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Best Indie & Rock in Santa Barbara

Clairo at Santa Barbara Bowl

Clairo

Young songstress Claire Cottrill, AKA Clairo, returns to the stage after the success of her highly-anticipated residencies with the Charm Tour 2024! In celebration of her new album of the same name, Clairo will be bringing singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou on tour as support. With her lilting vocals, hazy guitars, dreamy soundscapes, and lyrics inflected with Gen Z's wry digital view of the world, Clairo is solidifying her status as one to watch. Don't miss your chance to see her live!

Cat Power at The Lobero

Cat Power

Indie icon Cat Power is hitting the road again on much anticipated new countrywide tour in support of her 2023 release: Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert. The solo songstress is known for her fusion of punk, jazz, folk, and blues styles and excellent, emotional guitar playing. 2018's 'Wanderer' was a highly regarded piece of work from the artist and featured a Lana Del Rey collaboration.

Joe Bonamassa at Granada Theatre

Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is the guitarist's guitarist. A master of the blues, Bonamassa easily ranks alongside the more well known Clapton or Jeff Beck. Such was his prodigious talent that he supported B.B. King at the tender of age of twelve in 1989, and was christened by King as "one of a kind." Since then, he's played with anyone who is anyone and released a formidable catalogue of studio albums.

Lucinda Williams at Arlington Theatre

Lucinda Williams

One of America's finest singer-songwriters, Lucinda Williams' substantial talents transcend the genres with which she's so at ease, from folk to blues and country-rock. At every live show, Williams demonstrates why her music speaks out to so many, with yearning and mourning. 2024 sees Williams take to the road once more and you don't want to miss it!

Aimee Mann at The Lobero

Aimee Mann

Queen of indie rock, Aimee Mann is heading out on a handful of selected dates in 2024 with Jonathan Coulton. Mann has had a successful solo career with several Grammy nominations, winning two, so don't miss your chance to catch this droll performer playing her new cuts, alongside fan favorites such as 'Save Me' and 'Charmer'.

Hot Tuna at The Lobero

Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna (also the name of an Ozzie surf brand randomly) is made up of co-founders and continuing core members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, a duo with a unique combination of blues, jazz, bluegrass & folk influences. They've been making music together for fifty years, playing together as teenagers and later in the iconic '60s band The Jefferson Airplane, where Kaukonen played lead guitar and Casady was on bass.

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