May 25, 2013 Honk contributed music to one of the best soundtracks from one of the best surf movies ever made, “Five Summer Stories.” Yet the musical group was much more than one soundtrack, touring with The Beach Boys, Ike & Tina Turner, Jackson Browne, Loggins & Messina, Dav

May 25, 2013 Street musician Dave “Holland” McMahon is an extraordinary songwriter few people have ever had the pleasure of hearing. He appears on the benefit CD and documentary titled “Shelter Me,” which benefitted an Orange County, California-based homeless facility, contributing tw

By Michael Miller, Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot

John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley will appear on the radio Saturday in Laguna Beach to play mellow, harmony-drenched folk tunes — the kind you listen to on a lazy afternoon w

John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley will appear on the radio Saturday in Laguna Beach to play mellow, harmony-drenched folk tunes — the kind you listen to on a lazy afternoon with a sweater, a cup of mocha and a cat napping at the foot of the couch.

April 6, 2013 John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley, two iconic southern California singer-songwriters, discuss their musical careers and their new CD “All Wood and Stones II.” Batdorf shared the stage as “Batdorf and Rodney” with the likes of Dan Fogelberg, Hall & Oats, Kris Kristof

Visiting “The Friendship Show” on radio station KX 93.5 this Saturday, April 6 from 9 to 10 a.m. is Los Angeles-based folk singer-songwriter John Batdorf.

March 16, 2013 Roughly 15 years ago, “Rabbi Blue” (aka Dwight White) was well known in the Orange County music scene, playing with his band The Blue Machine at nearly every venue up and down the Orange coast—The White House in Laguna Beach, Margaritaville in Newport Beach, and The Coa

By Megan Jamerson
Just like the ‘un-predictableness’ of a jazz song, the life of one Orange County musician has taken many surprising twists Roughly 15 years ago, “Rabbi Blue,” whose real name is Dwight White, was wel

By Suzie Harrison, The Laguna Beach Independent
Powerful riffs resound through a pedestrian walkway off Forest Avenue that leads to a cobblestone alley. Fingers that dance along a guitar's neck and a voice that betr