The ’90s were a good time for Natalie Imbruglia. Her cover of “Torn” was a huge hit back then, and she racked up awards and modeling contracts. These days, Imbruglia is a mother and she’s worked through a five-year writer’s block to come out with a new album Firebird.…

KT Tunstall performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States and around the world, it seems people are already forgetting the lessons we learned back in March about how to slow the spread of…

KT Tunstall performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Even if you don’t think you know KT Tunstall, you definitely know two songs from her 2005 debut album, Eye to the Telescope: “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” and…

Franz Ferdinand took you out, and made breakfast in the morning. It’s another edition of RIFF Rewind crowdsourced from the RIFF staff! Which means rock music was still overproduced and generic, and I couldn’t stand to slog through it. Look, I realize this may cause a minor mutiny among…