Skating Through Genres and Valley Fever

Tommy Guerrero was a pioneer of street skating as an original member of the iconic Bones Brigade alongside Tony Hawk, then traded that legendary status to take up a career as a musician. At first working as a member of the skate rock band Free Beer and later Jet Black Crayon, in his solo efforts Guerrero draws on the DIY punk ethos and underground culture he gravitated to in his early days in San Francisco.  Guerrero blends in elements of funk, jazz, Latin, soul – in much the same way his skating moves found their own genre-busting edge. Guerrero heads upstairs to SOhO for a Monday night gig on September 8. 

Valley Fever

Santa Ynez is wired for sound on Wednesday, September 10, when two must-hear singer-songwriters appear about six miles apart. Nashville-based Mat Kearney – whose introspective folk/melodic pop mix has seen him land three albums in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 before he mined the roots genre and released his first self-titled album over the last few years – headlines the first post-PCPA theater season under the stars at the mini-amphitheater known as Solvang Theaterfest. Meanwhile, indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey returns to the long-running Tales from the Tavern series at the Maverick Saloon in the heart of Santa Ynez.