This week in Philly music brings the unofficial opening of the outdoor concert season with Dave Hause’s Sing Us Home fest in Manayunk (yes, Jon Stewart will be playing drums on Sunday), plus the ...

Dave Alvin was barely into his 20s when he wrote “American Music,” the roots-rock anthem that serves as his watchword. With the Blasters, the Knitters, and on his own, Alvin surveys the expanse of ...

West Texas troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Southern California roots-rocker Dave Alvin were born worlds apart. Gilmore in Lubbock, where he co-founded the Flatlanders. He left music to join an ...

When Dave Alvin was 12 or 13, he and his brother Phil would sneak off to The Ash Grove, an L.A. folk/blues club, where they'd watch Big Joe Turner, Lightning Hopkins and T-Bone Walker. Now Alvin is ...

seeing the empty spot onstage where Gaffney used to stand. Tue., April 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Wed., April 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Thu., April 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri., April 17 ...

You might have thought it was a Penn and Teller thing, the way Dave spoke and Phil stood still. It was even more of a magic act when Phil did step up to the mic and sing out in that holy shit voice of ...