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About MoonShine

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     Brother and Sister from Laguna Beach, CA captivate listeners and music seekers with their original tunes that bring back the vintage styles of Blues and Jazz with a Rockabilly and Surfy twist. Vocalist, Celena Marie and Guitarist, Dylan DelPizzo-Howell formed MoonShine in January of 2012. After they started writing their own music, Celena and Dylan sought out to perform live to share their original style with people in their community. Feeding their passion to create and play music, was Laguna Beach's welcoming support of live music and a huge Rock/Blues scene that exists throughout Orange County. Since then, MoonShine has been exciting music enthusiasts ever since. By combining such iconic genres of music, they created a sound that is both nostalgic and current.

     

     MoonShine performs as a Duo for more intimate gigs, but also performs as a trio, quintet or quartet for larger venues with Standup Bass player, Justin Drucker, Drummer, Nick Crays and Harmonica/Percussionist/Banjo player, Travis Muniz. MoonShine will fill your soul with their high energy performances which are fun to dance to, very diverse and enjoyable for people of all ages!

     

     As songwriters, Celena Marie and Dylan have a wide range of influences that constantly inspire them to create new music, from musicians they look up to, to something as simple as a walk on the beach. They get their bluesy influences from artists like: Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, and Johnny Cash. MoonShine's more contrasting diverse influences include Wanda Jackson, Stray Cats, Imelda May, Devil Makes Three, and even Led Zeppelin. Also artists like Crosby Stills Nash, America and Creedence Clearwater, who are front runners when it comes to harmonies, have inspired them when writing progressions and melodies for their songs.

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    MoonShine performs throughout Orange County and in Los Angeles including shows at The House of Blues (Anaheim), The Sawdust Art Festival, Dana Point Food and Wine Festival, StillWater (Dana Point), The Cellar (San Clemente), Dana Point Harbor "Booze" Cruise, The Harp Inn Irish Pub (Costa Mesa), Renaissance (Dana Point), La Cave (Costa Mesa), Fratello's (Laguna Niguel) and Lot 1 (Echo Park). In their home town of Laguna Beach, MoonShine has performed at Marine Room Tavern, The White House, The Cliff Bar & Fireside Theater, Ocean Avenue Brewery, Mozambique, Big Fish Tavern and Hobie Surf Shop, as well as benefit concerts for Blue Water Music Festival, The Mauli Ola Foundation, American Cancer Society "Kiss My Cure," and LGOCA "Life Is Beautiful" Breast Cancer Awareness.

     

      They have performed along side notable artists and bands
such as Chevy Metal with drummer Taylor Hawkins from The Foo Fighters, David Lindley, Robert Francis, The Rocketz, Aloha Radio, Vinnie & The Hooligans, The Sugar Daddys, The Salty Suites, Missiles of October, Wax Children, Parker Macy Blues, Jason Feddy, Dano Forte's Juke Joint Freak Show, Addie Hamilton & the Gals and Your Ugly Sister.

 

 Laguna's Radio Station KX93.5 currently plays their acoustic single "The One Who Got Away" and their Duo Album "Cold As Stone." MoonShine has also been interviewed on air and performed live on Jazz Quest Radio, The Groove Express, LagunaPalooza and Music Matters.

     

    MoonShine will be releasing their first album as a 5 piece band soon! They are looking forward to a Southern California Tour in the near future. 

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Press

Festival Review: Blue Water runs deep at Sawdust - Los Angeles Time and Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot,

4-3-2014

"As I'm partial to '50s rock 'n' roll styles, one of my favorite bands of the day was MoonShine. With pinup-girl good looks and a vintage mic, singer Celena Marie DelPizzo-Howell garners the attention with her sassy vocals, but it was her brother Dylan who impressed on guitar. He brings to mind something between Elvis' first guitarist, Scotty Moore, and Brian Setzer's guitar on "Stray Cat Strut" thrown in a jazz jar. Without much expression or movement, Dylan kept a steady train shuffle between him and the drum kit, driving the beat forward. The song "Cold as Stone" was a highlight, as was a solid cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues."
 
By Don Leach - Los Angeles Times and Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot

Bringing the Noise - Laguna Beach Magizine, Art & Culture (OC in Site),

5-31-2013

​"New favorite "MoonShine!" A Laguna-based band of youngsters who play what Tony Cox of Tightrope Entertainment describes as a blend of Etta James and the Stray Cats. Even when the youthful band takes the stage at The White House’s downtown location, they make it a hangout for an eclectic mix: from surfers to businesspeople, locals to tourists, young to young at heart."
 
By Linda Domingo - Laguna Beach Magazine

Local Siblings Share Their Rockabilly Twist - OC Concert Guide

5-30-2013

"Local brother and sister duo MoonShine will be performing throughout Orange County this upcoming summer in order to promote their original music featuring a Rockabilly, vintage style blues and jazz. MoonShine is made up of Celena Marie DelPizzo-Howell (Vocalist) and Dylan DelPizzo-Howell (Guitarist/Percussionist). The OC Concert Guide spoke to the siblings about their music, performing in Orange County and their musical influences."

By Katrina Andaya - OC Concert Guide

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