Billy Joel didn’t start the fire. It was probably PG&E. A trigger warning for our Bay Area and Northern California readers: This column is an ode to PG&E. As our non-Californian readers may have heard, California was recently in the midst of a full-blown apocalypse. There were hurricane-force winds,…

Chvrches performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Photo: Joaquin Cabello. Sonoma Harvest Music Festival producers Monday announced the lineup for the second annual event at Glen Ellen’s BR Cohn Winery. This year’s festival will take place on four days over two weekends in…

Katy Perry kissed a girl, and Daniel J. Willis likes it. We’ve entered the current decade. I had to double-check whether that was right but apparently it’s November now and there’s less than two months left of 2018. Thanksgiving is soon and everything. We have experts researching how that…

It’s “love and hate” week at RIFF. We’ve taken on the theme of Valentine’s Day to talk about breakups, both sides of it. We’re finishing off with my Top 10 breakup songs, but there are some caveats: These are only since 1980. So, there’s a whole bunch of old really good soul,…

Gnarls Barkley, courtesy. This story originally appeared in the Oakland Tribune. After a wildly successful debut album and insanely popular single, it’s no surprise that many fans expected an even crazier follow-up from Gnarls Barkley. That is, everyone except the Atlanta duo — soul singer/rapper Cee-Lo and multi-instrumentalist Danger…