music

This Friday night in Temecula wine country, it’s hip to be square. When songs like “Power of Love” conger up memories of Marty McFly on a hover board, you realize what a significant influence the music of Huey Lewis and News had on the cultural landscape of the 1980’s.

Vincent Ingala’s music can be called a mixture of many genres and influences; an almost perfect illustration of the cliché “something for everyone.” “What I do would be classified as smooth jazz, but technically, if you really look into it, it’s instrumental R&B music.”

For the August 17th Classics at the Merc show, the Temecula branch of the MTAC will showcase some of the finest musicians and instructors the valley has to offer; incorporating numerous musical styles and instruments.

Beginning at 9:00 am on August 17th and running for a full 24 hours, Keys for Life will fill Aces Comedy Club with live music and other entertainment in an effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Grab your toughest pair of cowboy boots because you’re going to be doing some serious toe-tapping, as the bimonthly music series, Country Live! at the Merc, continues in Old Town on August 16th.

As the sun sets on the City of Temecula’s Summer Sunset Concert Series, popular classic rock cover band, Rockola, will have everyone dancing their way into fall. Temecula’s family-favorite entertainment option comes to an end after almost three months of music, but Rockola’s Bob Tedde thinks they have saved the best for last.

A unique combination of classic rock and country, Southern California band, Bodie, is bringing what they call “outlaw rock” to wine country in August and September.

At any rock concert across the country, usually at a moment of awkward silence between songs, an eager audience member is bound to yell out “Free Bird!” And despite the novelty of the sometimes sarcastic gesture, there is a solid reason why that particular 14-minute recording has become an anthem to rock audiences worldwide.

Having been billed as the #1 Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band, Garratt Wilkin and the Parrotheads are definitely in the upper echelon of “Margaritaville” musicians and, if you check out one of their shows, the evidence that they’ve been accepted by the faithful is quite obvious.

Who said girls can’t rock as hard as guys? When classically trained musician, Chrissy Marquez, asked herself this very question, she was shocked to discover that many industry professionals didn’t believe in gender equality.