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Starr Lee made the jump into concert photography to combine a longtime love of live music and the joy of doing her best to give people FOMO through an image. Originally from the Midwest, she didn’t ...

OAKLAND — Without Devo, the crowds were noticeably smaller on the second day of Burger Boogaloo at Mosswood Park, and with headliners The Damned having been around since the mid-1970s, it was also ...

The San Francisco Symphony performs at Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on July 4, 2021. Courtesy Paige K. Parsons. San Francisco Symphony musicians and its board appear to have avoided a strike.

Are you a fan of the Gaslight Anthem, and lament their fall from the spotlight of 2010′s American Slang? If so, here’s a song by DIY musician Jason Anderson, whose current project is simply called ...

Surprise! The first couple of new songs Eminem has released are (improbably) catchy. This one is bound to get radio airplay, similar to Eminem’s last collaboration with Rihanna. Note from future Roman ...

Ed Sheeran performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Sept. 16, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Leave it to Ed Sheeran to stand in front of 77,000 people and make time stand ...

Smallpools perform at the Independent on Nov. 20, 2014. Quite frankly, I’m surprised how quickly Smallpools’ success has grown in a year. Not because they’re not good, but because being able to sell ...