LP performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 20, 2022. Matthew Medina/STAFF. OAKLAND — Earlier in the day on Friday, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of the Catholic Church, announced that he would refuse communion to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi until she turns back from the “grave evil…

Moonalice. Top (L to R): Roger McNamee, Jason Crosby, Barry Sless, John Molo and Pete Sears. Bottom (L to R): T Sisters (Chloe, Erika and Rachel Tietjen), Lester Chambers, Dylan Chambers. Bay Area band Moonalice started out in 2007 as a psychedelic jam band, building a reputation both locally…

Crowds at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 5, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. Welcome back for the second BottleRock Napa Valley in under a year! After locking down the Napa Valley Expo for more than a year and a half, festival producers are more than making…

Dennis Quaid, courtesy Derrek Kupish. Around the same time as he was first becoming a film star, Dennis Quaid was trying to get a music career off the ground. This was in the late ‘80s. He’d gotten a band—consisting of Bay Area music icon Bonnie Raitt’s touring band—and even…

Paul McCartney performs on the Got Back tour at Oakland Arena in Oakland on May 6, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. OAKLAND — In all reality, Paul McCartney didn’t need any literal fireworks at his performance at Oakland Arena on Friday night—the first of a two-show stand in a city where…

Vintage Trouble performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2019. Courtesy. In March of last year, BottleRock Napa Valley CEO Dave Graham didn’t even know when live music might return to the Bay Area, let alone plan for two massive music festivals within…

Lorde performs at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on April 3, 2022. John Shearer/Getty Images. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a hot minute since Lorde last visited the Bay Area. The New Zealand artist’s last show, at Oakland Arena in 2018, took place when most of the country…

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson’s “Swan Lake.” Courtesy Erik Tomasson/SF Ballet. The San Francisco Ballet opened its final program of the season on Friday—and last under the leadership of outgoing Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, who’s retiring after nearly three decades at the helm. “Swan Lake” runs through May 8…

Joseph performs at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on April 28, 2022. Karen Goldman/STAFF. BERKELEY — Before sister act Joseph found unexpected success with 2016 album I’m Alone, No You’re Not, the sisters Closner spent several years gigging in bars by themselves, with only their voices and eldest sister…

Molchat Doma, courtesy Stas Kard. Editor’s note: This interview took place long before Russia’s active war in Ukraine. Belarus was a staging ground for Russia’s invasion. While Belarus publicly supports Russia, some Belarusians are fighting on the Ukrainian side. Much has been written about an initial wave of TikTok users…