Long before the term Americana was even a gleam in Jim Lauderdale's eye, Dave Alvin and his brother Phil formed The Blasters, one of the coolest roots-rock bands ever to sport pompadours. Of course, ...

Phil and Dave Alvin, brothers from Downey, Calif., had a terrific roots-rock band, the Blasters, that started in 1979. But like most brother acts, the Alvins didn't always see eye to eye; in fact, ...

Dave Alvin - Grammy award winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Alvin started his career along side his brother, Phil, in the seminal roots rock band The Blasters that they formed together in 1979.

ALBANY—On Aug. 24th, The Egg will be hosting two songwriters: Dave Alvin, of the rocking rhythm and roots band The Blasters and Jimmie Dale Gilmore – of the Americana supergroup The Flatlanders. The ...

Singer-songwriter-bandleader Dave Alvin recently got a pardon from the Davis, Calif., municipal ban on his former band, The Blasters and its members. Seems the Blasters were banned from the college ...

This baker’s dozen of odds and ends from Dave Alvin’s extensive post-Blasters career is not just a welcome release for longtime fans of the singer/songwriter ...

Phil Alvin, the 69-year-old singer and guitarist of Americana and roots rockers The Blasters, is currently in the hospital, according to a post by Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. “Right now Phil is in ...

Whenever Dave Alvin shared a poetry reading stage with his old teacher, Gerald Locklin would tell the audience that, were Alvin not such a gifted songwriter and musician, he would have made a fine ...