Curtis Mayfield

Coffy Break

Lupe Fiasco: Hip-Hop's Greatest Whiner

It's time for the hallowed halls of hip-hop history to start giving Lupe Fiasco his due respect. Not, you understand, as a purveyor of conscientious rap music bursting with positive-leaning messages; nor for the Chicago-based rapper's ground-breaking work as a foremost collector of limited edition J ... More >>

Richie Cunning on San Francisco, Stevie Wonder, and the Wonders of Google Image Search

Trevor Traynor​The easiest way to recognize local rapper Richie Cunning in a crowded room is by the Giants hat he's probably wearing. Born and raised in San Francisco, Cunning often raps about the city he calls home, the city he loves. In a few weeks, he'll be spitting rhymes at SF Weekly's A ... More >>

The Lift: Show Preview

Trevor Traynor​The easiest way to recognize local rapper Richie Cunning in a crowded room is by the Giants hat he's probably wearing. Born and raised in San Francisco, Cunning often raps about the city he calls home, the city he loves. In a few weeks, he'll be spitting rhymes at SF Weekly's A ... More >>

Tonight: Lyrics Born and Live Band Play a Tribute to James Brown and Curtis Mayfield

At Yoshi's tonight, with some serious funk.​ Last-minute change to your Saturday night schedule? This evening, Bay Area hip-hop extraordinaire and surprisingly capable singer* Lyrics Born plays a tribute to James Brown and Curtis Mayfield at Yoshi's S.F. For this show, called "Continuum," he'l ... More >>

Supes Punt on Naming Next Mayor

Joe EskenaziLarry Edmond says, unlike Tom Ammiano, he'd be thrilled to be our next mayor​As expected, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors did not select the city's next mayor today. Instead  the process was continued to Dec. 14 (for the record, this was done on a 9-2 vote with Supervisors Ch ... More >>

Ghostface Killah talks about God on "The Apollo Kids"

Joe EskenaziLarry Edmond says, unlike Tom Ammiano, he'd be thrilled to be our next mayor​As expected, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors did not select the city's next mayor today. Instead  the process was continued to Dec. 14 (for the record, this was done on a 9-2 vote with Supervisors Ch ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Gold Sounds

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 >>

What To Do? Thursday's Pick: Sean Hayes

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

Hayes Fever

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

Macho meets homo in the laudable but terrible "La Mission"

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

Barrel House’s secret formula: Cool shows, free admission

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

Our picks from Noise Pop’s local launch pad

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

JCVD

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

WWJCVDD?

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

JCVD

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

King Khan and the Shrines gorge on psychedelic soul

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

Stevie Wonder's classic '70s albums and interviews with artists they influenced

​Sean Hayes @ the Independent The indie-folk scene has a funky pocket. The Be Good Tanyas get in it sometimes, and on his new record, Run Wolves Run, Sean Hayes is comfy in it. Sexed-up juicy dance jams aren't typical of musicians with a front-porch acoustic aesthetic, but he manages to further m ... More >>

The Heavy

Great Vengeance and Furious Fire (Counter)

Producer, Label Honcho, Performer, Journalist

Pat Thomas is San Francisco's musical catalyst.

Bing Ji Ling: from ice cream funk to tasty soul

Pat Thomas is San Francisco's musical catalyst.

Rare Sly Stone, Soul Music Film Clips at SF Public Library

Pat Thomas is San Francisco's musical catalyst.

My Tunes: Lyrics Born

Quannum projects star and alt-rap icon

By The Bootstraps

Quannum projects star and alt-rap icon

To Be Real

Lee Bob Watson wrestles for musical truth

Blank Film

Lee Bob Watson wrestles for musical truth

Goodbye to the Godfather

RIP James Brown

Back to School

Kanye West's Late Registration cements him as hip hop's most conflicted -- and fascinating -- superstar

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

House of Tudor

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

Van Hunt

Van Hunt

We All Scream

For Bing Ji Ling! San Francisco's very own blue-eyed-soul-singing ice cream pimp.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

For Bing Ji Ling! San Francisco's very own blue-eyed-soul-singing ice cream pimp.

The Love That Loves to Love

How I discovered the real Nedelle behind her heartbreaking soul-pop creations

Dem Blues

The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture

Cornell Campbell

Original Blue Recordings 1970-1979

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Dap-Dippin' With ...

Various Artists

Black & Proud Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Preaching to the Unconverted

Martin Luther wants to save your soul -- music, that is

Second-Time Strut

One of the funkiest bands ever searches for closure, two decades after its last show

Perfectly Weird

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

Move It or Lose It

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

House of Tudor

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

Reviews

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

Night + Day

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

Night + Day

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

The House of Tudor

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like

Night+Day

Happily, Zmrzlina's members aren't sure what their own music sounds like