She & Him perform at Fox Theater in Oakland on Dec. 13, 2019. Onome Uyovbievbo/Staff. OAKLAND — The world got the hint that actress Zooey Deschanel could sing a Christmas standard when she belted out “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” in Elf. Over the course of two holiday-themed albums with M.…

Phoebe Robinson performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2018. Shawn Robbins/Staff. Tributes to “Saturday Night Live” actress Molly Shannon and stand-up comedian Phoebe Robinson, and a second performance of “Freestyle Love Supreme,” from co-creator Lin Manuel Miranda have been added to the 2020 SF Sketchfest lineup.…

Lil Nas X performs during WiLD 94.9’s Jungle Ball at The Masonic in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2019. Photos courtesy iHeartRadio. SAN FRANCISCO — Rapper Lil Nas X has had a breakout 2019. Thanks to “Old Town Road” and debut album 7, he racked up a bevy of award…

Andrea Bocelli performs with the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 5, 2019. Photos: Onome Uyovbievbo. SAN FRANCISCO — As Andrea Bocelli addressed a sold-out Chase Center Thursday night toward the end of his two-hour performance with the San Francisco Symphony, he acknowledged the…

Billie Eilish performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on May 29, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/Staff Apple, late Monday, unveiled that it will hold its own awards show honoring musicians. The Apple Music Awards will be live-streamed and held at the company’s Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, as well…

PORTLAND, ORE. — While the impending bomb cyclone was the popular topic of conversation Tuesday in western Oregon, New York musician Cautious Clay tempered worries, at least temporarily, with a simmering set of electronic soul, rock and blues-inflected R&B. The singer-producer-flautist-saxophonist-guitarist, who headlined the Fillmore in San Francisco the…

Jewel Kilcher. Courtesy: Brendan Walter. Having lived out of her car and on the street when she was a teen, it’s understandable why Jewel carries  the issue of homelessness—particularly homeless children—close to her heart. The singer-songwriter, born Jewel Kilcher, started a nonprofit in Las Vegas working with at-risk youth…

Cher performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 21, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — After starring in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” the sequel film based on the Broadway production that incorporated the music of ABBA as its songbook, Cher fell in love with the…

MisterWives, Courtesy: Shervin Lainez. The Denver studio where MisterWives spent the morning working didn’t appreciate bassist William Hehir trying to light up indoors, which is why he’s found himself outside, joining the band’s vocalist and primary songwriter, Mandy Lee, in a phone interview Wednesday. MisterWives Foreign Air 8 p.m.,…

Singer Gabriella Wilson, aka H.E.R., performs at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Photo: Robyn Beck/Getty Images. Artists like Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and Ariana Grande racked up numerous nominations for Grammy Awards on Wednesday, creating an unusually diverse and forward-thinking lineup…