Just about everybody knows “Pipeline” and “Wipe Out,” those epochal instrumentals that became the anthems of surfing — and cool — in the early ’60s. But it… ...

Just a year later, surf music was truly starting to take off, and the best release of 1961 came from The Belairs (web searchers take note: they've had their name listed in at least three different ...

But give a listen to the brilliant selection of songs on the new four-CD set Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966, and you will come away with a very different impression.

The Breakaways Surf Band, known for playing ‘60s-era instrumental surf and beach music, was founded by guitarist Craig Skelly in 1996.

An all-female instrumental quartet distinguished by a romping retro sound and 1960s look, the Surfrajettes feature melody-making guitarists Freeman and Nicole Damoff, bassist Abby Jo Powell and ...

Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966 (RockBeat) Singers? Who needs singers? Not these forgotten bands, which collectively make the case for instrumental surf music's pivotal ...

There's no Ray Corvair in the Ray Corvair Trio, but the talented instrumental combo will bring its compelling mix of surf, spy, and striptease music when they return to Jersey City's Fox & Crow on ...

Surf music was born in 1960. Its twangy instrumentals can be traced through many artists from The Shadows and Fleetwood Mac to Australia’s The Sunnyboys and The Cruel Sea.

The annual Surf Guitar 101 convention shook up Alpine Village Saturday. The convention celebrated surf music in all forms and paid tribute to surf music icon Paul Johnson.

Rhythm guitarist Don Wilson, co-founder of surf music staple the Ventures, has died at age 88, his family said Saturday.

But if you like surf music at all, you will be amazed at how thoroughly enjoyable 100 very short instrumentals by musicians you probably never heard of can be! Article continues below this ad ...