The two brothers perform together for the first time in over a decade. By Mitch Myers With over 2,000 acts performing at the 2014 SXSW Music Festival, every conceivable venue in downtown Austin is ...

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, ...

The Blasters stepped out of a time capsule and delivered a show straight off the 1985 rack. They had few peers back in that day, and after 90 steamingly executed minutes, it was clear Dave's guitar ...

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 and his big brother, Phil, made roots-rock cool in the ‘80s with The Blasters. Between Phil’s phenomenally soulful singing and Dave’s incisive songwriting and searing licks, they stirred up ...

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.

Battling brothers are nothing new in rock & roll. They are part of a proud tradition of dysfunction in some great bands, ranging from Ray and Dave Davies' long-running feuds that split The Kinks to ...

Since first coming onto the music scene just about 40 years ago with rockabilly revivalists the Blasters, guitarist/singer-songwriter Dave Alvin has followed his roots-rock muse to wherever it would ...

The Blasters celebrate 40 years since their debut album, American Music. Credit: Photo By Ron Resnick The Blasters celebrate 40 years since their debut album, American Music. Credit: Photo By Ron ...

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 ...