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

When this publication began, I thought I'd (probably) never bring tribute bands into The Music Soup. Not for any specific reason, but there are so many great original bands out there....why would I? However, recently I've noticed a reason to write about tribute bands, and I've decided to over ride that decision. The reason is that tribute bands are definitley on the rise and I've been examining what could possibly be the reason for this. AZ/DZ plays to a packed crowd! I've h