There’s no need to catch an actual wave to feel like you’re out in the California surf this month thanks to the return of a festival that celebrates beach music. The 15th annual Surf Guitar 101 ...

Few surf rock bands have a discography as huge as The Challengers. This surf rock outfit is best known for the highly influential record Surfbeat from 1963. They were quite popular at the time; they ...

It's the second night of their marathon two-month tour across America and the boys from the Skegss are just settling in. As the concert hall fills up, backstage at The Observatory in Santa Ana the ...

Santa Cruz is of course no stranger to surfing and surf culture. Naturally, surf music is a big part of that. Jeff “Stretch” Riedle, the drummer and leader of local outfit The New Shockwaves, brings ...

On paper, The Beach Boys seem like little more than a blithe surf band, bottling up the sunshine of the West Coast for the masses. Many bands of their era fell into this category, but The Beach Boys ...