In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the ...

Longtime Bay Area bluesman J. C. Smith has been around the block, traveling not only across the U.S., but also to far-flung places like Argentina, Armenia, Canada, Chile, China, Latvia, ...

American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.

From TheatreWorks’ new play about a mother-son road trip to a jazz guitar icon, there is plenty to see and do in the Area ...

The first Friday of the month is a pretty good day for free artsy fun. San Jose’s South First Fridays Art Walk finds a host ...

Anyone who sang (or listened to) the blues since Bessie Smith ... song that most clearly lays the foundation for rock 'n' ...

Featuring: Guided by Voices, Lankum, Sleaford Modes, US Girls, The Besnard Lakes, The Belair Lip Bombs, Depeche Mode, Soulwax ...

This article appears in the December 2025 print edition with the headline “Patti Smith’s Lifetime of Reinvention.” ...

Gazing in that mirror, he committed to art in an instant, and just as swiftly all else was stripped away: his scholarship, ...

Sam Smith guesses lyrics from their most iconic songs and tells us the meaning behind who and what inspired some of his most beloved tracks. Never Toss a Banana Peel Outside—Here’s Why It’s Such a Big ...

Meteor Guitar Gallery -- Fright at the Meteor with Chris Arcana and Gavin Sumrall & The Band, 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Beard and Lady ...