6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (514+ words) The Marshall Tucker Band rocked The Guild in Menlo Park hard for 90 minutes on Friday night, turning in a 14-song performance that was an absolute testament to both the lasting greatness of this South Carolina troupe and the power of…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (119+ words) Looking to be one of the first on your block to score BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 passes? Well, here’s your chance: Those BottleRock Napa Valley 2026 holiday presale tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 11, BottleRockNapaValley.com. These BottleRock Napa Valley tickets…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (358+ words) The Bottom of the Hill — once dubbed as “the best place to hear live music in San Francisco” by Rolling Stone magazine — is set to close its doors at the end of 2026. The popular music venue, which booked early-career gigs…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (261+ words) With its “Enigmatic Voice” program, Symphony San Jose brings together three widely recognized classical works that have had a lasting musical impact, though in different ways. All three works are tied to specific historical and cultural moments or traditions. Originally…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (680+ words) Cuban pianist Omar Sosa arrived in the Bay Area in 1995 by way of Ecuador with a few dollars in his pocket and not a single musical contact. Unknown in the U.S., he was an outlier even back home in Havana, where…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (236+ words) Festival La Onda — the hugely popular annual Latin music event in Napa — has been canceled for 2026. No reason for the La Onda cancellation was given. But those tuning into the festival’s website on Monday was greeted by the news — in…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (714+ words) With a cast of all-star musicians around him and a capacity crowd before him, Taj Mahal looked out at his fans and stated the obvious: “This is off the charts.” Indeed, it was a very special night for the legendary…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (265+ words) Barry Manilow has decided to postpone the first leg of his upcoming tour following a “very depressing visit” with his surgeon amid his battle against early-stage lung cancer. In a social media statement shared Friday, 82-year-old Manilow revealed that despite…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (409+ words) Appearing onstage in an snazzy blue suit, complete with a matching pocket square to top off the oh-so-dapper outfit, Phil Manzanera looked nothing like the space-traveling wild man with diamante-studded bug-eyed shades who fans first met — and came to love…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (946+ words) Friends of Anthony Anderson, the 40-year-old East Bay musician killed in a police shooting on Feb. 9, say he was more than a phenomenally talented trumpeter or a skilled teacher, able to bring out the best in his music students, of…...