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Smokey Robinson

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    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

    January 19, 2011

    Get High on Motor City: Here's Detroit Rock 'N' Roll and the Fat Buds To Go with It

    ​Hear this while high: Part 2 of Julian Cope's excessive and entirely essential Detroit rock sampler. (Click for free download.) Behind the buzz: This second massive installment of vintage Motor City psychosis provides the Yang-like get-down-everybody's-gonna-leave-their-seat to last week's tum ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2010

    Ghostface Killah talks about God on "The Apollo Kids"

    ​Hear this while high: Part 2 of Julian Cope's excessive and entirely essential Detroit rock sampler. (Click for free download.) Behind the buzz: This second massive installment of vintage Motor City psychosis provides the Yang-like get-down-everybody's-gonna-leave-their-seat to last week's tum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix by Phoenix and Lampen the Laptop Hero

    Phoenix​Not to make a big deal out it, but much of the coverage of local DJs and producers on this blog has been almost entirely about males. We know there are lots of ladies out there DJing, making tunes, and doing the damn thing on a regular basis, but we'd be lying if we said we're not having t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2010

    Smooth and Smokey

    Phoenix​Not to make a big deal out it, but much of the coverage of local DJs and producers on this blog has been almost entirely about males. We know there are lots of ladies out there DJing, making tunes, and doing the damn thing on a regular basis, but we'd be lying if we said we're not having t ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2009

    S.F.’s Jamaican music revivalists populate the clubs with vintage sounds

    Phoenix​Not to make a big deal out it, but much of the coverage of local DJs and producers on this blog has been almost entirely about males. We know there are lots of ladies out there DJing, making tunes, and doing the damn thing on a regular basis, but we'd be lying if we said we're not having t ... More >>

  • Music

    April 29, 2009

    Thao Nguyen

    Phoenix​Not to make a big deal out it, but much of the coverage of local DJs and producers on this blog has been almost entirely about males. We know there are lots of ladies out there DJing, making tunes, and doing the damn thing on a regular basis, but we'd be lying if we said we're not having t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Sunday Night: Boyz II Men at Mezzanine

    Last Night: Boyz II Men Mezzanine January 18, 2009 Better than: All the Philly steaks you can eat It had been announced that, for this performance, the multiplatinum R&B superstars Boyz II Men would be performing tunes from their 2007 cover album Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville U.S.A., but I ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Smokey Robinson to Perform at Paramount in Jan.

    Last Night: Boyz II Men Mezzanine January 18, 2009 Better than: All the Philly steaks you can eat It had been announced that, for this performance, the multiplatinum R&B superstars Boyz II Men would be performing tunes from their 2007 cover album Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville U.S.A., but I ha ... More >>

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    July 20, 2005

    Soul Survivor

    A nostalgic song-and-dance show, in which music is one man's heartbeat

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    July 6, 2005

    The Boo Radleys

    Find the Way Out

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    August 30, 2000

    Love Machine

    A boy and his Casio set up shop in Heartbreak Hotel

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    November 11, 1998

    He'll Be There

    Willie Hutch wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but he ain't done yet

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    September 10, 1997

    Soul Searching

    Willie Hutch wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but he ain't done yet

  • Music

    April 30, 1997

    Stalemate

    The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

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    August 23, 1995

    Night+Day

    The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

  • Music

    June 14, 1995

    Green's Day

    The Alternative Nation discovers the Rev. Al Green

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