Sharon Jones

Live Review, 1/21/12: The Theophilus London Variety Show Comes to Mezzanine

Theophilus London K. Flay Nick Waterhouse (w/ The Tarots) Jan. 21, 2012 Mezzanine Better than: Some modern-day Lawrence Welk incarnation. Being an MC is hard. You can be criticized for one of the most abstract concepts in music -- your "flow" -- if it strikes people as odd or different. Your lyric ... More >>

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

Stern Grove Festival 2011: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Neko Case, the Dodos, the English Beat, and More

What you're doing on Sundays this summer.​ You know what summer means in San Francisco -- uh, besides fog? It means free concerts on Sundays at Stern Grove, courtesy of the long-running Stern Grove Festival. Today, festival organizers announced the lineup for the festival's 74th consecutive ye ... More >>

Soul-Funk Outfit The Budos Band Wants To Harsh Your Mellows, Hippies

Lotsa people, lotsa attitude.​You've got to love New Yorkers for their blatant honesty. Speaking to Jared Tankel, baritone saxophone player in 10-piece Staten Island global-funk group The Budos Band, he makes it clear to aspiring rappers that his instrumental band is not interested in collaboratin ... More >>

Whip My Hair

After 20 Years, the Vinyl Still Spins -- And Sells -- at Groove Merchant Records

Ian S. PortGroove Merchant owner Chris Veltri with a rare record.​Chris Veltri stands behind the cluttered wood counter at Groove Merchant record store. Dressed in a navy peacoat and Levis, with sandy blond bangs draped over his blue eyes, he watches three customers browse his small Lower Haight s ... More >>

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 10 Bands You Should Not Miss

​San Francisco's annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is kind of like a choose-your-own-adventure novel. You could pick any number of themes to select the acts you want to see -- old punk pioneers, roots music up-and-comers, etc.-- and follow one through all three day's lineups. You coul ... More >>

The Ghosts of Outside Lands Past

Now that this year's Outside Lands lineup has been released in full and stayed true to its lil-bit-hippie-lil-but-hip-hop roots and the folk vs. funk vibe, will you be forking over some coin when the tickets go on sale tomorrow? How do you think this year's lineup fares with those of previous years? ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Jonathan Toubin

 San Francisco's got nothin' but soul--lots and lots of soul nights, soul record stores, and plain ol' soul aficionados.New York's also got a lotta soul--thanks, in part, to DJ Jonathan Toubin, who believes all good tunes can be traced back to punk and soul. He's the conductor of New York Night ... More >>

Sunday Morning Fever

Sharon Jones at the Warfield in Jan.

ASD just cannot get enough of Sharon Jones. Whether it's at a massive summer music festival or just by herself and the Dapkings, any time is good for her funky life lessons. Which is why we''ll probably start off 2009 with some of that buttery soul when Sharon Jones and the Dapkings play the Warfiel ... More >>

Gettin' brassy with the Hornucopia Festival

Children’s music aims for the sophisticated tykes

Sharon Jones, Dave Matthews Band to Play Three Nights at Greek Theatre

Outside Lands adds single day tickets

San Francisco's Impalers Pursue the Groovy Over the Gritty

Coachella 2008 Lineup Announced

Your Monday Morning Hangover: Hanukkah, Holiday Parties, and Hotties

Your Monday Morning Hangover: Hanukkah, Holiday Parties, and Hotties

Forget Amy Winehouse: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Choose R&B Over Rehab

Sharon Jones Channels James Brown at Bimbos December 5

Ghostface Killa and Rakim in SF: Gold Chains and Wallabees are a Must

Nursing the SXSW hangover

Various Artists

Soul Sides Volume One

Boogie Time?

J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science succeeds as bedroom vibes, but lacks the political and musical edge of its soul, hip hop, and reggae roots

Megan's Law Goes to Class

Schools plan to tell parents where sex offenders live; is it caution or hysteria?