The Steve Hackett 2025 tour celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The Fox Theater, Oakland CA 11/18/2025 A Steve Hackett concert is an affirmation. For Genesis fans, and fans of Prog Music in general, it gives us a chance to see one of the genre's creators, perform the material he helped create, over 50 years after its birth. For fans of electric guitarists, it gives us a chance to see a master and innovator perform, in his 75t

And this solo tour was pure creative genius! David Byrne, the former lead of the Talking Heads is selling out shows, and wowing adoring fans with his, "Who is the Sky" tour. David Byrne emerged on the music scene whilst attending the Rhode Island School of Design in the 70s. He is a super creative genius, mastering his artistic talents as a singer songwriter, musician, filmaker and visual artist. Byrne is a Scottish born American and began his life with a Scottish accent be

Endless Drummer by Ferenc Dobronyi and his band Frankie and the Pool Boys is an expansive musical treat that often tosses out the surf-rock rulebook.   It’s kind of like that moment on The Sopranos  when Meadow asks her dad if he’s in the Mafia. Even though Tony Soprano tells her it’s a load of crap, it’s pretty clear his daughter isn’t buying it.   Now, in a similar situation in a totally imaginary TV series about surf music, Ferenc Dobronyi might demur he isn’t the godfat

Warren Hellmans' legacy....a warm, friendly and vibrant, annual San Francisco music event. View from the stage (David Noble) Every year in early October Golden Gate Park hosts a wonderful music event called Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. As it infers in the title, it's way more than Bluegrass, although there is bluegrass played, this festival is hardly strictly bluegrass alone...it's all genres...blues, pop, rock, country, jazz, punk and all kinds of music is welcomed and showcas

The band Sparks have been touring and recording for 55+ years and these two brothers are still going strong. Ron Mael (80) and Russel Mael (77) have been performing together since 1968. They are on tour now and played San Francisco's Golden Gate Theater in September. The audience was filled with Sparks fans that knew every word to every song, even the new material. Which was very endearing for me to witness. It was apparent that the Mael brothers haven't lost their chops, o

Irishman, singer songwriter Glen Hansard performs at the Masonic in San Francisco. Two days prior to Hansards' San Francisco show, he said he was scheduled to appear on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. But it was temporarily cancelled due to the thin skinned orange felon who sits in the White House. Hence Hansard was bumped from being a guest that day. His intro included the Kimmel issue and he sang the song he was meant to perform for the Kimmel show. The bully scared the network in