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Winter Stanley finds his way back to music
Winter Stanley says he’s always loved music for the way it helps connect him to his emotions and his friends. “I picked up the...
Long live Lady Day
When Stella Heath walks on stage to tell the story of Billie Holiday, she wears a gardenia in her hair, an homage to Holiday’s...
San Francisco’s lucky break turns heartbreak into a debut album
The first album by Emma Gerson, the artist who goes by the name of lucky break, was made it! Gerson said she used lowercase...
Fog Lamp channels modern anxiety into post-punk catharsis
Fog Lamp came together in West Oakland during the pandemic lockdown. Aaron Firestone, the band’s singer and main lyricist, started jamming with his friend...
Noise with teeth takes hold
Rip Room generates a rhythmic force that gets crowds moving. The trio—vocalist, guitarist and songwriter John Reed, bassist and harmony vocalist Sarah McKinney, and...
Music inspired by divine evolution
Jenny Gillespie Mason, who records as Sis and the Lower Wisdom, started writing songs when she was still a teenager. She said attending the...
The Telephone Numbers call upon pop and introspection
The Telephone Numbers began playing together just before the pandemic lockdown. The quartet—Thomas Rubenstein and Morgan Stanley, who play guitar and sing; bass player...
Oakland band digs into country-rock
Oakland-based musician Joe Rut has been writing songs and releasing them on his own for a long time. Over the years he’s delved into...
