By embracing traditional sounds and executing them with vital energy, Midnight North has produced a record that stands on its own merits.

Box Scaggs’ new wistfully urbane interpretation of “Last Tango on 16th Street” is about more than Mission Street atmospherics.

‘Clarinet and Drums,’ from Hamir Atwal and Ben Goldberg, succeeds on the simpatico and sheer skill of its participants.

Here’s an exclusive premiere of “Garbage,” the new video from San Francisco-based Vintage Sun.

Does a song have to be repetitive and elementary to work? MoeTar says: No.

The John and Paul are pop-rock gourmets with impeccable taste and timing.

Two Bay Area pacesetters of improvised and avant-garde music will soon join forces.

Here in ‘Merica, we covet our freedom and we root for the underdog. And we like brash. Therefore, the free-funk, noise band out of Oakland that call themselves Street Priest is as American is, well you know, Grandma’s apple pie.

San Francisco Bay Area resident Marshall Holland’s previous offerings, Don’t Jettison The Memories and Statistically I Should Say … established him as a serious talent to be reckoned with. You May Also Like: The Flower Pot Men, “Let’s Go to San Francisco [Pts. 1-2]” (1967): One Track Mind Phil MarshallRead More

Bay Area singer/songwriter Yonat Mayer displays her considerable songwriting prowess on her self-released debut EP Daybreak. You May Also Like: Jose James – Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday (2015) Richard Turgeon, “Wanna Make Love” (2020): One Track Mind The Westies – Six on the OutRead More