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A Broad-Ranging Hardly Strictly Bluegrassnew

The Bay Area's best music festival returns.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 09-29-2011 | Concerts

Tags: Merle Haggard, Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, MC Hammer, Multiple artists

Cult of Ghostfacenew

Zealous fans and a top-heavy entourage dominate the rapper's recent performances.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 11-18-2010 | Concerts

Tags: Rza, Ghostface Killah, Gza, Wu-Tang Clan

Monterey Jazz Festival Staves Off Doomsayersnew

Despite vicissitudes in the jazz market, Monterey lives up to its original raison d'etre.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 09-13-2010 | Concerts

Tags: Monterey Jazz Festival, The Nice Guy Trio

Chris Brown Amps Up His Talent With Technologynew

The artist presents himself as a disciple of Prince and Michael Jackson, and for the most part, he can justify the comparison. But you wouldn't really know that from watching a recent, nearly sold-out show in Oakland, which emphasized fancy pyrotechnics and Vegas-style chorus lines over actual singing.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 01-09-2008 | Concerts

Tags: Chris Brown, concerts

San Francisco LoveFests Promises a Strong Third Yearnew

Spawned by the Berlin Love Parade that began in 1989, features some of the nation's top DJ talent, including the Chemical Brothers, Mark Farina, Afrika Bambaata and Miguel Miggs.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 09-26-2007 | Concerts

Tags: San Francisco LoveFest, concerts

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest Turns Sevennew

One of San Francisco's biggest free music festivals kicks off October 5 in Golden Gate Park for three days of mostly traditional music, courtesy of Warren Hellman, billionaire investment banker, bluegrass aficionado, and, yup, banjo picker.

East Bay Express | J. Poet | 09-26-2007 | Concerts

Tags: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, concerts

Treasure Island Music Festival Boasts Impressive Debut Lineupnew

The San Francisco fest could well become one of those if-you're-anybody-you-better-be-there events with a lineup that includes Thievery Corporation, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, and DJ Shadow.

East Bay Express | Kathleen Richards | 09-13-2007 | Concerts

Tags: Treasure Island Music Festival, concerts

Welcome to the Berkeley Old Time Music Conventionnew

Depending on who's counting, this would be the 40th, 22nd, 27th, or 5th annual four-day gathering of pickers, strummers, crooners, and pluckers who celebrate precommercial country.

East Bay Express | J. Poet | 09-13-2007 | Concerts

Tags: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, concerts