The Black Crowes, “Happiness Bastards.” Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson have been busy over the past 15 years, with various bands, solo musical projects, producing other artists’ records and other extracurriculars. What they weren’t doing during that time is putting out any new Black Crowes music. That changes now,…

Big Boi and André 3000 of Outkast in 1995. Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images. Last weekend I was in Atlanta for a work conference. It’s a great town, but it’s in the Eastern time zone and it was humid, so I was in no condition to be writing anything. I…

The Black Crowes perform at Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles on May 4, 2022. Photos: Chas Alm. LOS ANGELES — The Black Crowes played a short but triumphant set to mark the release of new EP 1972 at the Whisky a Go Go Wednesday. The show at the…

The Black Crowes perform at Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Aug. 21, 2021. Steve Carlson/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — The last time Rich and Chris Robinson played the Bay Area, it was on March 6, 2020. The recently reunited brothers had a fall tour planned to celebrate The Black…

Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes perform as Brothers of a Feather at The Chapel in San Francisco on March 6, 2020. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Newly reunited brothers Chris and Rich Robinson weren’t satisfied with just one nationwide amphitheater tour next fall. After five years…

Chris Robinson Brotherhood, courtesy. By now, it’s a tradition years in the making. Every year, Chris Robinson and his bands return to perform a string of San Francisco shows. It’s no different in 2017; the Chris Robinson Brotherhood performs a three-night residency at the Fillmore on Thursday, Friday and…

Chris Robinson Brotherhood, courtesy. Chris Robinson and his bandmates in the Chris Robinson Brotherhood rolled into Portland with just enough time to grab some eggs and hit Powell’s Books before the former frontman of the Black Crowes and his jam band-leaning brotherhood head to perform. But the obsessive basketball fan is contemplating a…

Moon Taxi performs at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 30, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Check out photos and videos from the first BottleRock Napa Valley Festival at he Napa Valley Expo, held from May 9 to 12, 2013. Want to view all the videos, in order? The playlist is here. Thursday, May…