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INTERVIEW: Country rising star Megan Moroney more than lucky
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…
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INTERVIEW: Lindsey Stirling chooses sides and goes on her hero’s journey
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…
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REVIEW: Missy Elliott off to see the wizard at ‘Out of This World’ show at Oakland Arena
Missy Elliott performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on July 9, 2024. Courtesy Alexis Smith/crowdMGMT. OAKLAND — Grammy-winning rapper Missy Elliott stopped at Oakland Arena Tuesday night, on the third date of her first headlining tour of her decades-long career. “I want y’all to know I’ve been doing this…
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REVIEW: Blink-182 delivers anthems ‘One More Time’ at Chase Center
Blink-182 performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on July 9, 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — It may as well have been the introduction to a UFC bout as the house lights at Chase Center dimmed and a dramatic cinematic soundtrack played. Down a dark hallway shown on…
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INTERVIEW: Akira Galaxy finds inspiration at home in the PNW
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…
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Mosswood Meltdown heats up Oakland with The B-52s
The B-52s perform during Mosswood Meltdown at Mosswood Park in Oakland on July 6, 2024. Karen Goldman/STAFF. OAKLAND — Mosswood Meltdown lived up to its name with scorching temperatures on Saturday, the first day of the two-day alternative culture celebration, topped by The B-52s. Mosswood Meltdown: Mummies, Pure Hell,…
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PHOTOS: Cage the Elephant brings a “Good Time” to San Francisco
Cage the Elephant performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on July 2, 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Cage the Elephant shows are not for the faint of heart. Flames, flashing LEDs and a BPM over 150 were in full force within the first song at…
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INTERVIEW: Hootie and the Blowfish take their ‘summer camp’ party on the road
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…
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INTERVIEW: The Warning cooks up new sounds on ’Keep Me Fed’
The Warning, courtesy. The successes that might have overwhelmed an up and coming band instead strengthened The Warning. The Monterrey, Mexico band toured relentlessly in support of its third studio album, Error, its first on a major label. The sister trio played festivals around the world, opened stadium shows for…
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INTERVIEW: Brooke Alexx ready to spill the tea on debut album ‘BIG MOUTH,’ tour
Brooke Alexx, courtesy. With “All My Exes’ Moms” hitting over 16 million streams and new single “Younger Guys” out now, New Jersey singer Brooke Alexx is ready to share her anticipated debut album, BIG MOUTH, with the world. BIG MOUTH Brooke Alexx Oct. 4 Get the album on Amazon…
