sugar pie desanto s delicious soul
The rhythm and blues pioneer,who has been rocking the Bay Area since the 1950s, looks back at a...
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adrian marcels eastside story
With his original project GMFU,East Oakland’s Adrian Marcel rejuvenates his career and stays...
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review: kung fu kenny strikes at oracle arena
Kendrick Lamar embodies his alter ego from DAMN. and delivers his biggest headlining show in the...
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kamaiyahs major label blues
The East Oakland rapper's breakout single asked how it'd feel to be wealthy. Next,she...
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evolutionary blues chronicles the life and...
The original documentary traces the Great Migration's impact on the music of West Oakland,and...
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the west coast womens darkwave festival stakes a...
A growing community of femme,trans, and non-binary-identified musicians playing black music leads...
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azucar con ache says adios
One of the Bay Area’s finest Latin combos dissolves to seek recent horizons. Since 2007, the...
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the berkeley bluegrass festival returns to freight...
Musician Laurie Lewis talk East Bay's Bluegrass roots ahead of the festival. Since its early...
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celebrating the last of disco innovator patrick...
Honey Soundsystem and dismal Entries honor the late San Francisco disco producer with a range of...
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drummer boy aaron plays the beat of oakland
The talented young drummer uses Lake Merritt as his rehearsal space and has become a funky fixture...
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the universe is lit, a black and brown punk...
Shawna Shawnté,Jade Ariana unbiased and Titania Kumeh unite the cosmic truth of punk. Grace Jones...
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barriers remain to reforming oaklands nightlife...
The city taskforce studying nightlife regulation reform is aware of many of the system's...
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emily mclean searching for solitude
The Oakland singer's soul-infused pop was born of her quest for peace absent from this hectic...
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the bay area record fair is a snapshot of the...
Some of the newest labels participating in this year's Record Fair released some of the finest...
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why arent there more latinx nights in oakland?
Venue owners and DJs say lack of consistency and promoters is partially to blame. In...
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the rapid ascent of omb peezy
The upstart Sacramento-via Mobile,Ala. rapper navigates novel-money anxieties and his...
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we asked locals how they discover new music
Algorithms can’t be trusted. People still rely on their friends. Sara Ahmed,student college...
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eli conley at the back room
Local singer-songwriter Eli Conley’s tender storytelling voice and intimate fireside acoustic...
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turn it around looks back at east bay punk
The ambitious documentary dives deep into the East Bay scene’s genesis. In 1985,a young Tim...
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second line vinyl to bring record manufacturing to...
The first major record manufacturer in Oakland since the mid-'30s plans to offer other various...
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jay som s slow burning ascent
Everybody Works,the Oakland-via-Brentwood musician’s breakthrough, is a revelation that celebrates...
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bay area girls rock camp turns 10
The Oakland nonprofit has become one of the country's most progressive Girls Rock Camp...
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temescal art center, a scrappy interdisciplinary...
The unassuming and slightly secretive arts space nurtures left-field work,including that of its...
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dj 8ulentina on building community and resisting...
The Oakland-based DJ and co-founder of Club Chai in their own words. Two years ago,while seated on...
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experimental rock group wolf eyes throws psycho...
The influential Detroit,Mich. trio returns to the Bay Area for five shows, including an elaborate...
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on the phenomenon of burger boogaloo — and the...
The annual punk,garage, and trash rock festival goes down this weekend at Mosswood Park. “Alien...
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