Tanya Tucker, “Sweet Home Sound.” Tanya Tucker, one of outlaw country’s most cherished voices, is back withSweet Western Sound. Tucker built a career on earnest songwriting and authenticity, which hasn’t changed on her newest record. Produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, this album follows in the footsteps of…

Dennis Quaid, courtesy Derrek Kupish. Around the same time as he was first becoming a film star, Dennis Quaid was trying to get a music career off the ground. This was in the late ‘80s. He’d gotten a band—consisting of Bay Area music icon Bonnie Raitt’s touring band—and even…

Loretta Lynn, “Still Woman Enough.” Country icon Loretta Lynn is about to release her 50th solo studio album and one thing that remains obvious, at 88-years-old, is that she’s still a reigning queen in country music. She sets out to prove just that on Still Woman Enough, inspired by the…

Concertgoers at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2019. Photos: Paige K. Parsons. SAN FRANCISCO — The first weekend of October in San Francisco is synonymous with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The free music festival in Golden Gate Park has for 18 years…