This new collection speaks of Louisiana and carries the weight synonymous with Duhon records: deep, evocative narratives that take listeners on a journey through a character’s skin, heart-wrenching ballads which bare the songwriter’s soul, and hard-driving bluesy rockers that rise in counterbalance to the weight of the lyric.
The cocksure Bad Seeds swagger of “Shovel,” the tender mercies of “Loose Change,” the serpentine machinations of “Let Me Go,” where Dobson tangles with fellow guitar dynamo Madison Cunningham: Billboard Heart immediately puts Deep Sea Diver in the company of St. Vincent, TV on the Radio, and Flock of Dimes, bands that have found newly ornate and magnetic ways to make indie rock by discarding notions of how it must sound or what it must say. Dobson punches through her past here. As she howls during Billboard Heart’s rapturous title track, she is “welcoming the future by letting go of it.”
For more than six decades, Robin Trower’s career has known no bounds. At the age of 76, the British guitarist can reflect on a journey in which he has planted flags across the musical sphere and played every role imaginable. He’s been the driving force behind Sixties icons Procol Harum. The transatlantic solo star who filled US stadiums with 1974’s Bridge Of Sighs. The collaborator and occasional supergroup member. The elder-statesman songwriter whose late period still crackles with invention.
Three songwriters. Five bandmates. More than 15 years together, building a grassroots audience with a combination of stacked vocal harmonies and collaborative, song-driven Americana. Fruition is proof that there's strength in numbers.
Fleetwood Macramé has become one of the Bay Area's most exciting tribute bands. What began as a simple exercise in fun has turned into an awe-inspiring live experience complete with show stopping renditions of Fleetwood Mac's greatest hits. Audience participation is encouraged, and Bay Area crowds are coming in droves to sing along with Fleetwood Macramé. What's more, they sound so much like Fleetwood Mac, if you closed your eyes, you would think it was the real thing. Only it's better, because you are in the front row!
Get The Led Out (GTLO) have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage.
Deftly (Deaf-ly?), navigating various genres , the Dirtyspoon bus ride makes stops at 80s Alt, Big Hair Spandex Metal, Nostalgia Pop and Familiar Funk.
A setlist from the Wonder Bread 5 will wind you down paths unimaginable to most bands. From the latest hits of this week to classics hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond. Wonder Bread 5 deliver rock and dance hits throughout their sets and keep the dance floor packed all night long.
Come support these young rockstars as they hit the stage and show you what School of Rock Santa Rosa is all about. Bring your friends, bring your family, and get ready to ROCK!
At this point in the Goldsmith’s career, Dawes has cemented itself as one of the most earnest musical acts out there. As a band, they can move seamlessly between folk rock, piano ballads, and sprawling jams, while maintaining both an immediately recognizable sound and freedom from expectations. Even as the Goldsmith brothers navigate new chapters in their personal and professional lives, the Oh Brother shows how they remain creative, ambitious, and inspired.