Pop songs from our past selves
Love in Conversation
Music is a vessel to hold our experiences, our many selves. It gives us words (and a drumbeat) for every moment of euphoria and every strain of heartbreak.
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The female artist: A figure of perseverance, strength
Growing up in early-2000s Texas, I didn’t typically resonate with the music that surrounded me.
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Kind of Blue
Kind of chaos
Perhaps the truth is, that for once in my life, there isn’t any chaos lurking behind the projector — it’s just me making shadow puppets with my hands.
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Sex, drugs and addiction in media
Cutting Room Floor
And we as an audience, cheered Jim Morrison on. People came out to see this dramatic antihero swagger around the stage completely wasted, yelling at cops and starting fights. But did anyone never spare a thought as to what that performance might be reflecting about the man underneath?
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On the legacy of Amy Winehouse, the demons behind ‘Rehab’
At the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, Winehouse took home the prize for best new artist as well as the song of the year and record of the year awards for “Rehab.” While Winehouse became a cultural phenomenon worldwide, her impending doom became evident as the lyrics of Back to Black manifested into real-life events.
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Kali Uchis steps into the spotlight at The Warfield
Kali Uchis began her set from behind a curtain, her silhouette perfectly framed by a spotlight, the stage lit by red floor lights. Arching her back as she cooed the opening of “Dead To Me,” she soon cut through the curtain’s central split and appeared.
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Lydia’s ‘Liquor Tour’ performance goes down smooth
The overall mood of the show was sensual in its essence, not just because of the close dancing of the band members or the intimacy of the small venue.
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LGBTQ+-inclusive covers shine in ‘Universal Love’
Here’s what to play at your gay wedding
Universal Love takes classic love songs and puts a gay twist on them, featuring performances from Bob Dylan, St. Vincent and Kesha.
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Free music festival Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returns to Golden Gate Park
For the 17th year in a row, San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival filled an uncharacteristically sunny Golden Gate Park with throngs of excited music fans and the stylings of more than 90 performers over the three-day festival.
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Jessie Reyez stuns with fearsome voice after long delay
Reyez has a stunning voice. She’s been compared to Amy Winehouse, whose throatiness and bad ass-ery live again in the body of this 27-year-old Colombian-Canadian woman.
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