Nicki Bluhm. Courtesy: Noah Abrams Break-up songs are as common as love songs, yet some are tougher to stomach than others. A quick fling will often end in a diesel fire, but a 10-year marriage? San Francisco’s Nicki Bluhm and her husband, Tim Bluhm, lived in a musical fairy-tail.…

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.…

The Flaming Lips perform at the 2014 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. A recap of the 2014 rendition of the festival in photos and more than two hours of videos! DAY 1 Typhoon performs at the 2014 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival…

The Bay Area artists performing at Outside Lands 2014. Clockwise from top left: Watsky, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Finish Ticket, Brothers Comatose, Trails & Ways, Tycho, Mikal Cronin and The Tumbleweed Wanderers. Rendering: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Outside Lands is just one of dozens of summer music festivals that spring…