Korn performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 11, 2021. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Despite singer Jonathan Davis still recovering from a bout of COVID-19—and guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer quarantining after having tested positive for the illness mere days ago, rockers Korn brought their unique flavor of…

Crowds at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 3, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. NAPA — It was just like in years past—for the most part—at BottleRock Napa Valley on Friday and early Saturday. There were the typical throngs of people young and old crowding the stages,…

Lee “Scratch” Perry, courtesy. Artist and producer Lee “Scratch” Perry, a reggae pioneer, inventor of dub music, whose use of recording techniques also made significant gains for hip-hop, dance and rock music, died Sunday at 85 in his home country of Jamaica. His passing, first reported by the Jamaican Observer,…

Flooding damage from a water main break at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco on Monday, Aug. 23. Courtesy. A water main rupture on Sloat Avenue on Monday has heavily damaged Sigmund Stern Grove park in San Francisco, causing the cancellation of the final concert of the Stern Grove…

Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones with performs with his other band, The ABC & D of Boogie Woogie, at the Casino in Herisau, Switzerland on Jan. 13, 2010. Photo: Poiseon Bild & TextWikicommons. Much has been said about the magic that was Charlie Watts’ drumming—his combination of a…

Phil Everly (L) and Don Everly (The Everly Brothers) perform on TV on April 1, 1960. Photo: V&A Images/Getty Images. Don Everly, cofounder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo the Everly Brothers with his brother Phil, died Aug. 21 at 84. One of the best-selling and post…

Screenshot from the live-streamed “Celebrate the Life of Zumbi” memorial on Aug. 22, 2021. Around 1,000 viewers tuned in on Sunday evening for a live-streamed memorial service for the late Stephen Gaines, better known as Baba Zumbi of East Bay hip-hop group Zion I. Zumbi passed away at a…

A mural of Digital Underground’s Shock G by artist Ryan Anthony Martinez in Oakland. Relatives and friends of Shock G, as well as musicians and fans honored the Digital Underground luminary on Saturday in Oakland with a food and supply drive for unhoused people, a procession through the city and…

Michael Morgan, courtesy Oakland Symphony. Long-time Oakland Symphony conductor and Music Director Michael Morgan died Friday after a years-long illness, the symphony announced. Morgan expounded orchestral conventions alongside experimental music operations, preached inclusivity and education and worked tirelessly to get the people of the Bay Area, and Oakland especially,…

Emmylou Harris performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2019. Martin Lacey/STAFF. The producers of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass have canceled the annual free music festival for the second year in a row due to concerns around the rapidly spreading Delta variant…