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Carlos Santana

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Live Review, 1/25/12: Bob Weir Reunites with RatDog at Tamalpais Research Institute

    Bob Weir and RatDog last night in Marin. All photos by Ashley Jordan Gordon.​ RatDog Jan. 25, 2012 Tamalpais Research Institute Better than: The Internet sensations of today. Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir put the finishing touches on his live HD webcasting venue and studio, San Rafa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Bridge School Benefit 2011 Lineup: Dave Matthews, Arcade Fire, Eddie Vedder, and More

    Neil Young at the Bridge School Benefit. Photo by Christopher Victorio.​ The lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit is out, and it's as solid as ever. No big reunions -- we got Buffalo Springfield last year, sigh -- but the acoustic shows Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, put on to benefit ... More >>

  • Music

    July 20, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    Neil Young at the Bridge School Benefit. Photo by Christopher Victorio.​ The lineup for this year's Bridge School Benefit is out, and it's as solid as ever. No big reunions -- we got Buffalo Springfield last year, sigh -- but the acoustic shows Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, put on to benefit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Carlos Santana Endorses Tequila Brand, No Word Yet on Drink-Off With Sammy Hagar

    "Bring it, Sammy"​ Carlos Santana, your local guitar god, is endorsing some expensive tequila brand called Casa Noble. Wow. Cool. Amaaazing. Okay, not really. Apparently the 10-time Grammy winner has a "passion for excellence" or something, and so do the people over at this particular Jalisc ... More >>

  • Music

    May 18, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    "Bring it, Sammy"​ Carlos Santana, your local guitar god, is endorsing some expensive tequila brand called Casa Noble. Wow. Cool. Amaaazing. Okay, not really. Apparently the 10-time Grammy winner has a "passion for excellence" or something, and so do the people over at this particular Jalisc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Carlos Santana Criticizes Georgia's New Immigration Law

    "Really, Georgia?"​Beware, people of states with drastic immigration laws: Santana is angry with you.  Days after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed off on a new Arizona-style regulation, Carlos Santana brought the immigrant-friendly spirit of Bay Area liberalism to baseball's yearly Civil Righ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Grammy Cuts: Bay Area Musicians, Including Carlos Santana, Petition to Restore Award Categories

    Carlos Santana thinks the Grammys shouldn't take away its Latin Jazz award.​When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- the organization that gives out Grammy Awards -- eliminated 31 categories from the awards process last month, it seemed like a modest step toward streamlining ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Asia Rocks

    Carlos Santana thinks the Grammys shouldn't take away its Latin Jazz award.​When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- the organization that gives out Grammy Awards -- eliminated 31 categories from the awards process last month, it seemed like a modest step toward streamlining ... More >>

  • Music

    March 2, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    Carlos Santana thinks the Grammys shouldn't take away its Latin Jazz award.​When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- the organization that gives out Grammy Awards -- eliminated 31 categories from the awards process last month, it seemed like a modest step toward streamlining ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2010

    A Passage to India

    Carlos Santana thinks the Grammys shouldn't take away its Latin Jazz award.​When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences -- the organization that gives out Grammy Awards -- eliminated 31 categories from the awards process last month, it seemed like a modest step toward streamlining ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Five Bay Area Hip-Hop Stars Who Should Be Really Stinkin' Rich

    Is this what it takes?​On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out Lil Wayne by a milli -- Weezy's cash-accruing steez have been impressively unabated by his recent jail sentenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

    Is this elf even unionized?​Rock! Roll! Real estate! Are you ready for a news quiz? Well, here it is anyway. 1. What San Francisco rock musician unloaded his Pac Heights mansion for nearly $9 million? A. Mickey Hart, Grateful DeadB. Carlos SantanaC. Les Claypool, PrimusD. Kirk Hammet, MetallicaE. ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2009

    Rodrigo y Gabriela pay tribute to a history of axe-slingers

    Is this elf even unionized?​Rock! Roll! Real estate! Are you ready for a news quiz? Well, here it is anyway. 1. What San Francisco rock musician unloaded his Pac Heights mansion for nearly $9 million? A. Mickey Hart, Grateful DeadB. Carlos SantanaC. Les Claypool, PrimusD. Kirk Hammet, MetallicaE. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2009

    Friday Night: Booker T and Bettye LaVette at the Independent

    Booker TBooker T and Bettye LaVette The Independent Friday, May 8, 2009 Last night I saw Booker T. Jones, one of the titans of American music, and it really hit me how much he has contributed to Western pop culture. I was also digging his performance, as was everyone else at the sold-out show. Whe ... More >>

  • Music

    April 15, 2009

    Adam Theis' symphony of jazz, funk, and hip-hop

    Booker TBooker T and Bettye LaVette The Independent Friday, May 8, 2009 Last night I saw Booker T. Jones, one of the titans of American music, and it really hit me how much he has contributed to Western pop culture. I was also digging his performance, as was everyone else at the sold-out show. Whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Del the Funky Homosapien Records Stimulus Address

    Funkin for free: Del Taking a cue from President Obama, our own beloved Hiero hero Del the Funky Homosapien  has recorded his own stimulus address. "As we all know, funk is depleting rapidly in America," he says, describing the current musical and cultural crisis affecting this country. "Ther ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Playing With Food

    Last night, as the tryptophan was kicking in, we played Foodie Fight, a Trivial Pursuit-like game published by S.F.'s Chronicle Books. It was unexpectedly difficult overall, and we complained about that a lot, but there would always be an easy question or two just when we were about to get too frust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Last Night: Santana at the Fillmore

    Last night, as the tryptophan was kicking in, we played Foodie Fight, a Trivial Pursuit-like game published by S.F.'s Chronicle Books. It was unexpectedly difficult overall, and we complained about that a lot, but there would always be an easy question or two just when we were about to get too frust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2007

    SF Weekly Profiles Wil Blades, Berkeley Hammond B-3 Badass

    Last night, as the tryptophan was kicking in, we played Foodie Fight, a Trivial Pursuit-like game published by S.F.'s Chronicle Books. It was unexpectedly difficult overall, and we complained about that a lot, but there would always be an easy question or two just when we were about to get too frust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2007

    Top 5 Music Turkeys of 2007: Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse ...

    Last night, as the tryptophan was kicking in, we played Foodie Fight, a Trivial Pursuit-like game published by S.F.'s Chronicle Books. It was unexpectedly difficult overall, and we complained about that a lot, but there would always be an easy question or two just when we were about to get too frust ... More >>

  • Music

    October 17, 2007

    SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

    Last night, as the tryptophan was kicking in, we played Foodie Fight, a Trivial Pursuit-like game published by S.F.'s Chronicle Books. It was unexpectedly difficult overall, and we complained about that a lot, but there would always be an easy question or two just when we were about to get too frust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Last Night: The Police at Oakland Coliseum

    Last night, as the tryptophan was kicking in, we played Foodie Fight, a Trivial Pursuit-like game published by S.F.'s Chronicle Books. It was unexpectedly difficult overall, and we complained about that a lot, but there would always be an easy question or two just when we were about to get too frust ... More >>

  • Music

    December 20, 2006

    Live Wires

    The high and lowlights of 2006 performances

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    John Lee Hooker

    Hooker (Shout! Factory)

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Straight to Video

    Dog Bites turns into a film critic to help us understand the Bayview police video scandal

  • Calendar

    November 16, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Dog Bites turns into a film critic to help us understand the Bayview police video scandal

  • Music

    September 14, 2005

    Herbie Hancock

    Possibilities

  • Listen Up

    March 16, 2005

    Highway to Sell

    Is a musician's dream gig a post at Guitar Center? We spent a day on the job to find out.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Jackpot

    How four tiny Indian tribes, with help from powerful gambling interests, are trying to transform the Bay Area into a slot machine Mecca

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Place to Put Up Visiting Hipsters

    Hotel Triton

  • Music Awards

    October 15, 2003

    SF Weekly Music Awards 2003

    Americana DJ/Selector/Turntablist Electronic/Electro Hard Rock/

    Metal Hip Hop/Rap Jazz Latin/

    International Lifestyle Music New Genre/Beyond Pop Punk Rock/Indie Rock Soul/Funk/ R&B

    If music be the brandy of the damned, then we're drunk off our asses

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    If music be the brandy of the damned, then we're drunk off our asses

  • 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

    April 3, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Bubble blowers, tranny divas, and a Roxie rent party

  • Music

    December 6, 2000

    Tears of a Clown

    With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

  • News

    June 14, 2000

    Postscript

    Mike's Political Walking Tour of Old San Francisco

  • Music

    April 12, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Have you heard? The Bay Area music scene is dead. Somebody killed it.

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    Night Crawler

    Trend of an Era

  • Music

    September 1, 1999

    Magic and Loss

    From Texas to San Francisco and back again, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    The House of Tudor

    From Texas to San Francisco and back again, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

  • Music

    April 15, 1998

    Woodstick

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Music

    March 4, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1997

    Night+Day

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Music

    October 15, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Music

    October 8, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Music

    March 5, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Calendar

    December 25, 1996

    Night+Day

    Three (small) days of peace, love, and psychedelia

  • Music

    May 1, 1996

    The Flying Nun

    Former punker Alejandro Escovedo returns to the roots of rock

  • Music

    April 3, 1996

    The Telltale Heart

    The soulful gumbo of African diva Angelique Kidjo

  • Music

    October 18, 1995

    The Beat of a Different Drummer

    Bongo king Armando Peraza

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