You might have thought it was a Penn and Teller thing, the way Dave spoke and Phil stood still. It was even more of a magic act when Phil did step up to the mic and sing out in that holy shit voice of ...

Thursday, the Alvin brothers will play the Zoo Bar, where Dave has been a regular for decades and one of top draws for ZooFest, the club’s annual outdoor festival. Wednesday, Dave Alvin talked about ...

There’s nothing like a near-death experience to bring estranged family members back together, according to Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, the notoriously bickering brothers from Downey. The siblings in ...

Hear and see an LA concert featuring the reunited brothers from The Blasters. Phil And Dave Alvin On World Cafe The Blasters with Dave and Phil Alvin were an integral part of the Los Angeles punk ...

As Dave Alvin tells the story, it all started the day his older brother Phil brought home a Big Bill Broonzy record. As kids, the brothers who would go on to form The Blasters, drawing together roots ...

Dave and Phil Alvin took their time getting back together for a full- scale reunion of the Blasters. In light of a two-CD reissue, "Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings," the original five ...

As Dave Alvin tells the story, it all started the day his older brother Phil brought home a Big Bill Broonzy record. As kids, the brothers who would go on to form The Blasters, drawing together roots ...

Dave and Phil Alvin have made their first full album together in nearly 30 years, a tribute to one of their early influences. "His persona was so... In Big Bill Broonzy's Blues, Brothers Find A Way To ...

Whenever Dave Alvin comes to town, I’m invariably reminded of my late friend and former Buffalo News colleague Jay Bonfatti. He was a serious fan of both Alvin’s solo work, and his efforts with the ...

Phil Alvin and Dave Alvin, Common Ground. If two brothers were ever meant to reunite and do an album of Big Bill Broonzy songs, it has to be this pair. They grew up together (in bunk beds) listening ...

If via some weird science experiment, the wonderful voice of Phil Alvin could’ve been grafted onto the songwriting brilliance and guitar prowess of Dave Alvin (with possibly the addition of a little ...