LADYSLIPPER MUSIC: Records & Tapes By Southern Women Gianna Caudillo January 29, 2024 Music History, Contemporary Folk, Country, folk, women's music, Women's Music Movement Note: This article has been digitized from its original print form in the Fall 2023 issue of B-Side. Original print layout can be viewed at bottom. ...
Beyond your quarter notes: an introduction to international classical music and notation Rushaad Mistry January 23, 2024 International In Western classical music, notation looks like quarter notes, eighth notes, and maybe a few triplets if you’re feeling funky. However, Western clas...
In support of Joe Hisaishi Ashley Mauldin January 18, 2024 Columns and Opinions, News While the night of opulence that the Golden Globes normally dictates didn’t end in complete surprises for me, one category stood out as a great disa...
A San Franciscan Holiday Tradition- SF Ballet’s The Nutcracker Ashley Mauldin January 2, 2024 dance, Reviews Every girl dreams of being a ballerina at some point in their lives, and for me, ideas of ballet started with The Nutcracker and the story of A Very Y...
It’s a basement blitz with the Lemon Twigs! Gianna Caudillo December 17, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Rock, San Francisco San Francisco’s glitter-faced, mini-skirted, tailor-made crowd is alive and well, and the place to find them is in the Castro, clad in cheeky Beatle...
Mystical Moments at Cafe Du Nord with Strawberry Guy Ashley Mauldin December 15, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews A misty haze, a sweaty but excited basement, and a hushed crowd. Strawberry Guy’s presence at Cafe Du Nord Wednesday night enthralled San Francisco....
plum blossom (revisited) tour- a reflection into the past Ashley Mauldin December 15, 2023 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews What were you like at seventeen? The answer to that question is often one filled with an awkward pause before replying with some form of “I w...
Finding salvation with Crosses at The Chapel Sofia Biagio December 8, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Rock, San Francisco, Shoegaze 1 Comment The musical group ✝️✝️✝️ (Crosses) is rightfully named, because Tuesday night’s show was a religious experience. It felt like the stars ...
Chronicles of a Diamond – Black Pumas, an album review Megan Darzynkiewicz December 7, 2023 Album Review, Opinion, R&B, Reviews, Rock The first time I heard the Black Pumas was when their song “Colors” popped up on my Spotify Discover Weekly. Since then, it’s become an absolu...
P-Funk’s Guide to the Mothership Lex Andersen December 3, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Black Culture, Funk, Oakland, Photos On November 25th, Parliament Funkadelic featuring George Clinton stopped by the Fox Theater on their “Just for the Funk of It” tour, celebrating o...
The complexity of love and loss in the Beatles’ “Now and Then” Gianna Caudillo November 28, 2023 News, Album Review, Reviews, Rock 1 Comment “One, two…,” counts Paul McCartney, but he is not about to launch into a rollicking, “Well, she was just seventeen! You know what I mean!” T...
“There’s Something About the Women!:” Warmth pervades Irene Young’s book release at the Freight & Salvage Gianna Caudillo November 27, 2023 Reviews, Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Contemporary Folk, Jazz, Local, Music History, Women's Music Movement When looking back at my frantically scratched notes in a pocket-sized address book I had brought to the 7pm celebration of Irene Young at the Freight ...
The Homeward Road: Miserable Faith Unites Bay Area Chinese-Speaking Diaspora in One Glorious Chorus Yansu Tan November 24, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, International, Rock Again and again Gao Hu, lead singer of Miserable Faith (痛仰乐队), addressed the crowd: “Do not stop my music (不要停止我的音乐)”. “...
Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees in San Francisco Dorothy Eck November 21, 2023 Black Culture, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, R&B, Rap, San Francisco Friday night at the Chase Center mounted a glorious celebration of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s seminal debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), co...
Why you should be digging Dijon: an Absolutely album review Katie Hulse November 19, 2023 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, indie, R&B The electrically honest debut album titled Absolutely (2021) moves in mysterious ways and pulsates with such raw emotion that it feels like the mu...
