BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Returning to Northern California two years after merely teasing his fans with a mini set opening for Howard Jones, Midge Ure took his rightful place in the spotlight with a stellar performance at Harlow‘s in Sacramento Wednesday night. Unrestrained, Ure delivered a pristine 95 minute set highlighted …
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BY HELEN LAME’ Breakout Canadian indie-rock band Alvvays, a two time winner of the alternative album of the year in their brief career, played a fast paced electrifying set at the Fox on Friday night. The five person quintet fronted by lead singer and guitarist Molly Rankin along with guitarist …
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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 …
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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 …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Back in the Bay Area for the first time in four years, John Mellencamp delivered a career spanning retrospective of his greatest hits at the Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco Friday night. Nearly five decades after his debut, the artist initially branded as John Cougar against his will …
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BY MARIANA GARRICK Reggae revolutionaries Steel Pulse rocked the Blue Note in Napa on Sunday night and took the crowd on a musical journey to where the roots of reggae began through their love of Jah, Rastafari and black liberation. Steel Pulse has been making politically charged music for over …
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BY XAVIER JOHNSON It’s been a long time coming for fans of The Mars Volta, a progressive rock standout that broke up in 2012 and is back with a North American tour to support their new self-titled album. Their first tour in a decade is a journey through the group’s …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Four decades after riding the wave of the MTV generation to challenge The Beatles for mass adulation, Duran Duran gave a career spanning performance to the delight of a near sold out crowd at Chase Center Sunday evening. Touring in support of their 15th studio album Future …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Reunited and returning to the stage of Berkeley’s Greek Theatre for the first time since 2008, rock legend Robert Plant and the wildly diverse Alison Krauss put on a performance to remember Sunday evening. Touring in support of last fall’s Raise the Roof, a belated follow-up to …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Nearly two generations after appearing at Live Aid and becoming one of the largest stars in the MTV galaxy, British new wave pioneer Howard Jones delivered a jubilant performance highlighting his four decade career in music Wednesday night at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco. Jones, 67, …
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