Week event honoring three-time GRAMMY winner Nile Rodgers for his commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.

ldly successful twenty-five date national excursion this past March and April, the Experience Hendrix Tour is set to launch another trek across the U.S. in September and October, which will include a performance in Mesa Arts Center's Ikeda Theater tonight, October 7 at 7:30 p.m.

New York's own ARJUN is continuing to push musical boundaries with a new album to be released today, September 26th at Rockwood Music Hall. Prior to the release of the album Core, the group released the track “Core,” the new single featuring John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood) on August 26.

Hailed worldwide as one of the greatest guitar players of his generation, Joe Bonamassa has almost single-handedly redefined the blues-rock genre and brought it into the mainstream. He will return to the Fox Theatre, after wildly popular performances in 2011 and 2013, on Saturday, April 18 at 8 p.m.

For the first time ever, Blues Rock Guitarist Steve Hunter, renowned for his work with Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, is captured on film playing a career-spanning anthology in an intimate setting with some of the worlds finest players.

Today, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts announced American Idol Season 11 winner and critically acclaimed artist Phillip Phillips will make his Santa Rosa debut on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM at the Ruth Finley Person Theater (50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa).

New York's own ARJUN is continuing to push musical boundaries with a new album to be released September 26th at Rockwood Music Hall. Prior to the release of the album Core, the group released the track “Core,” the new single featuring John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood) on August 26.

Blues-rock is alive and thriving with the second EP release 'Only The Sky Knows' by The Tyler Porch Band, an Atlanta-based group, formed in March of 2013.

The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis is pleased to announce that single tickets for the 2014-15 season will go on sale today, August 15.

The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis is pleased to announce that single tickets for the 2014–15 season will go on sale this Friday, August 15. In addition, tickets to three Just Added performances in Jackson Hall will be available to the public for the first time: Ray LaMontagne, performing on October 12, 2014 at 7:30 p.m; Robot Planet Rising, An Intergalactic Nemesis Live-Action Graphic Novel, touching down on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 8 p.m.; and blues legend Buddy Guy on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Get set for a hot night of blues featuring the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band's 'Going Home Tour,' Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Mayo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $39-69.

After a year of performances in the newly renovated Ruth Finley Person Theater, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts kicks-off the fall season with a rich array of performers, speakers and family programming. The line-up features music legends like Steve Winwood, Heart, The Temptations and The Four Tops as well as unforgettable comedians Cheech and Chong and Nick Offerman.

San Francisco's premier blues club, Biscuits and Blues specializes in live music performances paired with savory Southern cuisine in one of the city's most special and intimate of settings. Once again, they are delivering a fantastic lineup for the month of August.

After a year of performances in the newly renovated Ruth Finley Person Theater, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts kicks-off the fall season with a rich array of performers, speakers and family programming. The line-up features music legends like Steve Winwood, Heart, The Temptations and The Four Tops as well as unforgettable comedians Cheech and Chong and Nick Offerman.

Z2 Entertainment will present Tab Benoit at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014. Tickets are on sale for $20.00 in advance or $25.00 day of show.