Or “Here Gen Xers, have a heaping helping of musical comfort food.” Or maybe “Life kind of sucks so wrap up in this warm sound blanket and drift to sleep pretending things are easy again.” Huey Lewis ...

L7 bassist Jennifer Finch has received an aggressive brain cancer diagnosis and friends have launched a GoFundMe to help ...

An exhibition celebrating the Grateful Dead's legacy will open in Golden Gate Park, culminating with a concert by Grahame ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass shared the initial lineup for its 2026 edition, which returns to Golden Gate Park from Oct. 2 to 4.

In the 1980s, the Bay Area thrash metal scene was less a community than a proving ground. Bands fought for attention in half-empty clubs. Fans booed weak performances. Some musicians burned out.

The San Francisco Symphony will celebrate the legacy of longtime music director Michael Tilson Thomas with an all-star ...

“Hadestown” North American Tour, courtesy T Charles Erickson. Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi was on to something when he premiered L’Orfeo in 1607, which many consider to be the first great ...

SARATOGA, Calif. — It’s been a fervent discussion almost since the beginning of rock and roll: What makes a great tribute band? Some argue that the ability to deliver an exact replica of the original ...

Audrey Hobert, courtesy Kyle Berger. This week we’ve got ’90s vibes from Anamanaguchi and Culture Wars, honest emotional folk from Flock of Dimes and The Paper Kites, mellow funk from SNACKTIME and ...

The Who performs at Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on Sept. 21, 2025. Michael Chan/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Shoreline Amphitheater has always been a welcoming venue for British ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. —It was at times unorthodox, but the opening night of the North American leg of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour was a joyous triumph. The first of two sold-out nights at ...

Duality, the seventh album by Lindsey Stirling, is less about opposing forces – queens/fairies, serenity/surrender, purpose/untamed – and more about the spaces between them. It’s a collection of ...