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- Rising rockers take novel approach
After struggling to make it in San Francisco's literary world, Mikel Jollett and Steven Chen are finding surprising success as members of the L.A. indie-rock band the Airborne Toxic Event.- Concert listings | Event listings
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- After 26 years, voice of KFOG signing off
On Friday, KFOG morning-show host will sign off as host of the 6-to-10 a.m. show for the final time. In a profession where veterans are often unceremoniously fired and whisked out of the building, Morey, 57, is proud to be leaving on his own terms, at the top of his game. - Shay Quillen: Kate and Kacey Coppola come to Club Rodeo
'Can You Duet— act comes to the Club Rodeo - Shay Quillen: Ben Harper and Darondo
Shay Quillen on Ben Harper and Darondo - American Musical Theatre of San Jose closes down
The curtain fell Monday on one of the South Bay's longest-running cultural institutions, as American Musical Theatre of San Jose announced it was ceasing operations and filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. - Bay Area musical figures give thanks
For the second straight year, I thought I'd yield my Thanksgiving Day column to some of the Bay Area's leading musical lights as they answer the age-old question: 'What are you thankful for?' - Shay Quillen: Checking out a spot for hot new guitars
Halo Guitars opens a new retail outlet in Cupertino - Larry Norman: A Christian rocker remembered
Larry Norman was the 'father of Christian rock.' - Shay Quillen: Rock Medicine, old school hip-hop and feisty women
It's a big week in the Bay Area for fans of hip-hop's "golden age." Q-Tip, last seen closing the big Rock the Bells festival at Shoreline with A Tribe Called Quest, will top the bill tonight at the Mezzanine. - South Bay bluesman to bring Chicago sound to Saratoga
San Jose guitarist and bandleader J.C. Smith will pay tribute to the past, present and future of Chicago blues this weekend by hosting two shows at Villa Montalvo: 'The Young Guns' on Friday and 'The Legends of Chicago Blues' on Saturday.- Concert listings | Event listings
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- Rise Against brings its music and message to San Jose
Rise Against, an up and coming punk band, mixes politics with catchy music.- Concert listings | Event listings
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- Concert review: Chris Cornell and Timbaland in concert together, sort of
On this night, the whole was less than the sum of its parts. The two leading men, Timbaland and Chris Cornell, never appeared on stage together, and Timbaland's touch didn't rescue a gifted singer (Cornell) struggling to find his way commercially and artistically. - Taj Mahal: senior statesman of the blues
The esteem in which Mahal is held by other artists is evident on his latest album 'Maestro,' on which big names like Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Ziggy Marley and Los Lobos lend their talents. - The Skatalites play Moe's Alley this weekend
One of Jamaica"s most storied bands, the Skatalites, helped define ska music in the early 1960s, both by backing the likes of Bob Marley"s Wailers and Desmond Dekker in the studio and by recording landmark instrumentals under their own name. After a long break, they resumed touring in 1983. Many of the key members have since passed on, but the current lineup still includes original members Lloyd Knibb on drums and Lester Sterling on horns. - With and without the glitz, Tina Turner dazzles HP Pavilion
After about eight years away, the woman born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tenn., returned to San Jose on Sunday for the first of two nights at HP Pavilion with a show that features all the spectacle you could want.- Browse our event listings
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