Megan Moroney, courtesy CeCe Dawson. When Georgian Megan Moroney moved to Nashville in 2020 to pursue a music industry career, she wasn’t completely sure what that would mean. So the University of Georgia grad, who hadn’t written her first song until three years earlier in her freshman year, set…

Lindsey Stirling, courtesy. Fans of Lindsey Stirling get to see different versions of the violinist and dancer in the video for “Eye of the Untold Her,” a single from her new album, Duality. There’s the young Stirling mocked by judges of “America’s Got Talent” in 2010 and at various…

Akira Galaxy performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2024. Courtesy. NAPA, Calif. — Akira Galaxy Ament had moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career, but it wasn’t until the pandemic had struck in 2020 and she went back home to…

Hootie and The Blowfish perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on June 29, 2019. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Back when Hootie and the Blowfish were first blowing up, after the release of their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, their big tours consisted of crisscrossing the country on a…

Mat Kearney, courtesy Michelle Baldwin. Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney was in San Francisco a couple weeks back, performing a private show at Great American Music Hall. The Oregon-born, Nashville-based artist used the opportunity to re-supply his stash of tea from Chinatown’s Red Blossom Tea Company, “the greatest tea I got…

ITZY performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on June 8, 2024. Photos: Chris Tuite. OAKLAND — More K-pop groups need to tour the U.S. with bands. The costs likely make that prohibitive to many, but a few acts with deep enough pockets have brought musicians with them over…

SHAED, courtesy Nicole Mago. A house can become too small for an expanding family. Twins Max and Spencer Ernst and Spencer’s wife, Chelsea Lee, had lived together in Washington, D.C. for several years as their band, SHAED, exploded with hit single “Trampoline” in 2018. Spinning Out SHAED BMG, June…

Zach Bryan performs at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on May 31, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. OAKLAND — Not even the I-880 chicken and beef special could stop Zach Bryan from playing to the biggest crowd of his life. While a semi crash on the freeway spilled raw meat all over…

Ed Sheeran performs with The Offspring during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Sunday BottleRock Napa Valley headliner Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance earlier in the day during the performance by rock band The Offspring. The two played…

Actor Bradley Cooper, Stephen Curry and chef José Andrés appear at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. Golden State Warriors icon Stephen Curry met up with a couple other legends in their respective fields at…