Fantastic Negrito, courtesy. Today is a momentous day for Xavier Dphrepaulezz, in a life full of them. There was the day he was given a multi-million dollar signing bonus by one of the biggest label heads in the world. The day he blew the rest of the money, and was…

Fantastic Negrito was one of several musicians we met up with at BottleRock in Napa. NAPA — The fourth installment of the BottleRock Napa Valley music, drink and food festival is perhaps its most cohesive, with a strong lineup from the very top with Florence and the Machine, Stevie Wonder…

The producers of the BottleRock Napa Valley festival scored big when they booked Stevie Wonder, Florence and the Machine, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline the 2016 event, which takes place May 27 to 29 in downtown Napa. Even the undercards are impressive, with Grouplove, Death Cab…

Fantastic Negrito was one of several musicians we met up with at BottleRock in Napa. The organizers of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival wanted to cut down on counterfeit tickets at last weekend’s festival. That’s one of the big reasons they switched out the easy-to-fake paper tickets…