Tag Archives: BottleRock Napa Valley
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INTERVIEW: Amy Shark gets revenge against the big fish
Amy Shark performs in San Francisco during Noise Pop on Feb. 21, 2018. Alessio Neri/STAFF. For 10 years, Australian Amy Shark toiled away in the bar scene of her small beach town in a remote part of her country, relying mostly on Cyndi Lauper and Alanis Morissette covers. She…
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BottleRock: The Brevet stand at attention to new direction
Courtesy: Pete Black When Orange County folk-rock band The Brevet was first starting out in 2013, the goal of frontman Aric Chase Damm and his bandmates was strictly to write songs that could be licensed to television and film. The Brevet at BottleRock Napa Valley Sunday, May 27 Napa Valley…
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BottleRock Napa Valley 2018: Bruno Mars, The Killers, Muse to headline
Photo: Alessio Neri While other festivals may be leaning more than ever on pop acts and solo artists, the 2018 edition of BottleRock Napa Valley is doubling down on guitar bands. The three-day music and wine extravaganza returns to the Napa Valley Expo May 25 to 27 for its sixth annual run…
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Interview: Hirie attempts to bridge reggae and pop
Photos: Alessio Neri NAPA — She may be a well-seasoned traveler, having moved with her family from the Philippines to Italy and then Hawaii before finally calling San Diego home, but reggae singer-songwriter Hirie still found an adventure traversing the streets of Napa on her visit recently, where she…
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Rewind: RIFF at BottleRock
Photos: Alessio Neri We at RIFF are still recuperating from the three days of BottleRock Napa Valley. If you missed any of our daily coverage, photo galleries and live videos, you can find those here. Friday recap Saturday recap Sunday recap Check out our complete video playlist and photo…
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BottleRock 2017: Foo Fighters and 8 other acts we loved Sunday
Foo Fighters perform at BottleRock Napa Valley 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. NAPA — In the end, the only thing that could stop the Foo Fighters at BottleRock Napa was a strict 10 p.m. curfew. The rock band that headlined the final night of the fifth annual festival was about a…
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BottleRock photos and recap: Tom Petty and 5 other acts we loved on Saturday
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers perform at BottleRock Napa Valley in Napa on May 28, 2017. NAPA — Tom Petty may have largely stuck to the hits at BottleRock Napa Valley Saturday, but the sheer quantity of those familiar songs spoke volumes about Petty’s amazing songbook. After opening with…
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BottleRock photos, recap: Warren G, Silversun Pickups, Hibbity Dibbity highlight first day
Warren G performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. NAPA — Sunshine and cool breezes were the true star on Friday at BottleRock Napa Valley. It was possibly the first moderate date at the festival in its five-year run at the Napa…
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Q&A: SF swamp blues band Hibbity Dibbity prepares for BottleRock
Even though San Francisco bluesy soul band Hibbity Dibbity formed in 2013, the same year as the inaugural BottleRock Napa Valley music festival, tomorrow will mark the first time singer-guitarists Chris Braun and Tom Relling, bassist Parker Simon and drummer Jack Gehegan attend the annual musical gathering together. BottleRock…
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11 great under-the-radar acts at BottleRock
Courtesy: BottleRock Napa Valley How do you follow a line-up headlined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder and Florence and the Machine? If you’re the producers of BottleRock Napa Valley, you fill the void with Tom Petty and Foo Fighters, top it off with big names like Maroon 5, Macklemore, Modest Mouse and The…
