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The Lucky Losers play blues without borders
The Lucky Losers just got back to San Francisco after a long national tour. The duo—vocalist Cathy Lemons, and singer and harmonica player Phil Berkowitz—said they were glad to be home, but they didn’t have a lot...
The Creepy Crawlies are coming for you…
On their debut EP, We Are The Creepy Crawlies, the band presents five short, sharp tunes that embody the band’s ethos. “I started the band with Jeff Bones at the start of the pandemic shutdown,” said...
The Femmes Are Giving
Among other era-defining trends, the 2020s have been the decade of the cash-grab music festival. It seems like every two weeks a new VC-backed event promotion company has cobbled together a lineup of bands that people loved...
Murder By Death gives last call
When Adam Turla said, “Honestly I forgot about this, I was out in the garden doing some weeding and then saw my phone reminder,” it was the first time a musician had ever told me they forgot...
‘No Time for Poetry’ offers modern reflection
The Oakland couple that fronts the Saxophones—singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexi Erenkov and drummer Alison Alderdice—met at a music camp. Alderdice was there as a singer and Erenkov as a songwriter. He’d just set aside the saxophone he’d...
Melanie DeMore sings ‘Songs of Comfort’
There’s a sense of urgency in Melanie DeMore’s voice when she speaks about music, like she’s found a cure to all the world’s problems. Music is more than just sounds: It’s power, connection and nourishment, the award-winning...
Welcome Strawberry recalls flowers and memories
Cyrus VandenBerghe, the artist behind Welcome Strawberry, has been making music since he picked up the violin in grammar school.
“I started playing on a whim,” he said. “My elementary school offered music lessons and, when deciding what...
