If it feels like [an opportunity] might be something that I'm going to have to learn from ... then I say yes,” says Erivo.

And anything that benefits Bay Area artists — like those listed below — can’t be bad. Here are the releases that caught my ...

You’d be forgiven if you can’t hum the 18th-century Cumbrian folk song “Do Ye Ken John Peel.” But in 1942, a version of that ...

Ring in 2026 with events for all ages across the Bay Area, including family-friendly Noon Year's Eve celebrations, festivals ...

It’s all Greek to me!”Christ Church, HenleyFriday, December 5OPERA Prelude invited singer Ross Cumming to present “It’s all ...

What were the best concerts of 2025 in New Orleans? Music writer Keith Spera looks back at Billie Eilish, Burna Boy, Lyle ...

Jan. 17, 2026, Two performances 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

This last column of the year propitiously comes out right around Christmastime, which gives me an opportunity to say happy ...

Currently music director of California’s San Bernadino Symphony Orchestra, Parnther had the score well in hand, conducting without a baton and asking for some imaginative musical effects from both ...

After falling together by accident, making use of family talents and winning festival slots the hard way, their seventh album ...

Departed musicians leave a rich legacy in their genres, from Sly Stone in R&B to Serge Fiori in progressive rock ...