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Sheila E.

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    March 18, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

    So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    S.F. Trumpeter Bill Ortiz on Playing with Souls of Mischief, Covering Gil Scott-Heron, and Touring with Sheila E.

    "Souls of Mischief brought me in initially to replace a sample that was going to cost them too much to clear!" So says San Francisco-born trumpeter Bill Ortiz with a laugh as he recalls his contribution to the Bay Area rap quartet's cherished debut album '93 'Til Infinity. Ortiz's playing can be hea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Saturday: MC Hammer, En Vogue, and Other East Bay Artists Reminisce at KBLX Stone Soul II

    KBLX Stone Soul II Oct. 1, 2011 Sleep Train Pavilion Better than: Listening to KBLX for nine hours MC Hammer, the Oakland bred '90s pop star and early Twitter adopter, took to tweeting on Saturday night after his performance at the KBLX Stone Soul II concert in Concord: Lol .. The worst sound cre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Rihanna Burns Out Retinas at Oracle Arena

    Richard HaickRihanna at Oracle Arena last night.​ Rihanna J.Cole June 30, 2011 @ Oracle Arena Better than: Having an actual seizure. I think. There was very little doubt -- after watching a gaggle of high school girls in sequined tube tops and six-inch stilettos almost throw down in broad d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Prince at HP Pavilion in San Jose: Still Something We Will Never Understand

    Prince didn't let us bring in a decent camera.​ Even 27 years on from his magic 1984, there's still something grand and peculiar about Prince inspiring an arena to shout, "I'm not your woman/ I'm not your man/ I am something you will never understand." At Saturday's hit-packed, blissed-out, ... More >>

  • Music

    March 2, 2011

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

    Prince didn't let us bring in a decent camera.​ Even 27 years on from his magic 1984, there's still something grand and peculiar about Prince inspiring an arena to shout, "I'm not your woman/ I'm not your man/ I am something you will never understand." At Saturday's hit-packed, blissed-out, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Prince in Oakland, Night 3: The White-Suited Spectacle Comes to Its Finale

    ​Prince Larry Graham February 24, 2011 Oracle Arena Better than: Purifying yourself in Lake Minnetonka Luminescent in draped white clothes, with jewel-encrusted accessories and slick black hair, Prince splays himself across a purple piano and moans seductively. It could be 1984, but it is 2011. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Prince in Oakland, Night 2: Here Come the Hits

    ​PrinceLarry GrahamFebruary 23, 2011@ Oracle ArenaYou need to hear funk-bass pioneer Larry Graham, who opens the show, school you on where Les Claypool came from. You might also dig how Prince embodies history in slick, soft-shoe shuffles lifted from Cab Calloway, James Brown, and Elvis. Prince is ... More >>

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Various Artists

    Welcome to the Newsroom

  • 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

    April 14, 1999

    Creative Cacophony

    In one Lower Haight studio space, techno, R&B, and hip hop artistry as well as a bit of radical history collide nightly

  • Music

    November 26, 1997

    Riff Raff

    In one Lower Haight studio space, techno, R&B, and hip hop artistry as well as a bit of radical history collide nightly

  • Calendar

    September 4, 1996

    Night+Day

    In one Lower Haight studio space, techno, R&B, and hip hop artistry as well as a bit of radical history collide nightly

  • Music

    May 1, 1996

    The Flying Nun

    Former punker Alejandro Escovedo returns to the roots of rock

  • Music

    October 11, 1995

    Jazzmatazz

    Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

  • Calendar

    August 30, 1995

    Night+Day

    Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

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