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Kyle Martin on October 13, 2021
Mexico City rock band Elefante is coming to Club Rodeo in San Jose Sunday night while the kids are asleep with a babysitter watching the house. Winding acoustic guitar riffs and powerful vocals in Spanish from this band are like a party where cousins and neighbors share barbacoa, tequila, mezcal and cervezas…
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Metro Staff on December 30, 2019
Two rising women of country music come to San Jose to kick off 2020. The KRTY-hosted night begins with dance lessons from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. That’s followed by a set from Stephanie Quayle. “If I Was a Cowboy,” the most recent single from the Bozeman, Montana native, bucks back at the tired…
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Metro Staff on October 30, 2019
The Cadillac Three is a trio of childhood friends with a knack for pairing sentimental lyrics and twangy licks with an undeniable country cool. Singer-guitarist Jaren Johnston, drummer Neil Mason and lap-steel player Kelby Ray released their last full-length, Legacy, back in 2017, but it seems they may be preparing a new…
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Matei Predescu on July 3, 2019
Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Drew Baldridge and Canadian country duo High Valley come to San Jose for this KRTY-hosted show. Hailing from Illinois, Baldrige cultivated his skills as a performer and songwriter in Nashville before releasing his debut album, Dirt on Us on indie country label, Cold River Records. Brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel…
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Nick Veronin on March 13, 2019
Adriel Favela y Javier Rosas are two of Mexico’s rising stars within the narcocorrido genre. Just like American gangster rap—and heavy metal before that—the music, which centers around stories of cartel life, has drawn plenty of hand-wringing from the authorities. It’s also spawned real-life violence. Back in 2015, Rosas was the victim…
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Stephen Perez on March 1, 2018
Pop-country duo Thompson Square comes to San Jose on their This Is Us: Acoustic Tour. Husband and wife Keifer and Shawna Thompson hit the road last year after the release of their cover of U2’s “With or Without You.” The couple has made the hallmark love ballad their own by matching the…
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When it comes to pop country hooks, you’d be hard pressed to find a stronger earworm than the chorus of Canaan Smith’s “Love You Like That,” where he promises love “slow as the Mississippi, strong as a fifth of whiskey, steady as a Tom Petty track.” Currently on his Long Way From…
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Camille Miller on August 1, 2017
The Cadillac Three are a Southern rock coalescence of three childhood friends with a knack for sentimentality while also keeping their country cool. Singer-guitarist Jaren Johnston, drummer Neil Mason and lap-steel player Kelby Ray released their first full-length album for Big Machine Records in 2016 and the long-haired trio have more in…
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