Selwyn Birchwood
– Live and Onstage @ World Records – Saturday May 10, 2025

Buy your tickets at World Records:
In Person – 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA
By Phone – (661) 325-1982

“A remarkable, contemporary bluesman… a powerhouse young guitarist and soulful vocalist. A major player…highly recommended.” – ROLLING STONE
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Los Lobos
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
– Thursday April 17, 2025

Buy your tickets at World Records:
In Person – 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA
By Phone – (661) 325-1982

Los Lobos – “This band has graced our stage in numerous concerts and thrilled our audiences each time!” — World Records
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Sugaray Rayford
– Live and Onstage @ World Records – Friday April 4, 2025

Buy your tickets at World Records:
In Person – 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA
By Phone – (661) 325-1982

Sugaray Rayford
“Expands on Rayford’s soul blues heritage, elevating the instrumental presentation beyond expectations.” — Relix
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Janiva Magness
– Live and Onstage @ World Records – Thursday March 27, 2025

Janiva Magness uses a foundation of blues, funk, and soul sounds to send that truth out into the world and into the hearts of her many fans.
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Buy your tickets at World Records:
In Person – 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA
By Phone – 661-325-1982

Las Cafeteras
– Live and Onstage @ World Records – Friday March 14, 2025

Born and raised East of the Los Angeles River, Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music as modern day troubadours.  They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats and powerful rhymes that document stories of a community seeking to ‘build a world where many world fit.’
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Buy your tickets at World Records:
In Person – 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA
By Phone – 661-325-1982

Ronnie Baker Brooks
– Live and Onstage @ World Records – Saturday March 8, 2025

“Chicago guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks is one of the city’s – and the world’s – most undeniably talented and electrifying bluesmen. He is among the few contemporary blues artists who learned his craft directly from many of the genre’s icons, including Albert Collins, B.B. King, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor and, most significantly, his father Lonnie Brooks. “I’m blessed to have played with and learned from the best. I’m carrying them within me,” he says of all the legends he knew growing up and the journey he’s been on.
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Buy your tickets at World Records:
In Person – 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA
By Phone – 661-325-1982

T Bear All-Stars
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Saturday February 8, 2025

The new album, T BEAR ‘The Way Of The World’, has T BEAR ALL-STARS on the album, that are playing here at World Records! Keyboards and vocals Richard T Bear, drummer Tony Braunagel, guitarist Laurence Juber, bass player Ricky Cortes.
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Buy your tickets at World Records:
In Person – 2815 ‘F’ Street Bakersfield, CA
By Phone – 661-325-1982

Iris DeMent
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Friday December 13, 2024

On her transcendent new record, Workin’ On A World, Iris DeMent faces the modern world — as it is right now — with its climate catastrophe, pandemic illness, and epidemic of violence and social injustice — and not only asks us how we can keep working towards a better world, but implores us to love each other, despite our very different ways of seeing. Her songs are her way of healing our broken inner and outer spaces. 

With an inimitable voice as John Prine described, “like you’ve heard, but not really,”  and unforgettable melodies rooted in hymns, gospel, and old country music, she’s simply one of the finest singer-songwriters in America as well as one of our fiercest advocates for human rights.

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Chris CAIN
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Saturday November 2, 2024

“Chris Cain is one of the most brilliant and vital figures making music of any kind…He’s near legendary on the blues scene…an extraordinarily talented, consummate musician delivering passionate, heartfelt vocals, potent, superb playing and marvelous songs.” – Blues Music Magazine

Album at World Records by: Chris CAIN “Good Intentions Gone Bad”
Cain’s talents are unparalleled in the blues world. Cain’s new album (and second for Alligator), Good Intentions Gone Bad, is another giant leap forward for the man Living Blues says is currently “turning out the best work of his career.”
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Maria Muldaur
WAY PAST MIDNIGHT TOUR
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Monday October 14, 2024

2024 marks 50 years since Maria Muldaur’s big hit “Midnight at the Oasis” was riding at the top of the charts and she’s released 43 albums in that time!

To celebrate this milestone, Maria has created a multi-media retrospective – WAY PAST MIDNIGHT, chronicling her 60 year journey “to the Oasis and Beyond”. This special presentation features all her hits, & all of your most-requested-over-the-years “fan faves”, as well as the best of her most recent work. She shares stories of her personal encounters, friendships, through her years of “pop stardom”, & on to her continuing exploration of American Roots Music, Blues, Bluesiana, Jazz & Gospel.
This is a chance for you to hear all of your old, rarely performed favorites, so you don’t want to miss this special show!
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Preacher Lawson was born In Portland, OR, but raised most of his adolescence in Memphis, TN. He moved 20 times before the age of 10, but if you asked him what city he’s from he’d say Orlando, FL because that’s where he grew as a comedian.

Preacher is best known for his appearance on season 12 of NBC’s hit series, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (2017) where he made it to the final rounds. Based off his stellar performance in season 12 Preacher was invited to compete on AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: THE CHAMPIONS (2019) and BRITAN’S GOT TALENT: THE CHAMPIONS (2019) where he advanced to the finale after he received the most votes from the fans.

Preacher was the host of the Facebook Watch series WORLD’S MOST AMAZING DOGS (2019) with George Lopez and Lisa Vanderpump and has built a following on YouTube of over 600,000 subscribers. In 2019 Preacher just shot his first stand-up special which premiered on BET + and continues to perform at sold-out venues around the country. Preacher is currently hosting AGT Live in Las Vegas.

Preacher Lawson – Live and Onstage
@ World Records Sunday September 29, 2024
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Blind Boys of Alabama
Live and Onstage
@ World Records Friday September 27, 2024

GOSPEL – BLUES TITANS! – The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of six GRAMMY® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 80 years. The Blind Boys are known for crossing multiple musical boundaries with their remarkable interpretations of everything from traditional gospel favorites to contemporary spiritual material by songwriters such as Eric Clapton, Prince, and Tom Waits.”
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Comedy For A Cause
Saturday September 21, 2024
Tickets On Sale Now!

Friends of Kern County Animal Shelters presents Comedy For A Cause.

Comedy For A Cause – Raise The Woof
Live and Onstage
@ World Records Saturday September 21, 2024

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Mark Hummel & Friends
– Anson Funderburgh – Bob Welsh
Opening set by: T BEAR ALL-STARS
– Richard T Bear – Laurence Juber – Rick Cortes – Tony Braunagel
Live and Onstage
@ World Records Friday September 20, 2024

Hummel is a road warrior – a true Blues Survivor. Along the way, he has crafted his own trademark harmonica sound – a subtle combination of tone, phrasing and attack combined with a strong sense of swing. Mark Hummel started playing harmonica in 1970 and is considered one of the premier blues harmonica players of his generation.

New album “True Believer” on Rockinitus Records is now released. This CD includes all new recordings and features Junior Watson, Billy Flynn, Oscar Wilson, Joe Beard, Bob Welsh, Wes Starr, Kedar Roy, Randy Bermudes and more.  >We have this CD here at World Records!<
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Elvin Bishop
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Saturday June 15, 2024

“Elvin Bishop has always been big fun and is the ringmaster in his own blues circus. With Willy Jordan and Bob Welsh, Bishop whomps out tough, muscular and rollicking boogie-infused blues.” – No Depression

Album at World Records by: Elvin Bishop – Big Fun Trio – “Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here”
The Big Fun Trio quickly discovered the more they played live, the more fun they had making music together. So a follow-up recording was an easy decision. The album, Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here, finds the group fearlessly laying it all on the line. According to Elvin, “With a trio there’s no place to hide­—you’ve got to be pourin’ everything you got right out front. You need to be totally into it all the time. It’s really cool to see how people react to the goin’-for-it feel of the music.”
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Missy Raines + Robbie Fulks
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Saturday May 18, 2024

Missy Raines & Allegheny
+
Robbie Fulks Bluegrass Band

Missy Raines is a trailblazer in bluegrass. She is the most awarded bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association. On her new release HIGHLANDER, Raines gives a tip of the hat to the region of West Virginia where she grew up and developed her deep passion for bluegrass music Raines’ has a new album coming out, which we’d love to promote at World Records.
New Album at World Records – Missy Raines & Allegheny – “Highlander“

Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. Robbie Fulks’s adventurous spirit has defined a critically acclaimed 30-year career that has included 15 solo albums and two GRAMMY® nominations.
It’s abundantly clear that BLUEGRASS VACATION is more than just a musical dalliance for Fulks. He owns the music as much as it owns him and the listener is left hoping that this bluegrass vacation will end up becoming a staycation.
New Album at World Records – Robbie Fulks – “Bluegrass Vacation“

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Mike Zito
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Friday May 17, 2024

Mike Zito is one of the most lauded artists in the contemporary blues arena today and rightfully so, but for him, the thing that counts the most is maintaining his honesty, authenticity and integrity. Those are the qualities that have steered Zito’s career since the beginning and continue to define every effort he’s offered since.
“I have nothing to hide; it seems my honesty is what people relate to most,” he once told Vintage Guitar magazine. “Anders (Osborne) told me early on, ‘If you don’t believe what you’re singing, you’ll never be a good singer.’ I try not to write fluff; I try to make every word count.”

New Album at World Records by: Mike Zito – “Life Is Hard“
“Life Is Hard is a complete work of art for me,” says Mike Zito about the new disc. “I believe this is the best album I’ve ever made in my life. My wife Laura and I planned this idea of pouring my heart out in music after her death from cancer.
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Jim Messina
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Saturday April 13, 2024

An undisputed expert in the fine art of making hit music, Jim Messina’s legacy of musical genius spans five decades, three super groups, a vibrant solo career and scores of producing and engineering credits.

While acting as producer/audio engineer for Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Buffalo Springfield, Messina ultimately joined the band as its bass player.  When “the Springfield” disbanded in 1968, Jim and fellow bandmate Richie Furay formed Poco. With Jim on lead guitar, Poco defined a new musical genre, Country Rock. Later, Loggins & Messina was formed and they released eight hit albums, had scores of hit songs and sold over 16 million albums.

After a series of celebrated solo acoustic tours, Jim formed a band made of acclaimed musicians who have played with him at various points in his career. Touring the country and playing sold-out shows, Jim says that he’s enjoying discovering who he is, where he’s been and, most significantly, where he’s going.

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Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Friday April 12, 2024

Famously crowned as “The New Queen of Bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, and the most decorated artist in that field. Vincent’s music incorporates savvy contemporary touches while drawing deeply from the authentic traditions of classic bluegrass, with a flawless band that can execute break-neck instrumentals to heart wrenching ballads.
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage are the most decorated band in bluegrass, with over 100 awards to their credit. Among their honors are a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album; Song of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, and an unrivaled seven consecutive (plus an 8th) Female Vocalist of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association.
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Walter Trout
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Saturday March 9, 2024

All of us are broken. But no one is beyond repair. It’s a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of America’s society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman’s latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them.

“I’ve always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that,” considers the 72-year-old of an all-original tracklisting that rages and soothes. “But I always hold on to hope. I think that’s why I wrote this album.”

For the last half-century, however rocky his path, hope and resilience has always lit the way. The beat of Trout’s unbelievable story are well-known: the traumatic childhood in Ocean City, New Jersey; the audacious move to the West Coast in ’74; the auspicious but chaotic sideman shifts with John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton; the raging addictions that somehow never stopped the boogie when he was with Canned Heat in the early-’80s …

BoDeans
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Friday March 8, 2024

With countless tunes you know from the first note, rip-roaring gigs you can count on, and a whole lot of energy you’ll take home with you, BoDeans continue to contribute to the American songbook as a tried-and-true institution.
Founded and led by original frontman, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Kurt Neumann, the band’s catalog consists of generational anthems such as “Good Things,” You Don’t Get Much,” “Idaho,” and “Closer To Free,” just to name a few. However, they still reflect the soul and spirit of the modern American experience on their fourteenth full-length offering, 4 The Last Time.
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Albert Cummings
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Saturday February 24, 2024

For someone with the kind of background Albert Cummings has, that kind of confidence about his new music says it all. This is a singer and guitarist who has played with many of the greatest players of the modern era, and received the kind of awards and recognition that few others do. Raised in Massachusetts and self-taught on the banjo, it was a 1987 concert by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble that opened Cummings to a new world of modern blues and inspired him to take up the guitar. It didn’t take long from there for him to find his way to the front of the pack. Albert Cummings arrived strong right at the beginning and has kept growing over a course of endless tours and nine previous albums, right up to today with the release of the album TEN.

Music, being one of the world’s tried and true joys of life, has always had a way of bringing healing and inspiration to listeners, and at no time in recent decades has it been needed more than now.
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Hawktail + Väsen
– Live and Onstage @ World Records
Friday February 16, 2024

Hawktail + Väsen is the culmination of decades of influence and musical relation. Brittany, Jordan and Paul met while in college on the east coast, jamming on Väsen tunes and seeing their concerts whenever possible. These experiences proved highly formative to their musical identities and Väsen continues to inspire their direction.

“Their music was highly relatable, yet also felt strange and new,” says bassist Paul Kowert. “Meeting someone else who also knew their tunes was exciting. Playing them together: even better.”
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Andy has appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Conan, Live at Gotham and The Half Hour on Comedy Central. In 2014, he was the first comedian to make his network television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

His Dry Bar comedy special on YouTube has over 9 million views.

All five of his comedy albums are in rotation on Sirius Satellite Radio, and his jokes have played over 40 million times on Pandora.

Most recently, Andy worked as a writer on SYFY’s The Movie Show, and was featured in two episodes.

– Opening set by Alex Stone

Andy Woodhull – Live and Onstage
@ World Records Saturday January 27, 2024
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Tommy Castro and the Painkillers
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Friday January 19, 2024

“Castro is one of the brightest stars in the blues-soul genre. Voracious blues energy and ultimate soul power…impassioned vocals and pure inventiveness in his stellar guitar solos.” – Blues Music Magazine.

“The hardest thing to do,” says internationally beloved soul-blues rocker Tommy Castro, “is be yourself, take some chances and bring your fans along with you.” Throughout his long, constantly evolving career, guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Castro has always remained true to himself while exploring, growing and creating new music, and he has taken his thousands of devoted fans right along with him.
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John McCutcheon
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Friday January 12, 2024

For fifty years now “Folk Music’s Rustic Renaissance Man” (Washington Post) John McCutcheon has been everywhere in the folk music scene. A breath-taking multi instrumentalist, a traditional music archivist, one of the primary revivalists of the hammer dulcimer, a pioneering children’s and family artist, a prolific and wide ranging songwriter, and the very definition of the touring Road Warrior.

With this latest album – LEAP!, his 43rd release in his 50-year career, John McCutcheon proves again that his is one of the most creative, prolific, reliable, and satisfying of American folk music’s stalwarts. Leap! puts a big exclamation point on his already impressive legacy.
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Eilen Jewell
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Saturday December 9, 2023

After a Tumultuous Few Years, Eilen Jewell Drives Her Diverse Noir Roots on ‘Get Behind the Wheel’ – American Songwriter. With Get Behind The Wheel, her ninth studio album, Jewell does precisely that, planting herself firmly in the driver’s seat as she picks up the pieces and finds new purpose and meaning in the process. The collection pushes Jewell’s trademark blend of vintage roots-noir into more psychedelic territory, with spacious, cinematic arrangements complementing her revelatory explorations of grief, loss, resilience, and redemption.

For over fifteen years, Eilen Jewell has taken her brand of sultry surf-noir and dynamic Americana music to cities from Melbourne to Madrid to Manhattan. Her subtle but powerful musical approach, combined with her warm stage presence and evocative original lyrics, continue to gain her the loyalty of fans worldwide.
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Coco Montoya
+
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats

– Live and Onstage
@ World Records
Friday November 17, 2023

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“The Weird, Scary and Ingenious Brain of Maria Bamford!”
– The New York Times Magazine
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Saturday November 4, 2023.

In terms of showbiz, Maria has enough work and has made it and is swimming in a gravy boat, filled with scrumptious gravy. She loves trees, comedians, people, the world, personal finance and reality shows!
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Riders In The Sky – Live and Onstage
@ World Records Friday November 3, 2023! 

40 years ago. No laptops, no cellular phones, no Google, no downloads, no Skype, no Tweets, no Apple, no Microsoft, no texting, no electric cars, no Uber. A different world. But there were three young men with drive and wit who wanted to keep a special music alive.

Guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion group SPECIAL EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for 40 years.

Special EFX Allstars featuring Chieli Minucci, Eric Marienthal, Lao Tizer, Anthony Crawford and Gene Coye.

Special EFX now is a true collective, with varying elements and artists coming together to execute and build powerfully upon Minucci’s expansive musical vision.
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Las Cafeteras have taken the music scene by storm with their infectious live performances and have crossed many genres and borders along the way.

Born and raised East of the Los Angeles River, Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music as modern day troubadours.  They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats and powerful rhymes that document stories of a community seeking to ‘build a world where many world fit.’
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Samantha Fish is one of the shining stars of today’s blues rock scene and is known as an international genre-bending guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

“I want to reach over genre lines and get out to as many people as possible…”

For Samantha Fish, her journey on the guitar started with the blues. And while Fish is rooted in the blues she’s not afraid to push the boundaries of the genre.
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Presented by:
Friends of Kern County Animal Shelters and Rescues
+ Forget Me Not Rescue of Kern  

World Records is hosting this event. 

We are selling tickets – $50 each. 

The evening includes hors d’oeuvres by Uricchio’s
followed by the Raise The Woof comedy group
that tours in support of animal shelters
and animal rescue efforts.

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Famously crowned as “The New Queen of Bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, and the most decorated artist in that field.

Vincent’s music incorporates savvy contemporary touches while drawing deeply from the authentic traditions of classic bluegrass, with a flawless band that can execute break-neck instrumentals to heart wrenching ballads.
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Join us
at World Records
with Roy Rogers
and
Shana Morrison
on Saturday May 6th, 2023!

Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings
and
Shana Morrison
– Live and Onstage
@ World Records
Saturday May 6, 2023
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GA-20 clearly is on to something big. It’s a movement, a new traditional blues revival. The dynamic, throwback blues trio are disciples of the place where traditional blues, country and rock ‘n’ roll intersect. “We make records that we would want to listen to,” says guitarist Matt Stubbs. “It’s our take on the song-based traditional electric blues we love.” Stubbs and guitarist/vocalist Pat Faherty, and drummer Tim Carman have been at the forefront of this traditional blues revival since they first formed in 2018. It’s no wonder they skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard Blues Charts.

“We’re proud to bring this sound to a new audience,” says Stubbs. “When people hear it, they get what we’re doing and they’re into it. It’s very important to us to make a personal connection,” he continues. “Blues is meant to be played live. It’s about telling stories. We love making records but performing live is even more important to us.”
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The journey of Los Lobos began in 1973, 50 years ago this year, when David Hidalgo (vocals, guitar, and pretty much anything with strings), Louie Perez (drums, vocals, guitar), Cesar Rosas (vocals, guitar), and Conrad Lozano (bass, vocals, guitarrón) earned their stripes playing revved- up versions of Mexican folk music in restaurants and at parties.

The band evolved in the 1980s as it tapped into L.A.’s burgeoning punk and college rock scenes. They were soon sharing bills with bands like the Circle Jerks, Public Image Ltd. and the Blasters, whose saxophonist, Steve Berlin, would eventually leave the group to join Los Lobos in 1984.
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Award-winning blues, soul and Americana singer Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. She is beloved worldwide for the fearlessness, honesty and humor of her revelatory music, as well as for delivering each song she performs with unmatched passion.

Copeland — winner of the 2021 Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year— connects with her audience on an intensely personal level, taking them with her on what The Wall Street Journal calls “a consequential ride” of “bold and timely blues.”
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Join us at World Records
with Selwyn Birchwood
and Janiva Magness
on Saint Patrick’s Day!

Selwyn Birchwood
Janiva Magness
– Live and Onstage @ World Records Friday March 17, 2023
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Roots music legends, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, have been friends for 30 years, but only recently realized they had never played music with each other before. So in 2017, Grammy winner Alvin and Grammy nominee Gilmore, decided to hit the highway to swap songs, tell stories, and share their life experiences.

Though Texas born Gilmore was twice named Country Artist of the Year by Rolling Stone, and California native Alvin first came to fame in the hard rocking rhythm and blues band The Blasters, they discovered that their musical roots in old blues and folk music are exactly the same. In these spontaneous shows, audiences enjoyed classic original compositions from the two, and also songs from a wide spectrum of songwriters and styles – from Merle Haggard to Sam Cooke to the Young Bloods. Mutually energized and inspired by these performances, Dave and Jimmie agreed to hit the road again…
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One of the country’s pre-eminent singer/songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned four GRAMMY Awards and nominations for 11 more.

While Cash’s best-known work fell under the broad heading of “country,” there was always an intelligence in Cash’s material and a soulful tone to her vocals that set her apart from her peers, and she was never afraid of using rock and pop flavors in her arrangements.
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John McCutcheon — folk music’s renaissance man — master instrumentalist, powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author.

“John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction.”
– Pete Seeger 
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