Author Archives: Mel Bowman
-
REVIEW: Stevie Nicks lets the jukebox play at Chase Center
Stevie Nicks performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2023. Courtesy Dana Jacobs. SAN FRANCISCO — Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks revisited her songbook with the group as well as her solo material at Chase Center on Friday. Nicks walked onto the stage in a black…
-
Tuesday Tracks: Your weekly new music discovery for Nov. 21
KEMBE X, courtesy Zach Larraz. Cakes Da Killa, Kembe X and Kneecap show off different flavors of hip-hop, electronic and dance music are represented with tracks from Haywyre, Conner Youngblood and Jaakko Eino Kalevi; and Bay Area legend Narada Michael Walden releases a new tune with Sting, Stevie Wonder…
-
REVIEW: Raphael Saadiq and Tony! Toni! Toné! come home to Oakland
Raphael Saadiq, D’wayne Wiggins and Timothy Riley perform as Tony! Toni! Toné! at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, N.C. on Sept. 22, 2023. Courtesy David “Odiwams” Wright. OAKLAND — Raphael Saadiq, Dwayne Wiggins and Timothy Riley brought their Tony! Toni! Toné! reunion tour to the Paramount at the first of…
-
REVIEW: Raye hits a high note at the Fox in Oakland
Raye performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on Nov. 3, 2023. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. OAKLAND — London singer-songwriter Raye brought throwback vibes to her My 21st Century Blues tour stop at Fox Theater on Friday. The artist, who’s penned songs for the likes of Beyonce, Madison Beer and Elle Goulding,…
-
Tuesday Tracks: Your weekly new music discovery for Oct. 10
Raiche, courtesy. For those suffering withdrawals from last weekend’s Portola Festival in San Francisco, this week’s Tuesday Tracks brings some relief. You’ll find a solid dose of dance music from Bob Moses, Cosmo’s Midnight and Elkka to keep you moving. Tracks from Paledusk, Last Dinosaurs, Raiche and Skaiwater and…
-
Portola Festival: Skrillex fires up on second day as the cold settles in
Skrillex performs at Portola Festival in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2023. Photos: Gavin Legaspi and Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — For the second day in a row, Portola Festival delivered an enticing lineup of dance, hip-hop and underground acts, even as intermittent light rain and chilly weather settled…
-
REVIEW: Snarky Puppy holds a jazz master class at UC Davis’ Mondavi Center
Snarky Puppy bassist and founder Michael League, center, performs in Vienna, Austria on June 24, 2019. Herbert Neubauer/AFP via Getty Images/TNS. DAVIS, Calif. — Jazz fusion collective Snarky Puppy kicked off a three-city tour of the Northern California on Thursday at UC Davis’ Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.…
-
REVIEW: Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire pull an ‘all-nighter’ at Chase Center
Lionel Richie performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2023. Derek Fisher/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Grammy-winning artist Lionel Richie brought his Sing A Song All Night Long tour to Chase Center on Friday, headlining a bill that also included Earth, Wind & Fire. Richie kicked off…
-
REVIEW: LL Cool J leads legends of hip-hop on F.O.R.C.E. Tour stop at Chase Center
LL Cool J performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — LL Cool J brought out some of the best of old school hip-hop for his F.O.R.C.E. tour stop at Chase Center on Friday. The headliner topped a bill that included…
-
Tuesday Tracks: Your weekly new music discovery for Aug. 29
The Seshen, courtesy. New tracks from The Seshen, Chxrry22, Colouring, Shabazz Palaces, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, The Church, Pile and ISOxo with Ninajirachi cover the gamut from electronic soul to R&B, alt-pop, hip-hop, “sasscore” and EDM. The Seshen, “Hold Me” — Bay Area collective The Seshen delivers a synth-heavy mid-tempo groove driven…
