If there's such a thing as country music royalty, Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan are definitely it.

While revelers plan ahead on where to paint the town green this Friday for St. Patrick's Day, World Records hopes audiences will opt to indulge in the blues as well.

Pianist Soo-Yeon Park will share her gift for performing chamber music in a performance Sunday that is part of the Dukes Concert Series.

A world renowned organist will perform at Valley Baptist Church's Olive Drive campus on March 24.

While speaking with Noah Claunch about fellow musician Terry Keplinger, I was reminded of the phrase "the tide that raises all boats."

For The Beatles, the "word is love," but for The Fab Four it might be "Fox" when the tribute band brings its performance of "Rubber Soul" to the downtown theater on Sept. 16.

Seraph Brass, composed of five of America’s top female brass players, will showcase its talent and captivating repertoire in a concert March 19 at Harvey Auditorium.

First Presbyterian Church will host a Lenten organ concert with Dr. Kyle Shaw on March 30.

Bring your own Mr. Blue Sky for a tribute to ELO with Evil Woman, which will perform May 18 at the Fox Theater.

Jelly Roll, who went from rapping to become a country hitmaker, will bring his Backroad Baptism Tour to Mechanics Bank Arena on Sept. 15.

Let's get one thing out of the way: If the rest of the musical output that comes out of our local music contingent this year is as strong as Thee Lovecult Band's latest single, "Heaven Help Me," 2023 will turn out to be a remarkable year.

The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra will join forces with a chorus of voices for its concert March 4 featuring a performance of Verdi's "Requiem."

Before the solemn season of Lent begins, many celebrate Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday as it is known in English. Although the length of the revelry can vary, the final Tuesday before Ash Wednesday is marked by indulgence in various forms.

Ships ahoy for Bakersfield with news that the United States Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus will make a stop during its latest tour.

Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra musicians are rehearsing for their second concert of the season set for the first day of Daylight Saving Time.

This Saturday's Forever Mine Soul Show at Narducci's Cafe will offer some sights that were, for a time, a common occurrence at that location: rows of custom cars parked up and down the street, live music, and the sumptuous aroma of garlic, steak and pork chops piping from inside of the preva…

The legends of West Coast hip-hop will descend on Mechanics Bank Arena May 20 for the first-ever "Bakasfield Blaze."

Bakersfield can raise a toast to ZZ Top when "That Little Ol' Band From Texas" returns April 29 for a show at Dignity Health Amphitheatre for its "Raw Whisky" tour.

The Bakersfield College Chamber Singers are ready to put on their "Traveling Shoes" but they need your help.

It will be "One Love" again at Temblor Brewing Co. for the Bob Marley Birthday Jamdown on Saturday.

Feeling "All Out of Love"? Take heart: The ones that you love are headed back to Bakersfield this summer. Air Supply will perform Aug. 17 at the Fox Theater.

If you've been standing in the shower, thinking "When is Jane's Addiction coming to play Bakersfield again?" then here's your answer: March 5 at Mechanics Bank Theater.

Visalia-based musician Rudy Parris is the epitome of larger-than-life talent.

Local audiences don't need to pick up a book or turn on the TV to enter the world of "Harry Potter." On Feb. 4, the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra will bring music from the beloved film franchise to its family matinee concert.

The ’50s are nifty again with a performance by The Everly Set on Feb. 5.

The traditional gift for a 20th anniversary is china, but that delicate dinnerware would have no place at Lightning In a Bottle, which this year celebrates two decades of music and festival delights.

Singer-songwriter Matt Hillyer is no stranger to the influence of the Bakersfield Sound. As the lead singer of Eleven Hundred Springs, which called it quits in 2021, and now as a solo artist poised to release his second album, "Glorieta," he continues down the road he started on a quarter-ce…

There's a line from the song "Mistaken" off John McCutcheon's latest release "Leap!" that is simply stunning in its philosophical implications: "Most of what I love mistakes itself for nothing."

If you overdid it a little bit this holiday season and are looking for some fun that won't tax your wallet, the California Bluegrass Association has just the event for you.

This is a big week for bluegrass lovers in Bakersfield with the return of the Great 48 bluegrass jam. 

Bakersfield native Jon Ranger is a songwriter, vocalist and musician who describes his style as "blue-eyed soul." In his own words, "My passion is to connect with people in the most raw and emotional way."

It feels as if 2022 flew past us in a blur, but looking back at the year reveals a distinct sense of activity and growth within our local music contingent.

There are two sentiments in "Christmas is Forever," the new single by local musician Isaiah Morfin, that are potent enough to punctuate the wistful, pensive melancholy that the holiday season can sometimes bring.

I'm a firm believer that musicians are ultimately in charge of their own shelf life and pedal-steel guitarist Norm Hamlet is as good a representative of that theory as it gets.

First Presbyterian Church will celebrate the last of this season's Advent organ recitals on Thursday.

It's time to dance away all your holiday worries at Saturday's Feliz Skavidad.

Only the very best, gifted, and talented musicians are invited by Kern County's unofficial musical ambassador, Rick Kreiser, to perform here in Bakersfield.

It is a joy every year to mark the return of the Advent organ recitals at First Presbyterian Church.

The Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Dr. David Newby will perform a holiday concert on Dec. 9.

Usually, the name Mariachi Sol de México would bring to mind visions of warm sunshine and drinking margaritas on a veranda somewhere. However, this Dec. 8 at the Fox Theater, Mariachi Sol de México and José Hernández will evoke a different kind of warm festivity with "A Merry-Achi Christmas"…

Traditionally, the night before Thanksgiving has been one of the busiest nights of the year for the local entertainment and service industry. Not only do we get an influx of folks coming home to visit family and friends, many of them revisit their old haunts as well. These returning pilgrims…

If you were to be asked what artist is the best-selling Christmas artist, answers would invariably range from Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby to Mariah Carey, Josh Groban or Kenny G.

The Christmas season will be in full swing next week with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra's annual holiday concert.

Musician Samantha Fish is definitely one to subvert expectations.

Black Jacket Symphony will return to the Fox Theater to bring another classic rock album in its entirety for music fans on Feb. 23.

Although the honky-tonks where the Bakersfield Sound was forged in whiskey and Western swing are long gone, treasured relics of the past remain.

Bakersfield, don't stop "Believin'" that you can see Journey in concert. The 1980s rock band is playing Mechanics Bank Arena on April 22.

Country artist Walker Hayes' latest release, "Country Stuff the Album," the follow-up to last year's EP "Country Stuff," basically works as a Rorschach test for country music fans and works, for the most part, by enthusiastically embracing its own humor and frailty.