Joan Baez performs at Acoustic-4-A-Cure at The Fillmore in San Francisco on May 13, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Nonprofit Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which provides financial assistance to musicians and music industry workers in need or facing physical or mental health issues, disability or age-related struggles, will host a fundraiser…

Joan Baez, “When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance.” Updated May 5: Bay Area singer-songwriter, activist and laureate Joan Baez will release her first collection of poetry this month. When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance Joan Baez April 30 Preorder the book on Amazon.…

Joan Baez, “AM I PRETTY WHEN I FLY? An Album of Upside Down Drawings.” Legendary Bay Area singer, painter and activist Joan Baez is releasing a new collection off sketch drawings as a book titled “AM I PRETTY WHEN I FLY? An Album of Upside Down Drawings” on April…

The singular career of folksinger David Crosby is, by and large, defined by his hippie coterie. Coming up and partying with many of the biggest names in the West Coast folk scene—such as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Grace Slick, and Jerry Garcia, to name a few—Crosby seemed to belong.…

Lana Del Rey performs at the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Oct. 6, 2019. Photos: Roman Gokhman. BERKELEY — In what is likely to be known as the show of the 2019 season at the Hearst Greek Theatre, in terms of attendance, Lana Del Rey delivered even more…