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fromSFGATE
2 days ago

The 'Jesus of Cool' returns to rock San Francisco

Nick Lowe has a long-standing affection for San Francisco, performing there since the late 1970s and cherishing his memories of the city.
Writing
fromWIRED
1 day ago

John Perry Barlow, JFK Jr., and a Night of Grief I Can't Forget

Cynthia Horner's sudden death in 1994 deeply affected friends, including John Perry Barlow and John F. Kennedy Jr.
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
2 days ago

George Harrison's Love For This Candy Caused A Chaotic Concert Trend - Tasting Table

George Harrison's fondness for Jelly Babies led to fans throwing the candies at The Beatles during performances.
Apple
fromSFGATE
3 days ago

Paul McCartney performs private show on Apple's Bay Area campus

Apple employees enjoyed a private concert by Paul McCartney at the Cupertino headquarters for the company's 50th anniversary celebration.
Music
fromVulture
4 days ago

Steve Perry Was Wise to End His Journey

Journey's Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain are on tour despite lawsuits, with Cain admitting to misleading fans about Steve Perry's potential reunion.
NYC music
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

I'm an old bastard looking back': the bizarre renaissance of piano-jammer Bruce Hornsby

Bruce Hornsby reflects on his childhood experience of JFK's assassination and his recent musical journey, blending personal history with social commentary.
Digital life
fromBuzzFeed
1 week ago

People Over 50 Are Sharing What Was "Normal" In The '70s, And Gen Z Would Lose Their Minds

The 1970s featured unique cultural norms and practices that seem unbelievable today, from social behaviors to household items.
Music production
fromVulture
1 week ago

What a Puth Believes

Charlie Puth collaborates with yacht rock legends Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins on his new album, using music as a manifestation tool.
Music
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Ramones Cover Tom Waits on New Compilation

A compilation album featuring covers of Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan's songs will be released on May 29, featuring various renowned artists.
US politics
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Neil Young: New Album Inspired by "Worst President in the History of our Country"

Neil Young channels political distress into a new studio album with Chrome Hearts, featuring eight songs that explore feelings of life and love.
Music production
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

How Should We Remember the Hippies?

Modern political resistance relies on podcasts and short-form videos rather than traditional speeches or music, creating disposable media that serves pundits but excludes artists and poets.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The most stunningly awful wonderful record': how the Shaggs became rock's most divisive band

Austin Wiggin Jr. forced his daughters, the Shaggs, into a strict musical regime, leading to unexpected fame despite their unconventional style.
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

50th Anniversary of Punk Rock in San Francisco (The New Farm)

A special 50th anniversary Punk Rock history event at The New Farm featuring bands and musicians from the dawn of the punk rock revolution of San Francisco. NO ALTERNATIVE, SLEEPERS AD, SOCIETY DOG plus AVENGERS guitar player GREG INGRAHAM performing with JEAN CAFFEINE, THE DEAD SAILOR GIRLS & INSECT LOUNGE.
SF music
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fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Jack White on Politics: "When Dylan Said the Answer Was Blowing in the Wind, He Didn't Tell You What the Answer Was"

Jack White distinguishes political speech from political art, believing music conveys messages through metaphor and character rather than direct statements.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

We did Disneyland on mind-altering substances': Primus frontman Les Claypool on being rock's great joker and why Metallica rejected him

I was too embarrassed to sing in my apartment, he says on a video call. But my roommate at the time was dating the preacher's daughter, and had keys to the church across the street. In the dead of night, the madcap bassist and singer took his recording equipment to the empty church, set up on the podium, and first sang his anti-war song Too Many Puppies.
Music production
SF music
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Anti-War Musician Country Joe McDonald, Dead at 84

Country Joe McDonald, founder of Country Joe and the Fish and creator of the anti-war anthem 'I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag,' died at 84 from Parkinson's disease.
#vietnam-war-protest
fromKqed
3 weeks ago
NYC music

'Country' Joe McDonald, Songwriter and Proud Counterculture Agitator, Dies at 84 | KQED

NYC music
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

'Country' Joe McDonald, Songwriter and Proud Counterculture Agitator, Dies at 84 | KQED

Country Joe McDonald, 1960s hippie rock star whose Vietnam War protest song became a Woodstock anthem, died at age 84.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Wally Hedrick Protested War With Sex

Wally Hedrick, a San Francisco countercultural artist, created decades of work exploring sex, politics, and religion through antiwar art and celebrations of sexuality as spiritual experience.
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fromFortune
3 weeks ago
SF music

'Country' Joe McDonald, antiwar icon of the 1960s, dies from complications of Parkinson's at 84 | Fortune

Country Joe McDonald, 1960s rock icon whose anti-Vietnam War song became a Woodstock anthem, died at 84 from Parkinson's disease complications.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 weeks ago
NYC music

'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, counterculture icon, dies in Berkeley at 84

Country Joe McDonald, whose anti-Vietnam War song 'I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag' became a Woodstock anthem, died at 84 from Parkinson's disease complications.
fromFortune
3 weeks ago
SF music

'Country' Joe McDonald, antiwar icon of the 1960s, dies from complications of Parkinson's at 84 | Fortune

NYC music
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 weeks ago

'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, counterculture icon, dies in Berkeley at 84

Country Joe McDonald, whose anti-Vietnam War song 'I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag' became a Woodstock anthem, died at 84 from Parkinson's disease complications.
Music
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

John Fogerty Announces 2026 US Tour with Special Guest Steve Winwood

John Fogerty announces a 2026 US tour with Steve Winwood as special guest, celebrating Creedence Clearwater Revival music as part of his Legacy Tour.
Music
fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

Tour news: John Fogerty / Steve Winwood, The Head & The Heart, The Stray Cats, EMF, The Mountain Goats, Crack Cloud, more

Multiple established and emerging artists announced tour dates and new releases, including John Fogerty and Steve Winwood's Legacy Tour, The Head & The Heart's 15th Anniversary Tour, and several other bands resuming or launching touring schedules.
NYC music
from48 hills
1 month ago

Noise Pop Diary: Shannon Shaw came sans Clams; SpongeBob's Tom Kenny rode Hi-Seas - 48 hills

Shannon Shaw performed a light-hearted KQED Live set featuring solo collaborators and songs from her 2018 album Shannon in Nashville, produced with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
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The Beach Boys: We Gotta Groove review box set of lost 70s music has all of Brian Wilson's turmoil and talent

1970s Beach Boys comeback produced commercial success but featured Brian Wilson's fragile recovery, troubled sessions at Brother Studios and a hastily assembled, critically panned album.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago
Music

The Beach Boys: We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years (Super Deluxe Edition)

We Gotta Groove compiles uneven Beach Boys material, showcasing two brilliant Brian Wilson songs amid weaker outtakes, covers, and redundant releases.
Music
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Bruce Johnston Leaves Beach Boys After Six Decades

Bruce Johnston, Beach Boys member since 1965, is leaving the touring band after six decades to focus on songwriting and speaking engagements.
Music
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Longtime Beach Boys Member Bruce Johnston Leaves Band After 61 Years

Bruce Johnston is leaving the Beach Boys after 61 years to pursue solo songwriting projects and develop a speaking engagement career, though he will perform at their July 4th Hollywood Bowl show.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Celebrate rock n' roll history in Oakland with Greil Marcus, Daveed Diggs

Greil Marcus celebrates the 50th anniversary of his influential book Mystery Train with a discussion on music's role in defining American ideology.
#grateful-dead
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago
Music

Elementary School Choir Sings the Grateful Dead's "Ripple," "Box of Rain," "Brokedown Palace" & More: RIP Bob Weir

fromOpen Culture
2 months ago
Music

Elementary School Choir Sings the Grateful Dead's "Ripple," "Box of Rain," "Brokedown Palace" & More: RIP Bob Weir

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History
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Today in History: January 14, Summer of Love' starts in San Francisco

Jan. 14 marks diverse historical events including the 1967 Human Be-In, the 1784 Treaty of Paris ratification, political milestones, cultural debuts, and notable personal events.
Film
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Fugs Film! chronicles America's most subversive band of the sixties, from folkways to FBI files amNewYork

The Fugs were an East Village 1960s band mixing anarchic, theatrical rock, poetry, and protest, influential on underground culture and controversial for explicit, satirical songs.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Did Green Day Do Famous Anti-Trump American Idiot' Line At Super Bowl?

Green Day avoided anti-Trump lyrics during their Super Bowl LX performance, censoring one line while criticizing Trump and ICE at a separate pre-game event.
US news
fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 months ago

Fact Brief: Did Stevie Nicks attend San Jose State University? - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose Spotlight is an award-winning nonprofit newsroom delivering fearless, community-supported local journalism that uplifts marginalized voices, holds power accountable, and strengthens democracy.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Green Day Hits Trump ICE Agents With Defiant Message at Super Bowl Party

To all the ICE agents out there, wherever you are, Armstrong said. Quit your sh*tty-ass job. Quit that sh*tty job you have. The 53-year-old pop-punker continued, Because when this is over and it will be over at some point in time Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Donald Trump, they're gonna drop you like a bad f*cking habit. Come on [over to] this side of the line.
US politics
Music
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Jello Biafra Slams Dead Kennedys for Not Dropping Out of Punk in the Park Festivals

Dead Kennedys will perform scheduled 2026 Punk in the Park shows despite festival owner's Trump donations, but will not participate in future editions.
Music
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Social Distortion Announce First Album in 15 Years, Unleash Title Track "Born To Kill"

Social Distortion releases Born To Kill, their first album in 15 years, on May 8th, featuring the title track and marking frontman Mike Ness's return following cancer recovery.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Two legendary Bay Area rock bands team up for major concert tour

Santana and The Doobie Brothers two legendary Bay Area acts are teaming up for a major co-headlining trek dubbed The Oneness Tour 2026. Santana and The Doobie Brothers will make two stops on this tour in Northern California. Santana and The Doobie Brothers perform Aug. 8 at Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland and Aug. 9 at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View.
Music
fromEast Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
2 months ago

Oakland band digs into country-rock

Rut took piano lessons in grade school, but they didn't stick. He asked his parents for a guitar because he wanted to be Ace Frehley of KISS. When his guitar teacher told him the members of KISS "weren't real musicians," he stopped playing-until high school. "I found a friend who knew all the classic rock riffs. That's when I started hearing songs in my head," he said.
Music
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SF music
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Revered '90s band announced for rare show in Bay Area park

Mosswood Meltdown expands with a park-based pre-festival concert on July 17 featuring Wednesday, Pavement, and Vivian Girls, enlarging the event's lineup and scope.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Classic rock titan brings greatest hits tour to the Bay Area

John Mellencamp will perform his Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits across 19 U.S. cities, including Aug. 12 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.
Music
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Announce Grateful Dead Tribute Tour

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will perform an acoustic tribute to The Grateful Dead's 1981 live album Reckoning on a seven-date spring tour.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

The Trident's role in Bay Area music history

Sausalito's Trident, opened by the Kingston Trio in 1960, closed permanently after decades as a waterfront dining and music landmark frequented by musicians and celebrities.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

David Forman's long lost album is finally getting its chance to shine

David Forman's 1977 album Who You Been Talking To, produced by Jack Nitzsche with A-list session players, will be released Jan. 23 by High Moon.
Music
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Worldpeace DMT / Rowan Please: The Velvet Underground & Rowan

The Velvet Underground and Rowan blends '60s influences with late-'00s/early-'10s indie nostalgia, delivering joyful, irreverent pop.
Music
fromVulture
2 months ago

Take It Easy, Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh missed an Eagles show due to the flu; Vince Gill and Deacon Frey substituted and the band continued its Sphere residency after an emergency rehearsal.
Music
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

The Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: "This Machine Kills Fascists" and "This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender"

Woody Guthrie grew up amid Indigenous dispossession and white supremacist violence, inherited racist attitudes, then later reassessed them and engaged deeply with racial politics.
Music
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Oakland's Mosswood Meltdown festival announces two punk legends as headliners

Mosswood Meltdown returns July 18–19, 2026 in Oakland, headlined by Iggy Pop and Bikini Kill with John Waters as emcee, emphasizing punk roots.
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