LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP – Dozens of surfers caught waves on vintage longboards as music from a 1960s surf instrumental band blared from the 65th Street beach in Brant Beach on Saturday. The scene was not ...
Jerry Cole, a guitarist and songwriter who released several surf music albums in the 1960s and recorded with prominent bands such as the Beach Boys and the Byrds, died of a heart attack May 28 at his ...
The Surfrajettes find audiences wherever they go, even when the gig is nowhere near a beach. “And if there’s a guitar community, they come out,” Surfrajette Shermy Freeman said. “Guitars and surf ...
After Jan & Dean recorded their catchy hit "Surf City," the song topped the charts and allowed listeners around the country to imagine the coolness and relaxation of beach life in the 1960s. Although ...
Did you know there’s such a thing as French surf rock? Like Serge Gainsbourg said, moi non plus. Thankfully, local instrumental band Jim and the Sea Dragons are well-versed in and have imported some ...
Linda Ronstadt is no one-hit wonder. Technically, her old band, The Stone Poneys, would be considered one-hit wonders. The baroque pop folk group only scored one major hit back in the 1960s, and that ...
Hang ten! Disney Channel is moving from high school to the seashore for its next song-and-dance extravaganza, Teen Beach Musical. A modern-day take on the classic beach musicals of the 1960s, the new ...