Carly Simon, “Live at Grand Central.” Carly Simon has had tremendous staying power in the music industry, with her successes and accolades spanning five decades, despite a shyness that sometimes made performing a difficult proposition for her. She’s hesitated to label her condition as stage fright, but she was…

Sam Coomes and ‎Janet Weiss‎ of Quasi, courtesy. This week we bring you alt-rock from Quasi (Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney and Sam Coomes) and Slow Fiction, electronica from il:lo, “landlocked surf rock” from Colony House, chillwave from Rob Kovacs, acoustic goodness from Annabelle Freedman and African desert blues from…

Kings Elliot, courtesy. Singer-songwriter Kings Elliot dyed her hair blue and took on the royal moniker to give herself the courage to be honest in her music. The 22-year-old half-Swiss, half-English artist, who’s about to undertake a run of shows with Stephen Sanchez, writes frankly about her mental health struggles,…

Derek Hoke, courtesy Alex Berger/Weird Candy. Derek Hoke just might be Nashville’s best-kept secret. Get “Electric Mountain” on Amazon Music. Until recently, he was hosting $2 Tuesdays at the 5 Spot, where he says everyone in town has probably seen him play. After 12 years of that, he’s ready…

Ruthie Foster, courtesy Jody Domingue. Ruthie Foster knows it’s Healing Time. When Foster decided during the pandemic that it was time to work a on a new album, she wanted to make sure to include her band in the writing process. Ruthie Foster 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16 Freight…

Weyes Blood performs at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 2022. Chas Alm/STAFF. LOS ANGELES — At the second of two sold-out shows at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel on Friday, Weyes Blood played a stellar show on her In Holy Flux tour on…

Taleen Kali, courtesy James Duran. Emo gothpunk from Taleen Kali, danceable dream-pop from the Ramona Flowers, a rock love song from the Greeting Committee, folk-rock from The Natural Lines, bluegrass from the Milk Carton Kids, self-aware pop from Precious Pepala and an Americana jam from Ditchbird. Taleen Kali, “Fine…

Art Alexakis of Everclear performs performs at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, Los Angeles on Dec. 1, 2022. Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images. LOS ANGELES — Everclear played the first night of their Southern California shows on the band’s year-long 30th anniversary tour at the intimate…

Christine McVie performs with Fleetwood Mac at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. on Nov. 21, 2018. Derek Tobias/STAFF. Christine McVie, singer and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, has died after a short illness. The news was reported by her family, who wrote on her Instagram account that she had…

Weyes Blood, “In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.” Natalie Mering is in a lane all in her own. No one else is turning out the kind of transcendent chamber pop that Mering does, recording as Weyes Blood. Her high, pure voice calls to mind ’70s icons like Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter…