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Gillian Welch

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Live Review, 4/27/12: Miranda Lambert Is a No-B.S. American Great

    Miranda LambertChris YoungJerrod NiemanFriday, April 27, 2012Shoreline AmpitheatreBetter than: Every other currently touring Nashville hitmaker, for reasons gone into below. The short version: Blake Shelton showed up. The Pistol Annies did five songs. Lambert's band actually rocked when it tried to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Live Review, 2/19/12: Warren Hellman Public Celebration Brings Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show and More to Ocean Beach

    Old Crow Medicine Show at the Warren Hellman public celebration.​ Warren Hellman Public Celebration February 19, 2012 Ocean Beach Better than: Watching the live stream at home on your laptop. Some of the nation's top roots musicians gathered together yesterday with Bay Area music fans to cel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Warren Hellman Tribute Concert Planned for Feb. 19 at Ocean Beach

    Some weeks ago, we told you about a concert planned to honor the memory of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder Warren Hellman, who passed away in December. The show will feature performances by Emmylou Harris, Robert Earl Keen, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, and others. And now, a location for the event ... More >>

  • Music

    February 1, 2012

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

    Some weeks ago, we told you about a concert planned to honor the memory of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder Warren Hellman, who passed away in December. The show will feature performances by Emmylou Harris, Robert Earl Keen, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, and others. And now, a location for the event ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Warren Hellman Tribute Concert Will Feature Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, and More

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder Warren Hellman passed away at the end of last year, but the sprawling free music festival he started will continue. And on Feb. 19, Hellman's family and the festival's organizers will hold a sort of mini-Hardly Strictly as a tribute to Hellman. The bill -- which we' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Saturday at Hardly Strictly: Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson Become the Great HSB Unifiers

    Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson A.A. Bondy Robyn Hitchcock Hugh Laurie October 1, 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Better than: Seeing Neil Young after he released Greendale, that's for sure. A man dressed in an official Hardly Strictly shirt walks out to say that the biggest set of the day will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Merle Haggard Rocks! (Slideshow)

    I'm not one for festivals of any sort -- or any event that requires sharing a Porta-Potty with 5,000 other people for the day. Unless of course, Merle Haggard is performing. Add in Gillian Welch, Broken Social Scene, and some warm sunshine, and I'm there -- hand sanitizer and all. If you missed the ... More >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2011

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 10 Bands to See for Free

    I'm not one for festivals of any sort -- or any event that requires sharing a Porta-Potty with 5,000 other people for the day. Unless of course, Merle Haggard is performing. Add in Gillian Welch, Broken Social Scene, and some warm sunshine, and I'm there -- hand sanitizer and all. If you missed the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011: Robert Plant, Thurston Moore, Broken Social Scene, and More

    Broken Social Scene is one of more than 90 acts playing Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this year.​ The lineup for this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is out, and good luck figuring out whom to call the "headliner." For the festival's 11th year, organizers have put together another insane ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2011

    Gillian Welch New Album Holy Shit

    Broken Social Scene is one of more than 90 acts playing Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this year.​ The lineup for this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is out, and good luck figuring out whom to call the "headliner." For the festival's 11th year, organizers have put together another insane ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Day 1: This Is About Coming Together

    ​Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Day 1Oct. 2, 2010 @ Golden Gate ParkBetter than: chasing a fox out the hen house.  San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
festival sings America. The annual outdoor concert is about coming together:
scores of rootsy musicians, a half-million or more conc ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2010

    Warren Hellman talks about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

    ​Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Day 1Oct. 2, 2010 @ Golden Gate ParkBetter than: chasing a fox out the hen house.  San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
festival sings America. The annual outdoor concert is about coming together:
scores of rootsy musicians, a half-million or more conc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2010

    All Weare Is All We Are

    ​Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Day 1Oct. 2, 2010 @ Golden Gate ParkBetter than: chasing a fox out the hen house.  San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
festival sings America. The annual outdoor concert is about coming together:
scores of rootsy musicians, a half-million or more conc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    Women of DIVAfest

    ​Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Day 1Oct. 2, 2010 @ Golden Gate ParkBetter than: chasing a fox out the hen house.  San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
festival sings America. The annual outdoor concert is about coming together:
scores of rootsy musicians, a half-million or more conc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Listomania: Top Americana Picks For 2009

    We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2009

    December's best holiday music events

    We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Last Night: Blind Pilot at Great American Music Hall

    Joseph Schell​Blind Pilot Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009Great American Music HallBetter Than: warm milk and cookies on a cold, blustery night.There could have been a tornado outside, or even a secret Weezer show just down the road, but anyone who was watching last night's sold out Blind Pilot show at Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass '09: Steve Martin, Neko Case, and more

    Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    In the Beginning

    Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2008

    Hitchcock's Dreams Come to Life

    Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

  • Music

    October 15, 2008

    Howl at the Moondoggies

    Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Tift Merritt Faces the Unknown Overseas

    Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

  • Music

    October 10, 2007

    Hear This

    Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2007

    Cock of the Walk

    Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy...who happens to dig bluegrass. The above video is from a performance he had last September with The Steep Canyon Rangers in that band's home state of North Carolina, with the white-haired comedian plucking away on the banjo. Martin will bring these boys and the ... More >>

  • Music

    October 4, 2006

    Bluegrass Philanthropy

    Warren Hellman takes S.F.'s free roots music festival into its sixth year

  • Music

    October 19, 2005

    What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

    Warren Hellman takes S.F.'s free roots music festival into its sixth year

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    Shades of Bluegrass

    Gillian Welch and Split Lip Rayfield celebrate -- and upend -- tradition at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    Americana Pie

    Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

  • Music

    November 3, 2004

    Method Rocking

    Juliette Lewis and Minnie Driver have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

  • Music

    October 6, 2004

    Hear This

    Old Crow Medicine Show: not your average bluegrass band. The Eagles of Death Metal: not a death metal band at all.

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    Hear This

    It may be "Hardly" Strictly Bluegrass, but it's free and there are big names you won't want to miss

  • Music

    July 2, 2003

    Gillian Welch

    Soul Journey

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2003

    Stars and Stripes

    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings elevate the concept of roots music

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    The Sounds of Silence

    Why the Bay Area has stopped producing big-time rock bands

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Hear This

    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings proffer downtempo Americana

  • Music

    August 25, 1999

    Hear This

    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

  • Music

    December 30, 1998

    1998: The Year in Lists

    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

  • Calendar

    August 5, 1998

    Night + Day

    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

  • Calendar

    July 29, 1998

    Night + Day

    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

  • News

    July 10, 1996

    Letters

    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

  • Music

    June 19, 1996

    It Came From Lubbock

    Terry Allen on remains, human and otherwise

  • Music

    June 12, 1996

    Suspicious Minds

    Terry Allen on remains, human and otherwise

  • Music

    May 15, 1996

    Recordings

    Terry Allen on remains, human and otherwise

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