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Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew reunite to celebrate the influential record Remain in Light, often cited as Talking Heads' peak, with a concert tour.

Grey's newest album, 'U,' has become a critical hit, receiving a Best New Music designation from Pitchfork and a five-star review from NME, showcasing its popularity and acclaim.

I was too embarrassed to sing in my apartment, he says on a video call. But my roommate at the time was dating the preacher's daughter, and had keys to the church across the street. In the dead of night, the madcap bassist and singer took his recording equipment to the empty church, set up on the podium, and first sang his anti-war song Too Many Puppies.

Durand Jones and the Indications have built a following on modern soul that feels warm, textured, and deeply rooted in classic R&B traditions. Formed in Bloomington, Indiana, the band leans into rich harmonies, tight rhythm sections, and songwriting that balances vulnerability with groove.

Deeply influenced by both gospel and soul, by his teenage years he was a guitarist backing Z.Z. Hill and Joe Tex. Rawls went on to serve as long-time musical director for O.V. Wright, a role he maintained until Wright's death in 1980.

I always felt it was impossible for anything to happen with my music. Impossible. The fact that today Fakhr has 260,000 monthly listeners on Spotify is one of music's most unorthodox success stories, a mixture of luck, fate and years of convincing.

MANA and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are set to perform their first-ever co-headlining performance at SAP Center in San Jose on May 30. Both bands were scheduled to play the 2026 Festival La Onda in Napa that same weekend, but suddenly ended up with free time on their schedules after that two-day Latin rock event was canceled.

Santana and The Doobie Brothers two legendary Bay Area acts are teaming up for a major co-headlining trek dubbed The Oneness Tour 2026. Santana and The Doobie Brothers will make two stops on this tour in Northern California. Santana and The Doobie Brothers perform Aug. 8 at Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland and Aug. 9 at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View.

The performance by Green Day - the multiplatinum trio consisting of vocalist-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool - celebrates the Super Bowl's 60th anniversary and will be used as the soundtrack to usher generations of Super Bowl MVPs onto the field. "We are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!" Armstrong said in a press release. "We are honored to welcome the MVPs who've shaped the game and open the night for fans all over the world. Let's have fun! Let's get loud!"

He looked it too, hiding under a mop of hair, hunched over a well-worn acoustic guitar with no bandmates to fall back on. But in truth, he had nothing to fear - the seated audience of a few hundred people, mesmerized by Owens' rambling guitar fingerpicking, forgave a clumsy chord here or there as they sat in rapt silence for most of the set.

January is the month where music is moving underneath the surface, feeling out the venues, plotting and planning for those great days under the sun, at a festival. If you are a globe-trotting DJ or band, January is the month you're finishing up those FaceTime calls with managers and bookers, and plotting out which month you'll be on the road playing the Empty Bottle in Chicago, the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA, or the Continental Club in Austin, TX.

The country music superstar who recently ranked in the Top 20 of Pollstar's Artists of the Millennium List (which is based on ticket sales) is bringing his Word on the Street Tour to the Bay Area. Bryan performs Aug. 14 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Jan. 30, lukebryan.com. There is a Luke Bryan fan club member presale running 8 a.m. Jan. 27 to 5 p.m. Jan. 29, lukebryan.com.

Last month, LaRussell announced his signing of a "project deal" with San Francisco label EMPIRE, one of the music industry's largest and most powerful independent labels and distributors. In 2023, he announced a deal with Live Nation for select concert dates. Both deals, LaRussell indicated, allowed him to make decisions on his own terms. The Roc Nation announcement comes after images of a late January meeting between LaRussell and Jay-Z were shared online.

The Boss is heading back to the Golden State. Yes, that's right: Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band are set to perform three big shows in California. In the Bay Area, Springsteen performs April 13 at Chase Center in San Francisco. Tickets go on sale at noon Feb. 20, ticketmaster.com. Springsteen also performs April 7 and 9 at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles area. Tickets go on sale at noon Feb. 21.

Rut took piano lessons in grade school, but they didn't stick. He asked his parents for a guitar because he wanted to be Ace Frehley of KISS. When his guitar teacher told him the members of KISS "weren't real musicians," he stopped playing-until high school. "I found a friend who knew all the classic rock riffs. That's when I started hearing songs in my head," he said.