Taylor Swift, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version).” Taylor Swift’s long-anticipated campaign to re-record and reissue her first six studio albums began tonight with the release of a new version of “Love Story,” now conspicuously named “Love Story (Taylor’s Version).” The version plays essentially identically to the original. Swift didn’t change…

Sia, “Music: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion Picture.” It took five albums and a hiatus from performing before Sia’s jarringly profound voice and style took off with American fans. Her songwriting and features on David Guetta’s “Titanium” and Flo Rida’s “Wild Ones” elevated the songs to the…

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on June 8, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. The producers of Moon Crush, touted as a “music vacation” in Florida, are inviting frontline workers to enter a giveaway for tickets and vacation accommodations to the physically distanced five-day…

British trio The Staves‘ newest album Good Woman, makes one thing clear: It’s really hard to always be a really good person. It’s been nearly six years since the sisters—Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor—released their last album, If I Was, but the wait was well worth it. The newest record is…

Dr. Frank performs at Bottom of The Hill in San Francisco on April 1, 2017. He will appear at a Lookout! Records artist reunion live-streamed event on Jan. 31, 2020. Lookout! Records, the label that launched Green Day and Operation Ivy into the world in the early ’90s before…

Ani DiFranco, “Revolutionary Love.” It is not hard to relate to what’s been on Ani DiFranco’s mind the last year that inspired Revolutionary Love. The veteran artist and activist found herself, like so many others, stuck in isolation with shows and other events halted. But for DiFranco, isolation instigated…