Macy Gray performs at the Blue Note in Napa on Jan. 14, 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. NAPA — On a stormy night, Grammy-award-winning singer Macy Gray performed a sold-out show at the Blue Note Saturday night with her band The California Jet Club, in her signature, eclectic style. Gray brought…

Michael Bolton (representing Connecticut) performs on the “American Song Contest” on NBC. Photo by Trae Patton/NBC. It has become tradition in this column for me to insult “Eurovision” every year, thus enraging Europe. Some assume it’s me doing a bit to annoy another continent (and Israel and Australia for…

Macy Gray, Photo courtesy Giuliano Bekor. It wasn’t an accident that Macy Gray released the video for “Buddha” in the days leading up to a week dedicated to mental health awareness late last summer. The song, which featured Gary Clark, Jr., as well as the video, depicts the hitmaker’s…