Your Smith performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Sept. 7 2019. Chloe Catajan/Staff. Caroline Smith has made music for as long as she can remember. Your Smith Chelsea Jade 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14 Popscene at Rickshaw Stop Tickets: $15. Her early teen years were spent as…

Jacob Lauing in The Night Prior. Courtesy of the artist. After three years of writing, recording, tracking and producing, Bay Area native Jacob Lauing has released his first album as The Night Prior, bookending a journey that has helped him hone in on his own sound. The Night Prior’s sound…

Clockwise from top left: Idina Menzel, Queen, Mattiel, Shenna and Rob Halford of Judas Priest. Like it or hate it, the carols of yesteryear and a handful of modern classics will dominate the airwaves until Christmas Day ends. It’s hard not to crack a smile when Vince Guaraldi or…

Like all art, music leaves a cultural imprint representing the events, feelings, successes and failures of the time that birthed it. While various styles of music capture the experience of the groups that listen to it, Top 40 pop speaks for the masses. With 2020 around the corner, let’s…

Courtesy: Anna Dellaria. Several North Bay organizations and a local musician are teaming up on Dec. 1 for a unique fundraiser, with proceeds going to help youths overcome social and personal struggles. Cyclebar in Novato, Beyond Differences and San Rafael musician Anna Dellaria will hold a series of cycle classes that will feature…

Clockwise from top left: Diana DeMuth, Little Hurt, Peter Bjorn and John, Hannah Diamond, Jackie and Caitlyn Smith. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but…

Duncan Nielsen, Andrew St. James and Cody Rhodes comprise new band Fast Times. Years of past collaborations, national tours and musical experimentation carried three friends to the start of a new journey earlier this year. The birth of Fast Times came about as Bay Area natives and veteran musicians…

Anthony Ramos. Courtesy: Eric Johnson.  A packed crowd sold out Lincoln Hall in Chicago earlier this month to help former Hamilton star Anthony Ramos celebrate his 28th birthday and kick off a new journey: his first headlining show supporting debut album The Good & The Bad. Anthony Ramos Elliott Skinner…

Marc Anthony performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — Listos para bailar, fanáticos se presentaron para el esperado regreso de Marc Anthony, uno de los mejores artistas latinos y de salsa de todos los tiempos. Fue el primer concierto…

Marc Anthony performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — Concertgoers brought their dancing shoes Saturday for the highly anticipated return of Marc Anthony, one of the top Latin and salsa artists of all time. It was the first Latin…