Twenty One Pilots perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Saturday night’s BottleRock Napa offerings presented, perhaps, as challenging a headliner clash as the fest has ever seen. On one stage was one of the most exciting live bands…

Moonalice. Top (L to R): Roger McNamee, Jason Crosby, Barry Sless, John Molo and Pete Sears. Bottom (L to R): T Sisters (Chloe, Erika and Rachel Tietjen), Lester Chambers, Dylan Chambers. Bay Area band Moonalice started out in 2007 as a psychedelic jam band, building a reputation both locally…

Tunnel to Outside Lands in San Francisco on August 12, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello and Shawn Robbins. Welcome to the third and final installment of my Outside Lands 2018 best and worst. (But not my last column in general; I shamelessly plug that at the end.) If you missed…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello, Shawn Robbins and Mike DeWald SAN FRANCISCO — And then there was Janet. The final day of the 2018 edition of Outside Lands closed out with legendary pop icon Janet Jackson. Jackson proved to provide immediate heat to a crowd starting to feel one of the chillier…

Oakland trio T Sisters has music in its blood. The band of sisters started singing and writing music at a young age and haven’t looked back. In the process, Erika, Rachel and Chloe Tietjen have become one of the Bay Area’s most in demand talents for collaborations. Outside Lands Janet…

The Family Crest, Travis Hayes, M. Lockwood Porter and T Sisters are among the Bay Area artists who have contributed to a new North Bay Fires charity compilation record produced by Bay Area producer Scott Mickelson. All proceeds from After The Fire, Vol. 1, and the two upcoming record…

W. Kamau Bell is a man of many talents, from stand-up comic to Emmy-winning television host, but he never expected the symphony to come calling. Other than listening to the classical music station on AM radio in the car with his mom when he was a kid, classical music…