Val Starr

National blues recording artist, Val Starr, of Val Starr and the Blues Rocket has always held Maui dear to her heart.  In fact, she had just this May, celebrated her 40^th wedding anniversary with her life partner and bassist…

Afternoon all! The Val Starr Duo just got a last minute booking at the Gaslight in Old Town Folsom, 718 Sutter Street, Suite 200 (upstairs) for this coming Friday the 30th. The time is 8pm to 11pm, parking back and…

Hello Friends!   Here is our next five shows with the dates, times and info on the perts.  Make a note, the show at McConnell is free but you do have to make a reservation.  We hope that you can make…

Spring and summer are coming back, and so are we!  We have shows from Auburn to Placerville, Folsom to Elk Grove, Vacaville and more.  Check out our Show page and mark the dates on your calendar for the locations and…

2022 was certainly a year to be thankful for.  We were all coming out of a covid fog and thankfully music started to come alive again, as did we all.  I am extremely grateful for nearly an entire year of…

Above all else, there is no denying the healing power of music. My 6th CD release, “Healing Kind of Blues”, is a labor of love, from the song creation to the recording process.  I feel it is a progressive…

We're Back! 6 PM Wednesday, September 22 at the Starlet Room over the top of Harlow's.  Val Starr & the Blues Rocket can't wait to get those California Blues rollin' and get your feet out on the dance floor.  It's…

Howdy folks!! Hope your destination this weekend brings you to some live music somewhere!! Dance, love, live and be happy!! Next weekend, Sun August 29, 2021, Val Starr & the Blues Rocket is kicking off a new monthly SBS Blues…

Val  Starr & John Ellis with special guest Frankie Munz will be performing "So Easy Isolating With You" at the SBS CD release party on Saturday August 21, 2021 being held at the Dante Club in Sacramento, CA.  The recording…

They are letting us bring back the blues!  This Saturday, May 1 at 6 PM, we will be playing at the Green River Taproom at 4513 Putah Creek Rd, Winters, CA outside on the patio.  Some tables are spread around…

2020 was such an incredibly challenging year , especially for musicians, but John and I were fortunate to get our 5th blues CD out to radio early in the year and had such a great response. We’d like to thank…

The perfect cure for any Christmas blues is a little Christmas blues.  Merry Christmas everyone!  It’s hard to believe the year 2020 really did start out great for John and I.  On January 2nd, we released our 5th all…