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Jun 22, 2022
Blues Lawyer: Pure pop from the years of the pandemic
Blues Lawyer’s third record, All in Good Time, was put together during the pandemic lockdown. Rob Miller, the band’s primary songwriter, said Covid forced...
Jun 15, 2022
The Little Village Foundation: Celebrating the cultural diversity of the Bay Area
The Little Village Foundation is a non-profit organization that runs a record label supporting non-traditional music. They’ve put out albums of mariachi, folk, blues,...
Jun 8, 2022
Lavay Smith: Celebrating the life and music of Peggy Lee
Like most performing artists, Lavay Smith & Her Red-Hot Skillet Lickers faced the Covid lockdown with apprehension. Smith and her partner, the band’s pianist and arranger, Chris Siebert, were confined to their apartment in the...
May 18, 2022
Secret Emchy Society: Queer country music from Oakland’s Honky Tonk Heroes
Cindy Emch, songwriter, guitarist and lead singer of the Secret Emchy Society, opens her band’s latest album, Gold Country/Country Gold, with a radical reinvention...
May 18, 2022
Kids on a Crime Spree: Urgent messages for dancing in the dark
Oakland’s Mario Hernandez, the frontman of Kids on a Crime Spree, wants to change the world. The songs on the band’s second outing, Fall...
May 11, 2022
Aaron Skiles: Bourbon Therapy frontman goes solo
Wreckage from the Fire documents Aaron Skiles’ efforts to deal with the pandemic. The lockdown put an end to Bourbon Therapy, the long running...
May 4, 2022
Young Prisms: Songs of loss, acceptance and regeneration
Drifter, the new album from San Francisco’s Young Prisms, took shape over the past decade. The band—Stefanie Hodapp, vocals, synthesizer; Matt Allen, vocals, guitar,...
Apr 27, 2022
Bluegrass Is Back: Three-day shindig features the best bluegrass on the scene
Bluegrass is not the first genre that comes to mind when thinking about the local music community, but a West Coast bluegrass scene has...