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StrayHeart Memories

Guest ViewCrew

StrayHeart Memories The 1980’s music scene in the greater Modesto area kicked off with a bang on the heels of ...

Unplugged View: The Lind That Time Forgot

Aaron Rowan

Unplugged View: The Lind That Time Forgotby Aaron Rowan There is an old mining town up in Calaveras called Jenny ...

The Seventies Music Scene in Modesto

Guest ViewCrew

The Seventies Music Scene in Modesto By Willie Hines    The 70’s, like any decade, didn’t really kick into gear until, say, ...

GoModesto: Somebody Scream

Middagh Goodwin

GoModesto: ModStock goes Virtual Somebody Scream! This year ModStock sponsored by Robert’s Automotive celebrates ten years. Normally Darin Morris’s VMI ...

Jazz & BluesView: Tryin’ Times

Eric Benson

Blues&JazzView by Eric Benson Tryin’ times and out of quarantine! Well folks we are out of quarantine but not out ...

UnpluggedView: Opera In Open Air

Aaron Rowan

Unplugged View: Opera In Open Airby Aaron Rowan Signs of musical life are returning to downtown, and my opera friends ...

SongwriterView: And Music Will Spur Us Forward

Patty Castillo Davis

SongwriterView: And Music Will Spur Us ForwardBy Patty Castillo Davis Songs give protest language words won’t suffice to convey.A compendium ...

MAMAView: On the Radio and Streaming

Middagh Goodwin

MAMAView: On the Radio and Streaming By Middagh Goodwin We have been separated by a global pandemic that has had ...

Music is Good Medicine Part 2

Patty Castillo Davis

Marirose Powell, Hero On The Frontline: Music Is Good Medicine Part 2By Patty Castillo Davis Marirose Powell currently lives in ...

Music is Good Medicine Pt. 1

Patty Castillo Davis

Music is Good Medicine Part 1By Patty Castillo Davis Many people’s lives have been altered by COVID19. Social media and ...

1937 – The Birth of Rockabilly

Chris Murphy

Modesto’s Rockabilly Roots put the “Rock” in the Roll By Chris Murphy In 1937, the first notes of Rock and ...

Epic Modesto All-Star Music Event on Saturday night!

Chris Murphy

Featuring the 2017 winner of Best Male Vocalist at the Gallo Center’s Valley Talent Project, this performance will showcase Joe ...

SongwriterView – Hindsight is 2020

Patty Castillo Davis

SongwriterView By Patty Castillo Davis Hindsight is 2020 Reflection is clarity. Sometimes. It is educational for sure. We learn a ...

Blues is a Woman

Patty Castillo Davis

Blues is a Woman By Patty Castillo Davis Pamela Rose said something very provocative to me that got me thinking. When you think of the Blues, what does your mind conjure? A man and a guitar. 

BluesView: 2020

BigEarl

Hello everyone and welcome to 2020. I’m excited for a big start to the new year and am grateful to have ended 2020 with a great show at the Prospect Theatre. Thanks to everyone who came out to see any of the bands I play in over the last decade and thank you all for supporting the blues.