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I'm a freelance writer and photographer from Northern California.
I've written features on trends, music and controversial issues like homelessness and deferred action. I'm currently a house photographer for Goldenvoice and contract with various publications in the Bay Area.
The Bay Area is full of amazing venues, but (likely) only one can say it survived three fires and Hilary Duff.
After the 2016 election, the nation seemed sharply divided. With inauguration day rapidly approaching, we wanted to give musicians from our community a space to voice how they felt about ...
North Bay musician Kalei Yamanoha, 23, has played in 12 different bands, performed in 30 states and plays around 270 shows a year. He stays busy, and this season, you can find him accompanying the Imaginists theater ensemble in Santa Rosa and playing a big New Year's Eve show, with many other musicians, in Petaluma.
Today we bring you your first listen to Red Wood's "Wildfire," and give you peek inside their recording studio and creative chemistry.
Bold makeup, bombastic sounds, tons of hairspray, patent-leather pants - and, of course, an endless amount of glitter. The spirit of glam rock was alive and well this Friday as U.K. band The Struts took the stage at the Napa Valley Opera House.
Ed. note: This year's Treasure Island Music Festival, the two-day music fest's tenth and final year on its namesake island, seemed momentous -and potentially fraught - from the start.
Original video reporting on the North Bay's house shows scene from The Bay Bridged.
Good Charlotte (photo: Estefany Gonzalez) It's been more than six years since Good Charlotte released a new album, yet as I looked at the crowd of swaying bodies on the floor ...
The synthesizer sounds of Australian indie-rock band Tame Impala resonated through a sold out Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Saturday. While many were away on a mystical Burning Man journey, frontman Kevin Parker and Co. propelled the Bay Area audience into a psychedelic trip - covering a swaying sea of fans with confetti, instead of playa dust.
Sunday at Outside Lands always feels a little more subdued, with the majority of the 70,000-thick crowd tired and/or hungover from the previous two days' worth of revelry. Much to the chagrin of the bleary-eyed, the sun chose to make an appearance on Sunday in the otherwise foggy and overcast Golden Gate Park.
On my way to the "emo night" party in San Francisco - also known as Taking Back Tuesday - I imagined a bunch of kids sitting in a dark-lit room, swaying to the music, dressed in stripes and skinny jeans.
This year's Bottlerock music festival in Napa featured an eclectic mix of artists, ranging from electronic, pop, glam rock and Mexican band music, as well as a mix of attendees. The three-day festival offered something for everyone, including children, seasoned concertgoers and those in between.
Hundreds of We Are Scientists fans gathered at The Chapel on July 12 for catchy indie rock tunes, laughs, and the angsty swagger the band is known for.
By Guest Blogger Estefany Gonzalez After more than 30 years of selling records, The Last Record Store has become just what its name says it is: the last of its kind in Santa Rosa. Music stores and record shops have come and gone from our city.
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