Santa Rosa got louder, brighter, and a lot more rock and roll with the grand opening of the only permanent music photography gallery in the North Bay. It's located above Doobie Nights Dispensary and Dobe Coffee Shop (coffee shop opening soon), at 3011 Santa Rosa Ave. The gallery opening day was a smashing success, thanks to nearly a hundred people who showed up and supported this project that's so near and dear to my heart. Cheryl Alterman, photographer... at the gallery ope

Another successful music festival weekend in beautiful Napa Valley! Every May since 2013 there has been a music festival in the beautiful wine country of Napa. The first Bottlerock in '13 was a five day experience, since then it has been whittled down to a three day music extravaganza at the Napa Valley Expo during Memorial Day weekend. I've been fortunate enough to have attended and photographed most of them thus far. Every year for me Bottlerock has been a totally differ