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BY HELEN LAME’ Recently inducted Rock N’ Roll Hall of Famer‘s Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo‘s return to the Bay Area at the San Jose Civic Saturday night was a continuation of a well deserved victory lap for a duo that’s been rocking for close to half a century. Breaking …

BY HELEN LAME’ Nearly four decades after disbanding the eighties juggernaut Thompson Twins that he fronted with his future wife Alannah Currie, Tom Bailey’s set at the Fox Theater Sunday night was a solid reminder of the relevance of one of the greatest acts of the new wave era. The …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER and HELEN LAME’ Over a half century after manning the control booth for some of the greatest albums of all time, Alan Parsons continues to leave his mark on Rock n’ Roll history with a string of solid albums of his own. Parsons first gained notoriety by …

BY HELEN LAME’ Appearing at the intimate Guild Theatre in Menlo Park on Friday night, Don Felder‘s concert performance was a treat for a small crowd assembled to enjoy a series of well delivered flashbacks from the collection of the former Eagles lead guitarist. Fifty years after making his debut …

BY HELEN LAME’ BottleRock Napa Valley has announced their 2023 festival lineup featuring over 75 musical acts including headline artists Pearl Jam, Megan Thee Stallion, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, Mana, and Queens of the Stone Age. The three-day music, wine, craft brew and culinary festival will take place in the …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER and ADRIAN SILVAS Ian Anderson, the face of the legendary classic rock band Jethro Tull, sat down with us to discuss his feelings about 55 years on the road in the lead up to the bands upcoming performances in Lincoln, Saratoga and Santa Rosa next weekend as …

BY HELEN LAME’ Returning to the Bay Area for the first time in four years, blues rocker Samantha Fish delivered an impassioned two hour set at The Independent in San Francisco Sunday night for a tightly packed shoulder to shoulder crowd. Criminally under-publicized, the 34 year old Kansas City native …

BY ADRIAN SILVAS Chrissie Hynde made a reputation championing a certain kind of vulnerability that most of us don’t approach. Her stiff upper lip attitude was never used as a shield against expressing emotions, but rather a way to lay it all out without seeming like she needed anyone else. …

BY ADRIAN SILVAS Philly-based rock band Speedy Ortiz show their incisors with their fourth album Rabbit Rabbit, which, according to the lead singer and founder Saide Duipis, was conceived in isolation due to the COVID pandemic. Dupuis and Speedy Ortiz maintain a consistent image and sound of an indie band …

BY HELEN LAME’ The band Kansas, one of the most popular progressive rock groups of all time with over 30 million albums sold, is coming to the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco next week on Thursday, September 14th as part of their Another Fork in the Road 50th Anniversary …