Bishop Briggs performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2019. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO — Bishop Briggs let it be known that she was a champion on Saturday as she brought her infectious energy to the Warfield. Opening with “Champion” a new track from her…

Santana performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2019. Photos: Shawn Robbins. NAPA — Guitar legend Carlos Santana, closing out BottleRock Napa Valley 2019 on Sunday along with Mumford and Sons, saw it as his mission to fight fear with love. On several occasions,…

Bishop Briggs performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Sept. 4, 2018. Photos: Norm deVeyra. OAKLAND — She floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. Bishop Briggs took the stage at the Fox Theater Tuesday night like she was entering the ring to compete in the title…

Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — If the story that Jack Antonoff told at his band Bleachers‘ concert at the Fox Theater was remotely accurate, the stars of the show were not the band members—though Antonoff, his two drummers and two multi-instrumentalists performed memorably—but their crew of sound techs, managers…