Norah Jones performs at Oxbow RiverStage in Napa, Calif. on June 25, 2022. NAPA — The kind of music Norah Jones makes – an intimate jazz-pop with country inflections – doesn’t always translate well to a larger stage, especially an outdoor one. But her show at the Oxbow RiverStage in…

Carlos Santana and his band performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on June 21, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — After a long residency in Las Vegas that was interrupted by both the pandemic and a tour for his new album, Blessings and Miracles, Carlos Santana and…

Andrea Bocelli performs at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. on June 18, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. SAN JOSE — Andrea Bocelli performed to a packed SAP Center Saturday night in the third stop of his 21-city, “Believe” tour. The world-renowned Italian tenor performed songs from operas as well as those from…

Chris Stapleton performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on June 18, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Outside of Bay Area fans of Rage Against the Machine or My Chemical Romance, few have had to wait for a pandemic-delayed concert as long as fans of country…

Tori Amos performs at The Orpheum in Los Angeles on June 17, 2022. LOS ANGELES — Tori Amos had the audience in the palm of her hand at the Orpheum Theatre on the last night of her U.S. tour. It was also the final show of a three-night stand in…

Chicago performs at Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on June 11, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Legendary songwriter Brian Wilson of the The Beach Boys and legendary band Chicago brought the classics to the Concord Pavilion on Saturday night, thrilling a packed house of classic rock fans. First…

Erykah Badu performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on June 10, 2022. Matt Pang/STAFF. BERKELEY — At the eighth show of her “Live from the Badubotron” tour at the Greek on Friday, neo-soul diva Erykah Badu explored her discography, bringing a new twist to well known-favorites. The imaginative “Badubotron”…

Prateek Kuhad performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on June 8, 2022. Irene Chen/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Jaipur, India folk artist Prateek Kuhad played at the Fillmore on Wednesday night for the first of two back to back shows. Kuhad, who was the first Indian to be signed by Elektra Records,…

Jack White and his band perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., on June 4, 2022. Courtesy David James Swanson/Jack White. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Jack White may have a new album out, but it was his distinguished career with the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead…

P!nk performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 29, 2022. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. NAPA — Metallica is huge but has played the Bay Area a lot in recent years. Twenty One Pilots have also made recent appearances, and while hip-hop supergroup Mount Westmore was great its…