Tag Archives: Evanescence
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REVIEW: Muse masters misdirection at fiery Oakland Arena spectacle
Muse performs live at Oakland Arena, in Oakland Calif. on April 14, 2023. Derek Tobias/STAFF. OAKLAND — U.K. alt-rock superheroes Muse brought the firepower and a full bag of trips to Oakland Arena on Friday. The band has played the East Bay venue at least a half dozen times…
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RIFF RADIO: Sick Puppies’ bassist Emma Anzai pulls double duty with Evanescence
Emma Anzai performs with Evanescence at Mediolanum Forum of Assago in Milan, Italy, on Nov. 10, 2022. Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images. Patience is key for hard rock trio Sick Puppies. The band and fans alike have eagerly awaited a follow-up to 2016’s Fury, which was the first with…
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AFTERSHOCK: Slipknot, Rob Zombie top the first day
Slipknot performs at Aftershock Fest in Sacramento on Oct. 6, 2022. Photos by Steve Thrasher and Nathan Zucker. SACRAMENTO — Aftershock, Northern California’s heaviest rock and roll festival, returned in all its metal glory to Discovery Park Thursday for its 10th year. With a lineup led by Slipknot, the…
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REWIND: It turns out it’s really hard to find Easter songs
Dolly Parton performs at the UK Country Music Festival in an undated photo. Andrew Putler/Redferns. In two of the last three years I’ve attempted, with minimal success, to do an Easter column. (I apparently ignored it completely in 2020. There was other stuff going on in April of 2020…
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The 108 best albums of 2021: 50-41
The best albums of 2021 include Evanescence, Vince Staples, Julien Baker, Lindsey Buckingham, Black Midi, Lucy Dacus, Leon Bridges, Faye Webster and Shame. Best of 2021 Welcome to the sixth part of the top 50 albums of the year, according to the RIFF staff that reviewed hundreds this year.…
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REVIEW: Evanescence, Halestorm deliver heavyweight performance at SAP Center
Evanescence performs at SAP Center in San Jose on Nov. 9, 2021. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN JOSE — Two of modern rock’s heavyweight vocalists teamed up for a powerhouse bill at SAP Center. Amy Lee of Evanescence and Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale showed off their formidable vocal prowess during their band’s…
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RIFF RADIO: Evanescence regains full strength, embarks on long-awaited tour
Evanescence, courtesy. In February 2020, Evanescence took a break from laying down some tracks for their upcoming record in a Nashville studio. Amy Lee and co. full expected to see each other a couple of weeks later when the members went their separate ways. For guitarist Jen Majura, that…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Evanescence defies the dark on ‘The Bitter Truth’
The Bitter Truth by Evanescence represents the battle between light and dark, and the ways in which 2020 left its mark on the band. It’ not only global, with COVID raging across the world and racial injustice in the U.S., but also personal. Singer Amy Lee was dealt the unexpected…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Violinist Lindsey Stirling finds the upside with ‘Artemis’
Since making it to the quarter finals on America’s Got Talent in 2010, violinist Lindsey Stirling has amassed a wildly successful career in a genre that didn’t exist previously. Blending her classically trained musicianship—often funneled through the perspective of a raucous fiddle—with elements of electronica and hip-hop, Stirling has…