Mosswood Meltdown will return in July, this time preceded with a pre-party with Pavement, Vivian Girls and Wednesday.
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist and psychedelic rock pioneer who shaped the Bay Area’s live music culture, has died at 78.
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88rising founder and CEO Sean Miyashiro, courtesy. Sean Miyashiro looks at 88rising’s partnership with the makers of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as a case of “worlds colliding ...
The San Francisco Symphony performs at Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on July 4, 2021. Courtesy Paige K. Parsons. San Francisco Symphony musicians and its board appear to have avoided a strike.
Morocco-born, Manitoba, Canada-raised artist Faouzia Ouihya has been making music for the better part of a decade, racking up millions of streams alongside awards for her songwriting and her powerful ...
This week we’ve got prog metal from SOEN, magnificent guitar playing from Leon Knight, art rock from Ryan Reidy, and various flavors of pop from The Lives of Famous Men, LØLØ and Moody Joody. And our ...
Editor’s note: Publicist Ken Weinstein shared this message with his friends last week, and has granted permission for RIFF to share it publicly. Adam Schlesinger passed away last week of complications ...