The victim was visiting family in Memphis when he was fatally shot A Black man in Memphis was fatally shot at a gas station by a white security guard who allegedly killed him over the victim’s loud ...

The Alvin Sunrise Rotary Club will host the Alvin Music Festival and Cook-Off on March 27-28 at Briscoe Park in Alvin. “The festival will be a wonderful community event,” said Sunrise Rotary President ...

Like most events in 2020, the music festival took a backseat to the pandemic. It was originally scheduled for March last year and then was postponed, and eventually host Alvin Sunrise Rotary Club ...

In 2020, just weeks after the pandemic shut down most live shows, Dave Alvin was diagnosed with cancer. The acclaimed guitarist has fought his way back, and takes the stage Feb. 28 with friend and ...

Phil Alvin, music aficionado, can still recall the day 32 years ago when he was seduced by a strange sound. Alvin and his brother, Dave, had spent a lot of time trolling the record stores, dingy bars ...

Brothers Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin have made musical careers of taking what was once old and making it new again. In some cases, the two who were the creating force behind acclaimed roots rock ‘n’ ...

Dave Alvin last visited Spokane in the summer of 2016 on one of his Roots on the Rails tours. The roots-rock legend would gather a bunch of ace musicians, hop on a set of vintage train cars and barrel ...

After an extended winter break, Walking the Floor is back. Today’s episode of the Americana podcast finds host Chris Shiflett conducting a 70-minute chat with Dave Alvin, a “California roots-music ...

It’s not unusual for estranged musicians to reconcile and start working together again, even when the musicians are family. Think of the Everly Brothers, who broke up acrimoniously in 1973, then ...

“The festival will be a wonderful community event,” said Sunrise Rotary President Michael Hoover. “The club has worked hard this year to expand and improve the festival.” Alvin Sunrise Rotary in ...