The Highwomen perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 3, 2021. Adam Pardee/STAFF. NAPA — After country star Chris Stapleton, himself a replacement to Stevie Nicks, suddenly became ill the day before BottleRock Napa Valley was to start, the festival’s producers acted quickly. They realized…

Lizzo performs performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. I was supposed to be at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park right now. And by “right now” I mean both as I’m writing this and as you’re reading it, since I’m assuming…

Disturbed, Courtesy: Travis Shinn. Last weekend was Groundhog Day, my mom’s birthday, and nothing else. Next weekend is—sigh—Valentine’s Day. That means we’ve got a weekend in the middle here that doesn’t have an obvious hook for a column topic. I could do the whole February thing, though that doesn’t…

CupcakKe performs at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 10, 2019. Photo: Martin Lacey. It’s been a week since Outside Lands, so I’ve had enough time to mostly recover, which means it’s time to get all nostalgic. If you didn’t attend…

Twenty-One Pilots perform at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 11, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello and Martin Lacey. Outside Lands Music Festival lineups are always strong, but having Twenty One Pilots, Childish Gambino and Paul Simon closing each night was a…

Attendees at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco photographed on Aug. 11, 2019. The third and final day of Outside Lands 2019 is in the books so it’s time for this year’s final best and worst of the day. I’ll warn you in advance: I get…

Paul Simon performs at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 11, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey and Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — The third and final day of Outside Lands 2019 featured music legends Paul Simon and Mavis Staples in addition to…

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers perform at BottleRock Napa Valley in Napa on May 28, 2017. NAPA — Tom Petty may have largely stuck to the hits at BottleRock Napa Valley Saturday, but the sheer quantity of those familiar songs spoke volumes about Petty’s amazing songbook. After opening with…

Mavis Staples, Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, Fantastic Negrito, Eric Burdon and The Animals, WAR and Malian duo Amadou and Mariam will perform at this year’s Stern Grove Festival. The free, 10-week summer music festival at Sigmund Stern Grove Park, a summer tradition, is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.…

Tinache, courtesy. Every week there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We’ve pooled our resources to find…