Caroline Jones, “Homesite.” Pop-country singer-songwriter Caroline Jones has had a busy couple of years since joining Zac Brown Band and touring all over the place, but an even bigger life development is her soon-to-be-growing family. So it makes sense that themes of personal and professional growth are stamped all…

Zac Brown Band performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Nov. 6, 2022. Sean Liming/STAFF. OAKLAND — Zac Brown Band brought a bit of country to the city Sunday night at Oakland Arena during one of the penultimate stops on its Out In The Middle Tour supporting its seventh…

While Zac Brown Band last made a new album just two years ago with The Owl, that album saw the group experiment with its sound. Truth be told, we haven’t heard as much of the classic, banjo-heavy country feel from the group as of late. Perhaps aptly titled, The Comeback…

Bastille performs at then Warfield in San Francisco on April 10, 2014. Photos courtesy: Jon Ching. This is the third in a five-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in Part 1, HERE, and the runners-up in Part 2, HERE. 15. Bastille at…

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…

BottleRock 2013 lineup. Longtime Napa residents and businessmen Bob Vogt and Gabe Meyers think that as important as Napa County has been for the Bay Area in terms of food and wine, entertainment is extremely lacking. Meyers, a 42-year-old sports media producer, and Vogt, a 63-year-old lawyer and commercial…