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11/16/2025

Greetings Fellow Bob Dylan Fans! Please join Lisa Finnie on The Dylan Hours today, Sunday, November 16, from 9-11am, Pacific, for:

🤟 SONGS OF LOVE & PEACE ✌

Greetings Fellow Bob Dylan Fans! Please join me on the program tomorrow, Sunday, November 16, from 9-11am, Pacific, for:

🤟 SONGS OF LOVE & PEACE ✌

The DYLAN HOURS, produced/hosted by yours truly, Lisa Finnie, airs locally in Southern California at 88.5 FM & thesocalsound.org every Sunday, from 9 - 11am, Pacific Standard Time . . .

11/16/2025

It's George Jones! Tune in to Tangled Roots Sunday morning 7:00AM - 9:00AM to hear George Jones, Tom T Hall, Emmylou Harris, Lefty Frizzell, Willie Nelson and much much more! 88.5FM and thesocalsound.org

11/15/2025

Tune in to Americana Matinee this morning at 8 Pacific for part 2 of the 68th Grammy Awards nominees. We'll hear Joni Mitchell, Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin, Jesse Welles, Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter, and MORE. We'll also sample the various roots-oriented recorded works that inspired Dan Auerbach's nomination for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Stay dry and TUNE IN to 88.5FM via a real radio and/or your device of choice on our app and TheSoCalSound.org.

11/14/2025

Support for The SoCal Sound is made possible by Subaru of Glendale - The “Subaru Love Promise” is at the core of their business, showing love + respect to all people as a positive force in the community. Subaru of Glendale is proud to be the #1 in CA! Info at SubaruOfGlendale.com

11/14/2025

⚡Current ticket giveaways & upcoming events! 👇

The SoCal Sound has your chance to win a pair of tickets to some great shows! Enter for the chance to win at TheSoCalSound.org/win-tickets or click the Online Giveaways tab in the LINK IN BIO! 🔗

🧡 Jack Johnson’s The Surfilmusic Tour stops by The Hollywood Bowl with Hermanos Gutierrez on October 10 & 11! Tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster.com

🧡 Lorde performs at The Kia Forum when The Ultrasound Tour stops by on May 14! Tickets are on sale at AXS.com

🧡 Members Only: Hooray for The HollyDays! Celebrate the season with hosts Rufus and Martha Wainwright featuring Beck, Lucy Davis, Chris Stills, The SoCalSound’s own Mimi Chen, and more at The Saban Theatre on December 6! Tickets on sale now at AXS.com

🧡 Members Only: Enjoy a performance from The Neighbourhood at The Kia Forum on October 9, 2026! Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com

🧡 Members Only: Get ready for Cat Power’s The Greatest Tour, the 20th Anniversary performance of the album in its entirety at The Orpheum Theatre on February 17! Tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster.com

🧡 Members Only: Fitz & The Tantrums The Man on The Moon Tour stops by at The Fonda on February 26! Tickets on sale now at AXS.com

🧡 George Thorogood & The Destroyers put on the baddest show for you when The Baddest Show on Earth Tour makes a stop at The Bank of American Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks, with special guest Canyon Lights on March 8! Tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster.com

11/11/2025

"It's your last chance, To check under the hood
Your last chance, She ain't soundin' too good
Your last chance to trust the man with the star
'Cause you've found the last chance Texaco"
(Rickie Lee Jones)

Sunday's trip on The Open Road on 885 The SoCal Sound is in the rear view and the music and playlist are archived here. https://www.thesocalsound.org/programs/gary-calamar/ The live show airs live at a NEW TIME Sunday 2-4pm (PT) featuring adventurous pop music, both timely and timeless.

NEW: Silversun Pickups, Jeff Tweedy, Tame Impala, Spoon, fanclubwallet, Jesse Welles, Lucinda Williams, Lizzie Weber, fuzzyville, Rachel Haden & Chris Pepper, Blake Collins…

Plus…
Elliott Smith, Cat Power, Kelly Willis, John Doe, Judee Sill, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Spizzenergi, The Jam, Gang of Four, Pavement, Warren Zevon, Dream Syndicate, White Stripes, Camera Obscura...and William Shatner.

Happy Birthday Rickie Lee Jones. 🎈

XO
Gary

11/10/2025

Amanda Shires joined Matt Pinfield in studio for The Pinfield Sessions at The SoCal Sound to talk about music and the new album "Nobody's Girl". Shires performed 3 songs live in studio, full interview and performance video in the article

Grammy-winning artist Amanda Shires joins Matt Pinfield on The Pinfield Sessions for The SoCal Sound to discuss her new album Nobody’s Girl, embracing independence, motherhood, and creative rebirth in her most personal record yet.

11/10/2025

✨Hump Day Giveaway on More Music in The Morning with Nic Harcourt + Jet - Wednesday, November 12 (between 8:30a & 9:30a PT): The Church at Fonda Theatre on June 10, 2026, presented by The SoCal Sound!

Tickets are on sale at AXS.com

11/09/2025

Greetings Fellow Bob Dylan Fans! Please join Lisa Finnie on The Dylan Hours today, Sunday, November 9, from 9-11am, PST, for:

YET ANOTHER TREAT FROM THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL. 18:
THE ENTIRE 1963 CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT! 🎶

Greetings Fellow Bob Dylan Fans! Please join me on the show tomorrow, Sunday, November 9, from 9-11am, PST, for:

YET ANOTHER TREAT FROM THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL. 18:
THE ENTIRE 1963 CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT! 🎶

The DYLAN HOURS, produced/hosted by yours truly, Lisa Finnie, airs locally in Southern California at 88.5 FM and streams WORLDWIDE at thesocalsound.org every Sunday, from 9-11am, Pacific Standard Time . . .

11/09/2025

Tune in to Tangled Roots Sunday morning 7:00AM - 9:00AM to hear a tribute to the late Donna Jean Godchaux. You will hear Percy Sledge, Elvis Presley, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band and much much more! 88.5 KCSN and thesocalsound.org

11/08/2025

It's Kat Griffin's FAVORITE Americana Matinee of the year!! Tune in this morning at 8 Pacific and hear nominees in the American Roots categories celebrated by the 68th Grammy Awards: I'm With Her, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Willie Nelson, Maria Muldaur, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' and MORE. TUNE IN to 88.5FM via a real radio and/or your device of choice on our app and TheSoCalSound.org.

11/08/2025

🎸 It's a Springsteen Saturday!

Win movie passes to Laemmle Theaters tomorrow (Saturday) to see Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White, about the making of Nebraska.

PLUS one lucky fan will score a Springsteen bundle/box set featuring the 2025 Nebraska remaster, the new Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition (4 CDs + Blu-Ray), and never-before-heard Electric Nebraska sessions ⚡️

Listen for Bruce Springsteen passwords all day Saturday, text them to 833-885-8850, and you're qualified to win!

Good luck, Springsteen fans!