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March 1, 1995
White-boy blues
The life and times of Preacher Boy and the Natural Blues
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February 19, 2009
Bye Bye Blues Fest?
Scott AllenHe's No B.B. King: Tommy Cast As the Merc's Jim Harrington reported yesterday, not has only the 2009 SF Blues Festival has been canceled, but "that cancellation could turn out to be permanent." Harrington quotes event organizer Tom Mazzolini as saying, ""we may well have seen the ... More >>
Music
September 20, 1995
Blues Explosion
The rough-and-tumble blues of R.L. Burnside
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October 11, 1995
Night+Day
The rough-and-tumble blues of R.L. Burnside
Music
May 22, 1996
Recordings
The rough-and-tumble blues of R.L. Burnside
Calendar
January 21, 2009
Lil’ Kim
The rough-and-tumble blues of R.L. Burnside
Film
December 3, 2008
Spinning Blues Into Lies
Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.
Music
April 9, 2008
Matador Records Skips Important Credit on Cat Power's Jukebox
Cadillac Records can't handle the truth.
Music
January 16, 2008
Cat Power
Jukebox (Matador)
Music
September 26, 2007
Charlie Musselwhite Spent the Summer of Love with the Blues
The Harmonica Honcho
Music
August 22, 2007
D. Charles Speer
Some Forgotten Country (Sound@One)
Music
November 22, 2006
John Lee Hooker
Hooker (Shout! Factory)
Culture
April 5, 2006
I Just Stopped By to See the Man
An intellectual turn-on about music, talent, and the devil's hand in both
Music
November 30, 2005
Jelly Roll Morton
The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax
Film
November 17, 2004
Next Best Thing
If you weren't at this landmark blues concert, Lightning in a Bottle will do
Calendar
September 22, 2004
Cut It Out
Stencils are the new graffiti
Culture
July 14, 2004
Orpheus Descending
One of Tennessee Williams' great but problematic tragedies lacks urgency
Best of San Francisco
May 19, 2004
Four Best Outdoor Festivals
One of Tennessee Williams' great but problematic tragedies lacks urgency
Music
April 28, 2004
Myles Boisen
Past-Present-Future
Music
May 14, 2003
John Hammond
Ready for Love
Culture
April 23, 2003
Mulishly Good
A profusion of styles held together with a potent, familiar legend
News
April 23, 2003
Boogie for a New Millennium
Zakiya Hooker preserves the legacy of her father, blues legend John Lee Hooker, plans her own musical career -- and tries to keep tradition from suffocating both
Music
January 22, 2003
Various Artists
Black & Proud Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Music
December 26, 2001
Charley Patton
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues (Revenant)
Music
August 8, 2001
Pimps and Players
Fillmore Slim has lived a life of picking, pimping, and prison -- now he just wants to play the blues
Music
April 4, 2001
Redemption Song
Twenty-seven years ago, Shuggie Otis released one amazing record. Maybe now it'll get its due.
Music
October 11, 2000
Boubacar Traore
Macire (Indigo)
Music
October 11, 2000
Digging Up Roots
How Chris Strachwitz sparked a music revolution by releasing obscure, vernacular music
Music
July 12, 2000
Hear This
Olu Dara
Music
December 1, 1999
Riff Raff
Jukebox Hero and Gordon Dorsey
News
April 21, 1999
Bluesman's Blues
Paul Pena,who's played with everyone from Jerry Garcia to B.B. King, is coming out of the musical shadows, thanks to the award-winning documentary Genghis Blues. He's also blind, and sick, and entirely tired of living.
Music
April 14, 1999
The House of Tudor
Paul Pena,who's played with everyone from Jerry Garcia to B.B. King, is coming out of the musical shadows, thanks to the award-winning documentary Genghis Blues. He's also blind, and sick, and entirely tired of living.
Music
March 3, 1999
Another Crossroads
Former Sister Double Happiness frontman Gary Floyd re-confronts his (and America's) musical roots
Music
February 17, 1999
Remembering Charles Brown
The Bay Area bluesman's influence was recognized as massive eventually
Music
November 25, 1998
Riff Raff
The Bay Area bluesman's influence was recognized as massive eventually
Music
September 16, 1998
Hear This
The Bay Area bluesman's influence was recognized as massive eventually
Music
March 4, 1998
Reviews
The Bay Area bluesman's influence was recognized as massive eventually
Film
October 1, 1997
Up in the Valley
A critical guide to week one of the Mill Valley Film Fest
Music
September 3, 1997
Riff Raff
A critical guide to week one of the Mill Valley Film Fest
Music
June 11, 1997
Night Crawler
A critical guide to week one of the Mill Valley Film Fest
Calendar
May 14, 1997
Slap Shots
A critical guide to week one of the Mill Valley Film Fest
Music
April 30, 1997
Stalemate
The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues
Music
July 17, 1996
SF Weekly Picks
The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues
Music
January 13, 2010
New Alan Lomax box set captures old Haiti with fresh ears
The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues
Blogs
January 25, 2010
What To Do? Monday's Pick: Ron Hacker's 65th Birthday Bash
Ron Hacker's 65th Birthday Bash @ Biscuits & Blues Despite widespread blame placed upon their no-good woman and/or the hellhound on their trail, in recent years the average bluesman has been done wrong more often by, sadly, other bluesmen. Ever since the '70s, the genre as a whole has been c ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Bay Area Bluesman Will Sing on National TV Show
Pat JohnsonJohn NemethThe producers of TNT's Memphis Beat, a new TV show about a blues-loving cop in Memphis, planned just to have Bay Area singer and harp player John Nemeth record a song for an upcoming episode -- a Howlin' Wolf tune. The plan was to get Nemeth's cut in the can, then hire some ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Young Widows Talk Recording in a Funeral Home, and Why Experimentation is Necssary
Nick ThienemanYoung Widows perform Friday at Thee Parkside An unusual recording environment helps add mystique and character to a record. Nine Inch Nails made The Downward Spiral in the Beverly Hills house where the Sharon Tate murders happened. Bon Iver fans have that great visual of Justin ... More >>
Music
October 12, 2011
Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers: Show Preview
Nick ThienemanYoung Widows perform Friday at Thee Parkside An unusual recording environment helps add mystique and character to a record. Nine Inch Nails made The Downward Spiral in the Beverly Hills house where the Sharon Tate murders happened. Bon Iver fans have that great visual of Justin ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Chasing Trains (and a Sense of Belonging) with Son House, Charlie Patton, and the Country Blues
I've come to understand that if you geek out over particle acceleration or cryobiology or creating special powders from a pig's bladder for the purpose of re-growing fingertips, then you're spared from ridicule as your infatuation largely benefits the species. However, if your thing is War of ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
R.I.P. Etta James, Blues Queen with San Francisco Roots
By JESSICA HILO Etta James, the incomparable force behind such hits as "At Last" and "Tell Mama," winner of six Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards, died Friday morning in Riverside, Calif. after a lengthy battle with leukemia and dementia. She was 73. James was an integral member of ... More >>
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