Tag Archives: Watsky
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SF-born rapper Watsky raises more than $145k, sets world record for longest continuous rap
Rapper Watsky approaches the end of his 33-hour rap-a-thon to fundraise for COVID-19 relief for artists and music industry workers. Updated May 8 at 2 p.m. San Francisco-born rapper and poet George Watsky appeared to set a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous rap Thursday evening. He rapped…
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Q&A: Watsky finds the beauty and the flaws in his family on next LP
Watsky The phrase “Welcome to the Family” means different things to Bay Area-born poet-rapper-author George Watsky. He named a new song that, and his current tour after the song. When he started writing the song he was introducing his significant other to his family. By the time he finished,…
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BottleRock 2018 Day 3: Bruno Mars and 14 other sets we loved Sunday
Photos: Mike DeWald, Roman Gokhman and courtesy. NAPA — As a nearly full moon set Sunday night, the man of the hour—or the weekend—took the stage on the final day of BottleRock Napa Valley. Bruno Mars had been the buzzed-about headliner at BottleRock from the moment the festival lineup was announced…
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Outside Lands a homecoming for performers with Bay Area ties
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…
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Artists with Bay Area ties reflect on Outside Lands
Nicki Bluhm performs at the 2014 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. I interviewed all but one of the artists with direct local connections to the Bay Area for a story on the Outside Lands Music Festival, which you can read here. The result was a magazine-length-worthy piece,…
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Rapper/wordsmith Watsky the first to raise his hand
George Watsky is not a household name like, say Macklemore, but that may begin to change following his performance at the Outside Lands Music Festival in his native San Francisco. After all, Macklemore was a relative unknown when he took the festival stage three summers ago. I spoke to…