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Al Green

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Concert Fans: Nob Hill Residents Would Like to See Less of You

    Over the last few years, concert promotion giant Live Nation has hosted an increasing number of concerts at San Francisco's Nob Hill Masonic Center. The seated, 3,500-capacity venue doesn't usually hold crazy rock shows (unless you think Weezer is crazy), but Al Green, Yanni, and Roxette are all sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    The Park on Drinking Baileys with Wallpaper., Appearing on Carson Daly's TV Show, and What Song They'd Play for Mitt Romney

    You've heard The Park, even if you don't recognize the name. As the Bay Area's most in-demand rhythm section, the trio quartet of Derek Taylor (drums), Josh Lippi (bass), Ben Schwier (keys), and Nate Mercereau (guitar) has laid down backing grooves for new-generation rap chaps Freddie Gibbs and Big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in Bernal Heights

    The Juke at Nap's 3​Bernal Heights is often unfairly lumped in with the Mission as a whole. While it is backed up against the Mission, Bernal has its own plentiful offerings -- Indian pizza, indoor street food, and lesbian bars with three-story patios, to name a few. So, in deference to the vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    SXSW Day 2: James Blake's Bass Shakes the Earth, Confounds Labeling

    James Blake at Stubb's in Austin.​British electronic artist James Blake played one of the most anticipated sets of the first day of South By Southwest yesterday. But two songs into his evening show at Stubb's, many were still struggling to describe his mesh of slow, thunderous bass hits and melanc ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2010

    Tricky the Wanderer

    Tricky won't stay put — musically or physically

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Aloe Blacc Summons Al Green, Michael Jackson, Sly Stone, and Green Day at Rickshaw Stop

    Aloe Blacc at Rickshaw Stop last night.​Aloe Blacc and the Grand SchemeDJ Matthew AfricaNovember 3, 2010@ Rickshaw StopBetter than: Watching replays of replays of replays of Wednesday's S.F. Giants parade.Classic soul is like sex, pizza, and sunsets: While there are major differences in style ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    S.F.'s Hot Pocket Covers Jay-Z and Kool & The Gang, Doesn't Dig the Sunset

    Jay-Z and Kool & the Gang get equal attention from San Francisco cover band, Hot Pocket​San Francisco quintet Hot Pocket, an offshoot of the 10-piece hip-hop and Latin funk outfit Bayonics, has built a solid following by filling bars across the city several times a week with its enormous reper ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    Teenage Fanclub chases lost songcraft on its ninth album

    Jay-Z and Kool & the Gang get equal attention from San Francisco cover band, Hot Pocket​San Francisco quintet Hot Pocket, an offshoot of the 10-piece hip-hop and Latin funk outfit Bayonics, has built a solid following by filling bars across the city several times a week with its enormous reper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Outside Lands Day Two: Al Green, The Devil Makes Three, and A Mass of Humanity

    ​Outside Lands Day Two Sunday, August 15, 2010 Better than: watching bootleg videos of the gig on YouTube at home by yourself. Open-air music festivals are as much about atmosphere as they are bands. At Outside Lands Day Two, this meant The People -- aka the plebs, the great unwashe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    The Top Five Covers of Outside Lands 2010

    Christopher VictorioAl Green's soul medley on Sunday had us wearing a stupid grin.​Of all the things we'll remember about this year's Outside Lands festival -- the sun breaking through the fog during Al Green's set, the gaudy costumes of Empire of the Sun, and the incessant oonce oonce from the He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    10 Bands To See at Outside Lands This Weekend

    A stage at Outside Lands 2009​It may not be the greatest Outside Lands lineup ever, but this weekend's big-honkin' music (and wine and food!) festival packs a bicycle basket-full of bands we're stroked (heh, we mean stoked) to see. Here, in no particular order, are 10 of them, plus a few honorable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Food and Wine at Outside Lands: You Should Probably Be Excited

    J. BirdsallAztec Chocolate Cupcakes from Mission Minis​Just imagine: Al Green could chow down on a mint It's-It ice cream sandwich this weekend in Golden Gate Park. Those brothers from Kings of Leon might try a Maverick's pulled-pork sandwich or a gourmet cupcake from Mission Minis. Maybe Cat Powe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    Outside Lands lineup leaked in both Rolling Stone and Spin

    Phoenix at Outside Lands: It's Leak-omania​This is almost too neat to be an accident. The Outside Lands 2010 lineup was supposed to be a secret until tomorrow, but both Spin and Rolling Stone broke the two-day festival's headliners in issues that dropped last week.SFist has the full run-down on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Bay Area Music Links: Outside Lands Lineup Leaked

    Love and Happiness: Al Green's on the Outside Lands lineup​Outside Lands lineup accidentally revealed in latest issue of Spin. [SF Appeal] Local faves The Dodos record at Daytrotter with Magik*Magik Orchestra. [Daytrotter] Big tours hitting the Bay Area this summer include Lady Gaga, Justin Bie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Watch this: New Beachy Video from The Invisible Cities

    ​The Invisible Cities are a promising S.F. outfit with catchy indie-pop tunes that'd please fans of The Shins and The New Pornographers. Their new animated video for "Bulldozer" pretty much defines adorable. Basically, a toy bulldozer that enjoys Southern Comfort and Al Green heads out with some s ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2009

    Al Green

    ​The Invisible Cities are a promising S.F. outfit with catchy indie-pop tunes that'd please fans of The Shins and The New Pornographers. Their new animated video for "Bulldozer" pretty much defines adorable. Basically, a toy bulldozer that enjoys Southern Comfort and Al Green heads out with some s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Track of the Day: Isaac Hayes from the New Stax Collection

    I just got back from a ten-day road trip through the South, and my favorite city by far was Memphis. That town has so much musical and political history, not to mention the best soul food I've had in, um, ever (fried catfish and candied sweet potatoes and corn bread and collard greens? After a sermo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Bonnaroo Lineup Announced

    BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Last Night: Tina Turner at the HP Pavilion

    BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2008

    Last Night: Al Green at Sleep Train Pavilion

    BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Al Green goes back to the basics

    BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    Al Green Visits Sleep Train in Sept.

    BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2008

    The Roots’ state of the union address

    BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

  • Music

    May 28, 2008

    Al Green

    Lay It Down (Blue Note)

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Al Green Gets ?uestlove to Produce New Album

    Lay It Down (Blue Note)

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Top 10 Cockblocking Songs of V-Day

    Lay It Down (Blue Note)

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2007

    LastNight: Ghostface Killah, Rakim at Mezzanine

    Lay It Down (Blue Note)

  • Calendar

    September 12, 2007

    Seasoned Cat

    Lay It Down (Blue Note)

  • Music

    September 5, 2007

    Six-string giant Buddy Guy delivers sublime blues

    Lay It Down (Blue Note)

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    Pigeon John, Marc Broussard, Bowling For Soup -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Thursday, August 16

    Lay It Down (Blue Note)

  • Culture

    July 19, 2006

    But Now I See

    The Mime Troupe makes us laugh and think

  • Music

    January 18, 2006

    Darondo

    Let My People Go

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    Not on the List

    Dog Bites tags along for a Kafka-esque encounter with the FBI

  • Music

    March 16, 2005

    The Reverend Al Green

    Everything's OK

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    Consequence

    Take 'Em to the Cleaners

  • Music

    December 10, 2003

    Al Green

    I Can't Stop

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    I Can't Stop

  • Music

    October 22, 2003

    Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man

    Out of Season

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    House of Tudor

    The all-girl punk band Las Ultrsónicas is so unhinged it's banned in Mexico City

  • Music

    July 23, 2003

    Dudley Perkins

    A Lil' Light

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Jukebox

    The Ha-Ra

  • Music

    July 25, 2001

    Hear This

    Jill Scott delivers smart and sensual R&B

  • Music

    March 14, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Steven Emerson; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Electric Wizard

  • Music

    June 24, 1998

    Mush Never Sleeps

    Steven Emerson; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Electric Wizard

  • Music

    June 4, 1997

    Recordings

    Steven Emerson; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Electric Wizard

  • Music

    January 29, 1997

    Recordings

    Steven Emerson; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Electric Wizard

  • Music

    September 18, 1996

    SF Weekly Picks

    Steven Emerson; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Electric Wizard

  • Music

    December 6, 1995

    Recordings

    Steven Emerson; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Electric Wizard

  • Music

    June 14, 1995

    Green's Day

    The Alternative Nation discovers the Rev. Al Green

  • Dining

    May 17, 1995

    Dish

    The Alternative Nation discovers the Rev. Al Green

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