If I'm rapping along, you've caught me on a good night. San Francisco-based writer covering hip-hop/R&B for The Bay Bridged, San Francisco Chronicle and Rehab Online Magazine.
Bay Area veterans team up with the up-and-coming rookies for the DMP Music Festival, an all-day affair of live music and dance performances along with DJs at SoMa Street [...]
Jordan Rakei is a jack-of-all-trades, but he's widely recognized as a master of a sun-flecked brand of soul that has been emerging from across the pond: Think Britain's Tom [...]
Though his music isn't necessarily crafted with the live show in mind, Mura Masa's one-man performance is hypnotizing. Save for a few songs with go-to musical-partner-in-crime Bonzai, the UK [...]
On July 7, Rickshaw Stop turns back the clock a couple decades with a bill featuring the minimal, cool electro-pop of Nite Jewel, synth-driven compositions and visual performances of [...]
Amber Navran, Max Bryk, and Andris Mattson make up Moonchild, a Los Angeles trio whose bright, starry, jazz-neo-soul beams with mellow instrumentations and Navran's delicate, airy vocals. Their latest [...]
By Nina Tabios|June 20, 2017|Comments Off on Los Angeles jazz trio Moonchild to light up the New Parish
First discovered by Los Angeles sound collection Soulection, London's Tom Misch has carved out a nice niche for himself. His intricate, soul-driven productions such as "Watch Me Dance" and [...]
By Nina Tabios|June 19, 2017|Comments Off on London producer Tom Misch drops a set at 1015 Folsom this weekend
Every year, San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts publishes its YCBA 100 list that names people, organizations and movements that are using the arts to innovate and [...]
By Nina Tabios|June 16, 2017|Comments Off on Oakland beat showcase SMART BOMB recognized in 2017 YCBA 100
Good food, good music, and good company. The 2017 Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival has the tunes and grub part covered, you just need to provide the [...]
By Nina Tabios|June 14, 2017|Comments Off on 2017 Phono del Sol festival fare brings in flavor by the truckload
In the past eight months, Richmond singer Rayana Jay has seen her career trajectory go from strictly local to national — and even international — recognition. Her latest EP, [...]
By Nina Tabios|June 8, 2017|Comments Off on Phono Del Sol: Rayana Jay is the new Bay Area sound
Bay Area music coverage tends to hone its focus on San Francisco and Oakland, but the South Bay shouldn’t be undermined, especially when it comes to the beat producer [...]
By Nina Tabios|June 5, 2017|Comments Off on San Jose producer B. Lewis releases new track, “Strange Things”
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