BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The creative genius of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Brian Wilson was on display and shining brightly Wednesday night at The Masonic in San Francisco. Wilson, the 74 year old singer-songwriter and original Beach Boy whose iconic profile has grown even larger following the recent release …
Read More »Garbage keeps it’s Vow to Bay Area fans
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Returning to the Bay Area a year after their 20th anniversary performance at the Fox Theater in Oakland in support of their first new studio album in four years, Garbage kept its vow to their local legion of fans with a solid two hour career spanning set …
Read More »Coldplay Lights Up Levi’s Stadium with A Head Full of Dreams
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Returning full circle to the site of their Super Bowl 50 performance seven months earlier, Coldplay wrapped up the American leg of their “Head Full of Dreams” tour with an equally colorful show before a packed house at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Saturday night. With …
Read More »10,000 Maniacs Invade Yoshi’s in Oakland
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER It has been a long strange trip for the 10,000 Maniacs that began in southwest New York 35 years ago. Since becoming one of the most popular alternative rock bands of their era and recording multiple platinum selling albums before breaking up at the height of popularity, …
Read More »Peter Wolf presents A Cure For Loneliness to San Francisco
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Peter Wolf’s Thursday night concert in San Francisco was an engaging performance by an immensely talented artist who has dedicated his life to music. Whereas many aspiring male musicians have indicated that they got into music to meet girls, Wolf has often stated that he got into …
Read More »Yusuf / Cat Stevens Announces Return to the Bay Area
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Yusuf / Cat Stevens, has just announced a fall 2016 North American tour that will feature only his second Bay Area appearance in the past forty years, Monday, October 3rd at Davies Symphony Hall. The iconic 68 year old Yusuf, …
Read More »Tom Petty and Mudcrutch return to their roots at The Fillmore
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Musicians are famous for having side-projects. While Eddie Vedder has taken a pair of hiatuses from Pearl Jam to record solo albums and Jack White balanced fronting The White Stripes with The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, just to name a pair, the list of established performers …
Read More »BottleRock 2016 Electrifies Napa Valley
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The fourth annual BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival concluded with a bang Sunday night as the Red Hot Chili Peppers brought the Memorial Day weekend event to a raucous close with over 120,000 fans attending the three day event. Touring in advance of releasing their twelfth studio …
Read More »Warriors Stephen Curry Selected First Unanimous MVP
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors receives the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award for the second year in a row on Tuesday, becoming the first player in league history to win the Award unanimously. Curry, 28 , led the Warriors to an NBA-record 73 wins while …
Read More »BottleRock daily schedule announced
By DANIEL GLUSKOTER The daily schedule for the fourth annual BottleRock Music Festival May 27-29, 2016, at the Napa Valley Exposition has been announced as follows: Friday, May 27 Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz, Grouplove, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Cold War Kids, Andy Grammer, Buddy Guy, Houndmouth, The Orwells, Kaleo, The …
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