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Willie Jackson is "All In The Blues." Tas Cru goes "Quasi-Acoustic." Kid Andersen produces Chickenbone Slim and Tinsley Ellis, on his 20th album, is better than ever!

Gator by the Bay is returning to San Diego in 2022 after a two-year hiatus prompted by the COVID-19 shutdown

Two young men playing authentic original blues, the one-chord trance drone chanting form that preceded what most folks think of as the traditional 12 bar/ AAB lyric structures, might seem like a musical anachronism. But when the song's vocal chant kicks in "get cha foot off my neck," you know it's 2021 and as modern as can be.

California is set to loosen COVID restrictions on Tuesday, June 15. Here are some ways to celebrate the milestone with art and live entertainment.

Todd Inoue May 8, 2021Updated: May 12, 2021, 6:53 pm Anderson .Paak (left) and Bruno Mars of music group Silk Sonic perform during the Grammy Awards broadcast March 14. Photo: Theo Wargo With vaccinations more widespread, pandemic restrictions loosening and summer on the horizon, think of this year’s Chronicle-curated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month mixtape as a safe, socially distanced barbecue. There are grown folks dropping knowledge (Lyrics Born & Cutso, the Year of the...

by Steve Newton on January 19th, 2021 at 10:47 AM 1 of 2 2 of 2 Veteran Vancouver bluesman Harpdog Brown will kick off a new Alberta-based music/interview series on his YouTube channel this Sunday (January 24). Titled In the Doghouse, the nine-episode show will feature vocalist and harmonica ace Brown in conversation with some of the countrys top blues artists and personalities. "Many years ago I had a radio show on CJSR," says Brown in a press release, "broadcasting from an old bank vault...