Jamie N. Commons. Photos: Jon Ching. Blues rock singer-songwriter Jamie N Commons is a man of many talents. Least-known among them is the ability to slip in and out of his native English accent and into his adoptive American Midwest and Southern tongues. That’s what happens after your father…

The Struts. Photos: Jon Ching English rock quartet The Struts acknowledge that the glam superstar musicians of the past are major influences on their own sound, look and on-stage presence. But to theatrically inclined frontman Luke Spiller and co., there is a major difference between the glam-rock of Europe…

Photos: Roman Gokhman Earlier this year, Provo, Utah, alt-rock quartet The Moth & The Flame released their second album, called Young & Unafraid. Many of the songs were already upwards of a year old at that point, which has Brandon Robbins (vocals, guitar), Mark Garbett (keys), Andrew Tolman (drums)…

Fantastic Negrito, courtesy. Today is a momentous day for Xavier Dphrepaulezz, in a life full of them. There was the day he was given a multi-million dollar signing bonus by one of the biggest label heads in the world. The day he blew the rest of the money, and was…

Rose’s Pawn Shop performs at BottleRock Napa 2016 in Napa, California. More than a decade into the Americana and folk revival movement, bands like the Lumineers have grown to headline festivals and sell out amphitheaters with a now all-too-common mix of fiddle, foot-stomping drums, banjo, guitar and crowd-friendly chant-alongs.…

Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux The afternoon sky is overcast in San Francisco’s Mission District as indie rock and pop quintet Heartwatch gathers at the home of guitarist-keyboardist Eric Silverman to rehearse. The band is gearing up to play in front of another huge crowd: BottleRock Napa Valley. It’s potentially their most-significant…

The producers of the BottleRock Napa Valley festival scored big when they booked Stevie Wonder, Florence and the Machine, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline the 2016 event, which takes place May 27 to 29 in downtown Napa. Even the undercards are impressive, with Grouplove, Death Cab…

BottleRock culinary stage lineup. Music fans at BottleRock Napa Valley will see an increase of performer traffic at the Williams-Sonoma Culinary Stage this year, with members of some of the biggest bands in the world participating in presentations by Michelin Star-rated and celebrity chefs. Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers,Taylor Hawkins of Foo…

BottleRock lineup. The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley, the North Bay’s upstart concert festival that is now in its fourth year, revealed a lineup of night shows around the Bay Area, from Napa to San Jose. Several of the festival’s performers, including Grouplove, Michael Franti and the Struts, will perform…

Echosmith Childhood, for many siblings, is a very competitive time. Sisters and brothers try to out-do each other, which leads to fighting, and eventually, many can’t stand being in a room together. That four siblings would get along with each other enough to commit to spending extra hours each together…