Tag Archives: Kingfish
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BottleRock 2023 Day 3: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lil Nas X, 10 other sets we loved on Sunday
Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. NAPA —The final day of a music festival often starts with relaxed vibes. Attendees at BottleRock on Sunday laid out blankets and took advantage of the mild weather. Many…
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INTERVIEW: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram on being part of the evolution of blues
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, courtesy the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has been around for quite a while. You may have seen him play at the White House in 2014, for example. You may have seen him play at the fictional Harlem’s Paradise on the then-Netflix, now-Disney+ series…
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Q&A: Keb’ Mo’ channels MLK’s dream, finds a ‘marvelous’ future
Keb’ Mo’, courtesy. When he’s working on his albums, Keb’ Mo’ likes to give them personal working titles so that he can keep himself on target and true to the message he wants to make. The working title for his newest, Good To Be? Keb’ Mo at SFJAZZ 7:30 p.m.,…
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Insert Foot: More woke up on Fourth of July weekend
Insert Foot is woke on Joey Chestnut, “Luke Cage.” A few independent thoughts on Independence Day. As I brace myself for the annual Joey Chestnut Coney Island puke fest (I can’t even eat one hot dog without feeling like I committed a health crime unless I ate it at…
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REWIND: Black people, like Robert Johnson and Gary Clark Jr., are the best at playing the guitar
Gary Clark Jr. performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2019. Shawn Robbins/STAFF. Last week I declared that it’s Black History Month until I say it’s not, then explained how white people stole rock and roll from Black people. I got quite a…
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The 50 best albums of 2019: 30-21
Clockwise from top left: Alice Merton, Jenny Hval, Jpegmafia, Jessica Pratt, Kingfish, Kim Petras, Cate Le Bon, Swans, Ty Segall and Bad Wolves. We’ve reached the halfway point of RIFF’s top 50 albums list! It only get harder from here, but we can certainly guarantee a wealth of quality…
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REWIND: The best of the 2020 Grammy nominees, including Lizzo and Gary Clark Jr.
Lizzo performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2017. Staff photo. As regular readers of my column are well aware, I don’t much like the Grammys. Sure, occasionally Fantastic Negrito or Weird Al wins a trophy, and they absolutely deserve it. But they win the non-televised…