Thanks to everyone who came out to the Freight & Salvage to help Loretta Lynch celebrate our new album, Home Fires.  It was such a delight to play to a full house packed with so many beloved friends.  Home Fires continues to receive good reviews and hearty amounts of radio airplay both locally and abroad, and we couldn't be more pleased!

Last year, our friends Kyle Parker and Robert James spent some time filming a video for one of the songs from the new album.  We're pleased to announce that the video will be debuted at our next show at the Starry Plough on Friday March 9th.  We hope you'll join us!

In other news, El Mirage comes out of hibernation once again to play the Knockout on Saturday March 31st, along with our pals Laura Jean Band and the Verms.  Hope you'll join us for that one, too!

Cheers for the New Year!

Howdy friends, It's been awhile.  Hope you're all enjoying life - how 'bout those earthquakes, huh?

 Guess what?  It's time for Murder Ballads once again!  It's the 10th (sort of) annual event, and the last one that I will be organizing.  But not to fear - the torch (or dagger, or noose, as it were) is being passed to artist/musician extraordinaire Paul Pot, who promises to keep it going and continue delivering an annual night of murderous musical mayhem! This year's musical bloodbath takes place on Saturday October 29th at the Starry Plough.  Loretta Lynch will be playing a set, as well as many, many fine others, like Karry Walker, She Mob, the Happy Clams, Joel Murach, Laura Jean and Minutemaids, just to name a few. Click here to get the whole lowdown!

In other news, please also mark your calendars for Loretta Lynch's CD release celebration at the Freight & Salvage on Friday, November 4th.  This album has been a long time in the making, and we're so excited to unleash it into the world! The show is all ages and starts at 8 pm sharp, with an opening set by our pal and co-conspirator Joe Rut.  Joe will sit in for a few songs with us, and we with him, and like he said recently, we'll probably all hug each other and cry.  You don't want to miss that!  Admission includes a copy of the CD, and the Freight & Salvage is now serving adult beverages, woo hoo!  Click here for the whole scoop.

And lastly... Dorothy Brown over at the Albany Patch did a nice photo essay featuring Loretta Lynch, click here to have a look.

Hope to see you out there soon, friends.  Happy Fall!

Loretta Lynch has been busy putting the finishing touches on our new album which we'll be releasing with a big bash at the Freight & Salvage on Friday November 4th.  Please mark your calendars and come help us celebrate! We'll be sharing this bill with our dear pal and one of our fave musical compatriots, Joe Rut, a great night of music guaranteed for one and all!

Meanwhile, El Mirage is excited to come out of hibernation to play the Rite Spot on Saturday August 20th with some more of our local favorites, Ted & Ashley of Octomutt.  It would be great to share the evening with you, friends.

El Mirage is still on a bit of a hiatus, working on getting some musical beauty sleep, or something along those lines ;)  But that's all fine because Loretta Lynch is keeping plenty busy over the next couple of months.

Loretta Lynch will be back at West Coast Live on Saturday March 5th, broadcasting live from Revival restaurant in downtown Berkeley.  Join us live, or listen in online at KALW.

Next up, LL is thrilled to finally get to play at the Freight & Salvage as part of Dr. K's Home Grown Roots Revue, in the fine company of Los Trainwreck and Swinging Doors.

Right after that, we're going to start shooting a video, followed by more recording in April, and hence not many live shows for a little while, so we do hope you'll join us at the Freight & Salvage or at West Coast Live.

Hope to be serenading you soon, friends!

Hope you've all recovered from holiday mayhem and had a wonderful end of the year, and hope to see your lovely faces at a couple of Loretta Lynch shows coming up - first, at the Starry Plough on Saturday January 22nd, and then again on March 10th at the new Freight & Salvage.  We're very much looking forward to both of these shows, and in between, we're working up a few new songs and plotting out plans for a video that we're soon to be making.

Wishing you a healthy and inspiring 2011, and hope to see you soon!

Dang, how did it get to be the holiday season again?  Time flies when you're having fun!

If you feel like doing a little holiday shopping while listening to great music and supporting your local Oakland artist, then come out this Friday, December 3rd to Oakland Under 100 at the Temescal Arts Center. Enjoy local art & music and fine company! Music starts at 7 pm w/ Andy Mason, followed by  El Mirage Trio (yours truly plus John Shiurba & Berge Thomasian) at 8, and the  Ukaladies' Strumming Club at 9.  Free fun for the whole family! Temescal Arts Center is at 511 48th St. in Oakland.

If you feel like getting your party going a little early, why not head over to El Rio on Thursday Dec. 2nd?   I'm going to be there enjoying Laura Jean's CD release show.  Laura Jean features the enormous talents of Laura and Danny Allen (with a little help from some other talented friends!).  I've been absolutely loving their new album, Filthy Bird - it's packed with super catchy songs, expertly played.  It's the kind of music I like to turn up real loud and sing along to!  And that's exactly what I'm going to do this Thursday!

Lastly, if you're one of those people that likes to plan far ahead, why not mark your calendars now for two fun Loretta Lynch shows in 2011?  We'll be at the Starry Plough on Saturday January 22nd, and at the Freight & Salvage on Thursday, March 10th.  More details coming!

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season, and hope to see your smiling face somewhere soon!

June has been relatively quiet, but July has plenty in store, including a couple of fun and star-studded events, including Val playing solo at a benefit for the East Bay Humane Society at the Starry Plough on Sunday afternoon, July 11th, and the ladies of Loretta Lynch singing a few tunes at the Farewell to Jimmy Sweetwater event at the Great American Music Hall on Thursday, July 22nd.   Sandwiched in between, El Mirage will pop out of hiding to play at the Rite Spot.  Hooray for July!  Click on the calendar page for all the details.  Hope to see you soon!

Speaking of Joe Rut, Loretta Lynch is looking forward to playing a show with him and our pal Danny Allen and his High Diving Horses on May 22nd at the Starry Plough - it's going to be a great night of music and we hope you'll join us!