Along with jazz, instrumental surf rock is ignored by the music industry. The creators of modern surf music are a noble bunch of very passionate musicians who are preserving this truly American art form. If you are not familiar with the genre please take the time to check it out and give it listen.
Surf music is cool but not in a hipster sort of way. It's cool like jazz and bluegrass music. I was first introduced to modern instrumental surf music when I heard some CDs by a band called Voodoo Court featuring guitar slinger Mark Kuhn. Holy shit was I blown away! Like a lot of music fans I had grown bored with the uninspired cookie cutter crap that began coming out in the mid 2000's.
The people who produce and share instrumental surf music do it as a labor of love but I think they deserve a larger fan base and a place of their own so that their music doesn't get lost in the glut of crap on the streaming services. Surf musicians are invited to have their streams embedded on this site. They are also encouraged to promote this site and help spread instrumental surf music.
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