DAVE ALVIN FINDS SOME SOLACE WHILE ROCKING HIS ROOTS
standard.net 05/27/2010
Guitarist/singer/songwriter Dave Alvin likes to say that there are two kinds of folk music, loud and quiet -- and it so happens that he plays both.
FOR DAVE ALVIN, PLAYING KEEPS MEMORIES ALIVE: TOURING HELPS THE SINGER TO COPE
www.TMCnet.com 02/20/2010
When roots music singer songwriter Dave Alvin was just a boy he and his brother Phil prowled the blues clubs near their home in Los Angeles County Calif I don't know why we got into these bars …
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ROOTS-ROCKER ALVIN HITS THE ROAD WITH A FEW GOOD WOMEN
tuscaloosanews.com 07/24/2009
'For the first time ever, I'm the best-looking guy in the band.'
DAVE ALVIN REMEMBERS HIS PAL CHRIS GAFFNEY WITH A NEW TRIBUTE CD
ocweekly.com 06/17/2009
The late great unheralded singer songwriter accordion shredder and sometime Orange County resident Chris Gaffney used to say he remembered first meeting with living great and future Grammy-winning …
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ALVIN PLANS TOUR WITH GUILTY WOMEN
Country Standard Time 05/08/2009
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women will be hitting the road in support of their self-titled disc. The tour starts in mid-June in California and winds up in October in San Francisco.
DAVE ALVIN LEADS HIS GUILTY WOMEN ON CD
Country Standard Time 03/03/2009
Dave Alvin will lead his new band The Guilty Women on their new self-titled album due out May 26 on Yep Roc Records That's the same day the Alvin-curated tribute to late friend and band mate Chris …
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DAVE ALVIN'S SONGS ARE FULL OF TWISTED ROOTS
Houston Chronicle 11/16/2008
Dave Alvin’s songs are full of twisted roots. Some are quiet, others loud, all spring from blues and country and folk traditions; they’re often dark and usually sad.