Fantastic Negrito was one of several musicians we met up with at BottleRock in Napa. The organizers of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival wanted to cut down on counterfeit tickets at last weekend’s festival. That’s one of the big reasons they switched out the easy-to-fake paper tickets…

The Black Keys perform at Outside Lands 2015 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Photo: Paige K. Parsons. If you attended this year’s installment of the Outside Lands Music Festival, you likely have already a list of your top favorite moments. But if you’re still trying to make up…

Benjamin Booker, courtesy. Most musicians look forward to the time when they can share their hard work with the masses. The stage and the audience are often driving factors to flipping open the laptop or putting pen to paper. Punk-blues-soul guitar man Benjamin Booker began writing songs for audiences…

Benjamin Booker performs at the Greek Amphitheater in Berkeley on July 28, 2017. Jay Demetillo/STAFF. Blues-punk singer-guitarist Benjamin Booker, who’s playing at Outside Lands, is also a well-educated man. He attended an International Baccalaureate supplementation in high school in Florida, which means that he has not one but two high…