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Women’s Audio Mission amplifies women in music production
Jul 8, 2025

Women’s Audio Mission amplifies women in music production

Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) is an organization dedicated to magnifying the voices of women and gender-expansive people in all aspects of the music business....
Josiah Flores laughs at the pain
May 27, 2025

Josiah Flores laughs at the pain

The follow up to Awful Feeling, singer/songwriter and guitarist Josiah Flores’ debut EP, is Doin’ Fine. “I have an ironic sense of humor,” Flores...
Collisionville merges punk roots with Americana
May 13, 2025

Collisionville merges punk roots with Americana

On To Wit:, the new album from Collisionville, the Bay Area trio continues to merge various strains of American music—folk, blues, country, R&B, ragtime...
Club Night releases new album 'Joy Coming Down'
Apr 29, 2025

Club Night releases new album, ‘Joy Coming Down’

The new album by Oakland’s Club Night, Joy Coming Down, took shape over the past seven years. It was informed by the Covid shutdown,...
The Boars have fun with taxidermy
Apr 15, 2025

The Boars have fun with taxidermy

The seeds for the quartet that became the Boars—Lars Nylander on Farfisa, Brent Willson on bass, Jeff Glave on guitar and drummer Eric Eidel—were...
Honoring Lee Hildebrand
Apr 8, 2025

Honoring Lee Hildebrand

Lee Hildebrand’s long, eclectic career centered on the Oakland blues scene. After getting out of the Army in the late ’60s, he began hanging...
Eli’s Mile High Club faces a financial crisis
Apr 1, 2025

Eli’s Mile High Club faces a financial crisis

Eli’s was once one of Oakland’s liveliest neighborhood nightspots, putting on shows by local and nationally known blues artists almost every day of the...
Lief Sorbye chronicles Tempest's journey in new book
Mar 25, 2025

Lief Sorbye chronicles Tempest’s journey in new book

Lief Sorbye is the lead singer, main songwriter and mandolin player of Tempest, the Bay Area-based Celtic band that’s developed a worldwide following in...
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