Mill Valley Music Festival does it again! Gary Clarke Jr Mill Valley Music festival is three years new and every year has been a great stressless success (for a music festival). Good vibes all weekend for this super nice and family friendly music festival. This is my third year covering this event and every time has been a winner! The stages are close together without infringing on each other and all the vendors I spoke to were lovely. As it doesn't seem to be a super comme

UPDATE: Catch Henry Diltz on KRCB 104.9fm, Friday May 23 at 11am. If you've seen album covers from the 60s and 70s by artists such as The Doors, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Jackson Browne, Jimi Hendrix, The Monkees, and many others...the photos on them have probably been shot by legendary music photographer, Henry Diltz. Today I got a phone call that went to voicemail. The caller left a lovely message, and it was none other than Henry Diltz saying that he loved my

By Bassam "Mighty Slim" Habal Before Lennon & McCartney and Elton John & Bernie Taupin came a songwriting team that lasted 61 years together, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. They wrote huge hits, such as Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Kansas City, Love Me, Ruby Baby, Lovin You, Framed, Yakety Yak, Love Potion Number 9 and so many more. Their songs have been covered by so many music industry legends, from Elvis Presley to The Coasters, Ray Charles, Rolling Stones, Big Mama Thornton

Don't cha just love it when the opening band blows you away. This was one of those times! Mood Jungle The Phoenix Theater in Petaluma hosted an evening of new-ish bands. Not unusual for the Phoenix as it's geared towards up and coming new young bands. There is no alcohol served on the premises and under age concert goers are all welcome. Mood Jungle was headlining as it was their EP release event. They were signed by Dont Flunk Me Records . DFM is a record label run by the S

Sebastian St. James and Jane Fossgreen playing a kickass set in the Abbey! On April 6, 2025 from 12-7, The Friends of Peacetown provided another full day crammed with music on two stages at the HopMonk Tavern in Sebastopol! The day was organized and ran like a well oiled machine with Bill DeCarli at the helm. The Uncle Bill Stratton outdoor stage along with the stage inside the Abbey had alternating bands delivering an array of music with musicians that would make any venue p

Battle of the Surf Bands founder Ferenc Dobronyi and wife/musical partner Karen Broder Dobronyi. Southern California may be the once and forever wellspring of surf music—Dick Dale’s wild shows at Orange County’s Rendezvous Ballroom famously ignited the surf craze in 1961—but the San Francisco Bay Area can more than hold its own with local disciples of Fender guitars and amps and waves of reverb. You can see for yourself on April 19, if you journey to the Ninth KFJC Battle of