EKAphotographyAll Together Now: Town Bizness
What do you get when you mix a hip-hop legend with some of the hottest local musicians around? Town Bizness. Having been one of the few local industry folks to hear significant portions of the upcoming Town Bizness album You Can't Take It With You, all I can say is hopes are high for this independent project, which takes frontmen Too Short and Martin Luther, matches them with frontwoman Silk-E, then completes the line-up with drummer Brian Collier, g
Eighty Methodist pastors from Northern California plan to challenge church law by co-officiating at a lesbian wedding. It's an act of conscience that could sunder America's second-largest denomination -- and bring gay marriage to the center of national co
Cali's Next Top Cop? Kamala D. Harris
It takes a lot of cojones to stand up for what you think is right in the political world, especially when faced with high-level pressure. Though she's generated controversy and made a few formidable enemies in law enforcement circles, SF DA Kamala Harris has remained firm in her opposition to the death penalty. No doubt, the lady's got balls.
She's also got ambition. A candidate for state Attorney General in 2010, she hopes to bring her "smart on cri
You Know You Want This, Oakland: Shawn Colvin​
Earlier this week I wrote about discovering that Oakland's Art & Soul Festival--which happens August 15 & 16--had managed to almost completely ignore the youthful 16-35 demographic with its bookings for this year. There's no live hip-hop, indie, or alternative rock, easily the most popular genres for teenagers and young adults. It seemed only right to follow up that post and ask the people behind the festival why that is.
According to Sa
EKAphotography copyright 2007. all rights reservedSoul on a Roll: Martin Luther​
Is there life after neo-soul? The R&B subgenre, which enjoyed immense popularity in the late 90s-early 00s, long ago outlived its usefulness. The name--conceived, reportedly, in a marketing meeting by then-Motown CEO Kedar Massenburg--never quite fit the diverse range of musicians under its banner, and tended to box them into a stylistic niche which the artists themselves reportedly hated.
Case in point: SF
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