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Old Californio – Metaterranea

Thursday, November 02, 2023 By Shawn Underwood

Everywhere has a home team band. Between long-time fans, songs that reference local places, or just the stamina to play anywhere that will have them, they start to become identified with a local style of music as much as the local style gets defined by them. When it comes to roots and Americana music, we […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Pop, Roots Tagged With: Old Californio

Old Californio – Old Californio Country

Thursday, November 10, 2022 By Shawn Underwood

Back in the 60’s and 70’s, the northeast corner of LA county, the San Gabriel Valley, was the gateway to LA’s weekend getaway urge. From there, a short drive east and you faced a choice. Make a right and you were quickly in Palm Springs, where the Rat Pack ruled and mainstream America dreamed of […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Old Californio

Old Californio – Songs From the Sea Of Cortez

Thursday, December 17, 2020 By Shawn Underwood

There’s a very California sound you get by taking the twangy guitar and rock solid rhythm line associated with Bakersfield and overlaying it with the acoustic guitar and multi-part harmonies that sprang from the hills and canyons northwest of LA in the 60’s. You could probably argue Graham Parsons first touched that nerve with Sweetheart […]

Filed Under: Americana, Folk, Indie, Reviews Tagged With: Old Californio

Best Under the Radar 2011

Friday, January 20, 2012 By Chip Frazier

Instead of focusing on a best of list, I wanted to highlight 10 albums released in 2011, by artists that aren’t household names. There are so many hard working and passionate artists who deserve to be noticed. The current landscape of the music industry makes it difficult for artist from local and regional scenes to […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews Tagged With: Blind Pilot, Exene Cervenka, Hotel Lights, Old Californio, River Rouge, The Barr Brothers, The New Familiars

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