Tag Archives: COVID-19
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SF Symphony cancels majority of remaining concerts, announces fundraising efforts
The San Francisco Symphony with music director Michael Tilson Thomas, during rehearsal at Davies Symphony Hall on Nov. 2, 2016. Courtesy of SF Symphony. Following the cancelation of numerous concerts in batches, the San Francisco Symphony on Wednesday canceled the majority of its remaining schedule in response to the…
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Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage donates $60,000 to Bay Area artists
San Francisco Giants third base coast Tim Flannery (R) and Jeff Berkley perform at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on Jan. 23, 2013. Martin Lacey/STAFF. The Freight & Salvage in Berkeley has donated $60,000 to Bay Area musicians. Much of the money, $50,000, came from one of the music…
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Q&A: Katelyn Tarver on her mental health, trying new recipes during quarantine
Katelyn Tarver. Courtesy of Girlie Action. By the time Katelyn Tarver won on episode of NBC’s “Songland” in 2019, she was already an accomplished artist. Hot Chelle Rae, Katelyn Tarver Who the hell knows? August Hall, maybe The Angeleno, whose winning song, “Young,” went on to be recorded by…
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Violet Mayugba of Destroy Boys on how the coronavirus lockdown is getting her down
Destroy Boys, Courtesy: Kai Mosley. Editor’s note: Destroy Boys were supposed to support Against Me! this spring, but the tour was postponed due to coronavirus. Instead, the Bay Area band released a new single, “Honey I’m Home,” on Friday. The band has described it as being about the feeling of being trapped.…
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Insert Foot: Covideos could be the new selfies
Insert Foot and the COVID-EO. If I understand this right, live shots from a laptop pointed at your face is the new selfie, thanks to the Covid. That’s what I call it, and that’s what I’m going to call it. It’s not intended to be disrespectful. It’s just that…
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Independent concert venues centralize as NIVA, lobby for federal COVID-19 support
The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Courtesy. More than 800 concert venues nationwide, including 25 in the Bay Area, have joined forces under the umbrella of the National Independent Venue Association, and are lobbying Congress for financial assistance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. NIVA, based…
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INTERVIEW: Billy Raffoul tours the rooms of his girlfriend’s parents’ house to support his new EP
Billy Raffoul, Courtesy: Jesse DeFlorio. In early March, when singer-songwriter Billy Raffoul found out his tour dates got called off due to coronavirus, he packed up his car and drove from his home in Nashville north to Canada. Billy Raffoul Social Distancing Tour Various times and days Live from…
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INTERVIEW: Amoeba Founder Marc Weinstein on the future of the business amid coronavirus crisis
Amoeba Music Berkeley in October 2008. Courtesy: Andreas Praefcke. In less than 48 hours, Amoeba Music has raised more than one-fourth of its $400,000 fundraising goal. Cofounder Marc Weinstein started a GoFundMe campaign for the company’s flagship Berkeley store, as well as San Francisco and Los Angeles locations on…
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Noise Pop expands COVID-19 fundraising with merch, digital membership, streaming series
Cafe Du Nord on Feb. 20, 2018. Jane Hu/STAFF. Facing an uncertain summer, concert producer Noise Pop has expanded the number of ways in which Bay Area music fans can keep the organization afloat—with a multitiered Patreon, gift cards and a more varied online merchandise store in addition to…
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Q&A: André Allen Anjos on his new RAC album and earning a paycheck during the concert blackout
André Allen Anjos (RAC), Courtesy: Jules Davies. It’s March 48 (who’s keeping track, though?) and musician-producer André Allen Anjos, better known as RAC, seems happy to see a new human face. After several weeks of keeping indoors at his Portland, Oregon apartment, Anjos, like most of us, is living…
