There's a special show going down at Mezzanine this Saturday, Nov. 3, for the opening of S.F. Funk Fest: It's a mini-reunion of sorts…
Happy Fourth, everybody! As we all know, patriotism in this fine land of ours often sounds frickin' terrible when presented in song form. But…
The next two weekends in San Francisco feature parties in tribute to the late James Brown, who would have turned 79 on May 3….
People get funny about Meklit Hadero. The local singer is outrageously charming, devastatingly soulful, and she does this kind of breathy percussion-singing thing no…
Last-minute change to your Saturday night schedule? This evening, Bay Area hip-hopper extraordinaire and surprisingly capable singer* Lyrics Born plays a tribute to James…
The Residents are legend. In the early 1970s they sent a demo tape to Warner Bros., which promptly sent it back in an envelope…
Christmas music has soul. Sure, you could dismiss the festive genre as a cloying mix of schmaltzy lyrics, tired references to comically named reindeer,…
Courtesy nationalpunctuationday.com September 24 is National Punctuation Day, at least according to a guy with a cape in Northern California. (He's still probably…
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings do retro right
James Brown earned his title of the Godfather of Soul via his other title, the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business, and he ruled his…
