Tag Archives: Heart
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INTERVIEW: Heart’s Ann Wilson celebrates compromise as core American altruism
Ann Wilson of Heart, Courtesy: Criss Cain. Ann Wilson of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Heart is still a West Coast woman at heart, but she’s lived with her husband in northern, rural Florida for four years. On her street, almost every house has a Trump sign. If…
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REVIEW: Brandi Carlile reaches new heights at the Greek
Brandi Carlile performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Sept. 21, 2019. Photos: Michael Smyth. BERKELEY — Sometimes everything just lines up. Something happens between an artist and the audience, and between the audience and the artist; something about the venue is just right; something in the artist’s…
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Heart’s return mixed, but Joan Jett rips through the classics at Concord Pavilion
Nancy Wilson (left) and Ann Wilson of Heart perform at a previous stop on the “Love Alive” tour. Courtesy: Kimberly Adamis/Heart. CONCORD, CALIF. — At various points during their 90 minutes or so onstage Friday night at the Concord Pavilion, the Wilson sisters of Heart referred to how long…
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RIFF Rewind—A time machine for your ears: 1977
1977 was a good year. Star Wars came out, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours came out, Voyager 1 and 2 launched, Harvey Milk was elected. I mean, yeah, disco still existed and there was that whole Son of Sam (serial killer) thing I guess—but, Star Wars! It was a pretty good year…
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Nashville’s Tyler Bryant on being a ‘virtuoso’ and jamming with his heroes
Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown. COURTESY. Before he was 22, guitar prodigy Tyler Bryant shared the stage with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. But it was a 63-year-old bluesman from Honey Grove, Texas, who inspired the musician when he was just a boy. Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown 9…