East Bay Express
If one mayor represented all of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, that person's 2.5 million constituents would live in the country's fourth-largest city. And just as these East Bay counties are very different from the rest of the San Francisco...
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Elvis Presley's Young Man With the Big Beatnew
lvis Presley had been stirring up regional success for a year and half with his sides for Sun Records in Memphis when, on January 10, 1956, two days following his 21st birthday, RCA Victor Records took him into its Nashville studio where he cut a blues-imbued song titled "Heartbreak Hotel."
East Bay Express |
Lee Hildebrand |
10-06-2011 |
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Darondo: Listen to My Songnew
Berkeley-born singer, songwriter, and guitarist William Pulliam, who recorded under the name Darondo, released just three 45 RPM singles during his brief recording career. Ubiquity Records tracked him down seven years ago and issued a CD made up of five of his six sides and four other tunes from tapes Darondo had in his closet. And now, with Listen to My Song, we finally get to hear another batch of long-lost tracks.
East Bay Express |
Lee Hildebrand |
08-24-2011 |
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Les Nubians: Nu Revolutionnew
Les Nubians' third album (and first in eight years) opens with a Cameroonian drum circle weaving an accelerating rhythmic web.
East Bay Express |
Lee Hildebrand |
05-23-2011 |
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The Little Friction of tUnE-yArDsnew
On tUnE-yArDs’ second album, Nikki Nack, Merrill Garbus continues to be characteristically unpredictable.
East Bay Express |
Erik Neumann |
05-07-2014 |
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The Rise and Fall of SWTBRDSnew
The local label drew acclaim for hybridizing street rap with Internet-popularized sounds. But it faced hurdles that confront many independent musicians.
East Bay Express |
Mosi Reeves |
03-11-2014 |
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Can Tech Talent Help New Bands Thrive?new
Zoo Labs in West Oakland is applying the business incubator model to music groups by integrating entrepreneurship and recording into intensive residency programs.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
01-14-2014 |
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The High Cost of Freenew
A new documentary takes a hard look at how the digital age has eroded the value of music and the ability of musicians to make a living.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
11-13-2013 |
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Tags: Digital Music
