Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. NAPA —The final day of a music festival often starts with relaxed vibes. Attendees at BottleRock on Sunday laid out blankets and took advantage of the mild weather. Many…

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, courtesy the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has been around for quite a while. You may have seen him play at the White House in 2014, for example. You may have seen him play at the fictional Harlem’s Paradise on the then-Netflix, now-Disney+ series…

Clockwise from top left: Alice Merton, Jenny Hval, Jpegmafia, Jessica Pratt, Kingfish, Kim Petras, Cate Le Bon, Swans, Ty Segall and Bad Wolves. We’ve reached the halfway point of RIFF’s top 50 albums list! It only get harder from here, but we can certainly guarantee a wealth of quality…