All around the country, in places like Nashville and Austin, open events known as "guitar pulls," where people share songs and pass their guitar around, occur on porches, in spontaneous circles and even in venues. A communal, DIY-esque song circle where each player becomes an audience member and stories are shared around in an open, uninterrupted atmosphere. It's sometimes overlooked, in my experience, throughout the local community. Amid the pop groups with full fledged performances, the garage bands with an interactive crowd, and the other genres that fill the Bay Area, singer-songwriter communities, the type that spawned performers like Kristina [...]