Tag Archives: Kurt Vile
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins sharp on final day
Emmylou Harris performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — Everything one could ask for from a music festival in Golden Gate Park was on display Sunday, as the 19th annual incarnation of Hardly Strictly…
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RIFF REWIND 2015: Disturbed, Adele, Ghost and … Alexander Hamilton
Was Lin-Manuel Miranda a better Hamilton than the Founding Father? Discuss. We’ve got a few firsts this week. There’s the first song from a musical because I apparently forgot Rocky Horror back in 1975, the first cover of a previous Honorable Mention, and a new and novel way to cheat at…
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REVIEW: Kurt Vile and the Violators mesmerize fans at the Fox
Kurt Vile and the Violators perform at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Dec. 12, 2018. Photos: Chloe Catajan OAKLAND — Kurt Vile and the Violators stopped by the Fox Theater Wednesday and put on an impressive performance, stringing together a set brimming with long, melodic ballads that intermingled with waves…
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RECAP & PHOTOS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass leaves Golden Gate Park glowing
Cheap Trick. Photos: Chloe Catajan and Paige K. Parsons SAN FRANCISCO — The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival brought out the “golden” in Golden Gate Park last weekend. Following a sullen week marked by the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival and the death of rock icon Tom Petty,…