Lizzo performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — The impact was quick, if not immediate. The tension and excitement had been building, people jockeying for position and moving in as close to the stage as they could. With…

RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2022 included these shots of Post Malone, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Jaleh, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Lil Uzi Vert, Marina Diamandis, Rico Nasty, Royal Blood, Chris Stapleton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kid Cudi, Too $hort and Caroline Polachek. We asked our photographers to share…

Carly Rae Jepsen performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif. on Oct. 21, 2022. Karen Goldman/STAFF. BERKELEY — Carly Rae Jepsen picked a good night to play the Greek on Friday. Hours after dropping her new album, The Loneliest Time, the pop singer-songwriter played several of the newer songs at her…

Carly Rae Jepsen, “The Loneliest Time.” Breaking the pop mold is never easy, especially when your first big hit has the success of “Call Me Maybe.” However, The Loneliest Time gives Carly Rae Jepsen space to experiment with fluidity as she shifts between dance pop and synth-pop. Jepsen mostly…

L to R. Row 1: Finneas, Carly Rae Jepsen, BANNERS, August Burns Red, Lil Nas X. Row 2: Lights, Black Pumas, Chloe Flower, Ben Caplan, Liam Payne. Row 3: Dallas Smith, ROZEI, Dashboard Confessional, Dee Snider with Lzzy Hale, Josie Dunne. No one could have expected that 2020’s Holiday…

Make up your own Coachella by blasting your favorite artists while wearing very little clothing, and cranking the heat and turning up the humid. Day 2 of Coachella was supposed to be happening right now. Yes, it’s rescheduled for October, which is better than a full-blown cancelation. But what…

Photographer Joaquin Cabello’s favorite concerts of the year included Babymetal, American Football, Marina Diamandis, Anderson .Paak, Laura Jane Grace, Explosions in the Sky, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alexisonfire, the Jonas Brothers, Mineral, Incubus, Gouge Away, The 1975, Blink-182 and Billie Eilish. Taking pictures of artists might be one of my…

Clockwise from top left: Altin Gun, K.Flay, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Lightning Bolt, Big Business, Boy Harsher, Carly Rae Jepsen, Battles, Tyler, the Creator, and American Football. We’re nearing the end of our countdown of the top 50 albums of 2019! A lot of these records would have…

Carly Rae Jepsen performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on June 28, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Carly Rae Jepsen hardly gave fans at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium a chance to catch their breath on the second night of her tour in support…

Carly Rae Jepsen, “Dedicated.” Carly Rae Jepsen has come a long way since coming in third on 2007’s “Canadian Idol.” “Call Me Maybe” from 2012’s Kiss has more than a billion views on YouTube, and 2015’s Emotion stayed on track with flirtatious bangers. Fourth album Dedicated plays that role as…