Miley Cyrus performs at BottleRock Napa on Sept. 4, 2021. Photos: Adam Pardee/STAFF unless otherwise noted. NAPA — Miley Cyrus has rebelled against the constructs that limited her for many years now, and that didn’t change at her co-headlining slot at BottleRock Napa Valley on Saturday. She used the…

The Highwomen perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 3, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. NAPA — After country star Chris Stapleton, himself a replacement to Stevie Nicks, suddenly became ill the day before BottleRock Napa Valley was to start, the festival’s producers acted quickly. They realized…

Jon Batiste, courtesy. We’ve all been out of practice with navigating a massive music festival. Though you may have been lucky enough to enjoy live music at various points through the last tumultuous 18 months, a three-day festival in wine country is new again to all of us. To…

Gracie Abrams, courtesy Lauren Leekley. If the idea of pouring out your feelings about a past relationship to your current boyfriend feels it would be awkward, that’s not the half of it for Los Angeles singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams. Gracie Abrams at BottleRock Napa Valley 3 p.m., Friday, Sept. 3 Napa…

Nick Urata of DeVotchKa performs at SXSW in Austin, Tex. in 2011. Jane Hu/STAFF. Denver quartet DeVotchKa may not have released an album in three years, but its members have stayed busy, even during the pandemic. Violinist Tom Hagerman dove into the Suzuki method, teaching the instrument to children,…

Crimson Apple, courtesy Bjoern Kommerell. The four sisters in Crimson Apple play a dark and glossy brand of pop music, so it may seem surprising that the Oahu natives spent half a decade playing throughout the happiest place on Earth—Disneyland. Crimson Apple at BottleRock Napa Valley Sept. 3 (Festival…

Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads (second from left) and Adrian Belew (second from right) perform with Turkuaz. Courtesy Michael Weintrob. Guitarist Jerry Harrison has wanted to play Talking Heads songs again for a very long time. He didn’t want them to break up in 1991. After the band…

In The Valley Below, courtesy Jaimie Skriba. The road back to “normal” isn’t without speed bumps. As music fans eagerly, but cautiously return to concerts, some of that same internal dialogue is happening for performers. For Angela Gail Mattson of In The Valley Below it manifests as anxious energy. In…

Jimmy Eat World performs at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Aug. 16, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley revealed a lineup of night shows around the Bay Area that run that will be held over the course of the festival in September. Several of…

Megan Thee Stallion performs during the 2021 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. She’s one of two headliners at BottleRock on Sunday, Sept. 5. After selling out of three-day tickets, organizers for BottleRock Napa Valley released the daily lineups for the annual festival and announced that…