Watch CBS News
Chris Strachwitz, a producer, musicologist and one-man preservation society whose Arhoolie Records released thousands of songs by regional performers and comprised an extraordinary American archive that became known and loved worldwide, has died. He was 91.
Longtime standard-bearers for the avant-weird fringe of San Francisco's vibrant indie-rock scene, veteran band Deerhoof returns to the Great American Music Hall for a hometown gig Monday night.
Ed Sheeran won a copyright lawsuit alleging his hit song "Thinking Out Loud" took fundamental elements from Marvin Gaye's classic.
Missy Elliott has become the first female hip-hop artist inducted into the rock hall, which called her "a true pathbreaker in a male-dominated genre."
One of the finest exponents of domestically produced Afrobeat in America, powerhouse Brooklyn band Antibalas brings its propulsive sounds to the Bay Area for a show in Menlo Park.
Celebrated West African group Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band plays a number of shows across the Bay Area starting with a Wednesday night performance at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco.
Former Chairlift vocalist and solo star Caroline Polachek delivered songs from her acclaimed new album 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You' when she headlined the Warfield in San Francisco Monday night.
Mixing elements of classic British metal and thrash, popular Bay Area quartet Hell Fire shares the stage with like-minded Fresno band Haunt at the Kilowatt in San Francisco Saturday night.
The band is saying "peace out" after more than 50 years together.
Willie Nelson celebrated his 90th birthday by doing the same thing he's done for most of those years: making music with his friends.
Blues-influenced modern hard-rock outfit Clutch brings relentlessly grooving tunes from its latest album 'Sunrise on Slaughter Beach ' to the Regency Ballroom Thursday night.
Pioneering '90s feminist punk band L7 brings its classic, riff-powered hits and new songs to the UC Theatre in Berkeley Thursday night.
Organizers with the Stern Grove Festival on Tuesday announced the full schedule of summer concerts including blues guitar hero Buddy Guy, punk pioneer Patti Smith, modern psychedelic rockers the Flaming Lips and more.
The actress came on stage during the second weekend of the famous music festival to perform two songs alongside singer Labrinth.
Legendary punk great Iggy Pop fronted his new band the Losers through a blazing set of songs from the Stooges and his solo career for a packed house at the Masonic Saturday.
Popular country singer/songwriter Nikki Lane brings her band to the Chapel Monday night to perform songs from her latest album 'Denim & Diamonds.'
Two titans of modern metal shared the stage at the Concord Pavilion Thursday night when Mastodon and Gojira both delivered spectacular sets for the Bay Area date of their "Mega-Monsters Tour."
Moon Bin, a singer from South Korean boyband Astro, has been found dead at his home in Seoul, according to his management agency.
Noisy New Zealand shoegaze legends Bailterspace bring a rare U.S. tour to the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco Friday night with local heavy experimental power trio Terry Gross and hooky indie outfit Aluminum.
Doctors told Ocean he couldn't headline Coachella for a second weekend after a leg injury resulted in two fractures and a sprain, his representatives said.
Respected independent recording studio Tiny Telephone Oakland has launched a fundraising campaign after recently losing valuable equipment valued at tens of thousands of dollars to burglars, according to the studio's owner.
The fifth edition of Here Tonight: A tribute to the music of Gene Clark comes to the Chapel Friday with an array of artists playing the Byrds founder and country-rock pioneer's songs.
One of the most mysterious art-rock collectives in pop music history, pioneering avant-garde group the Residents brings their current 50th anniversary tour to a close with three nights at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco starting Monday.
Ireland's president has led tributes to Mark Sheehan of Irish rock band The Script after the guitarist's death at age 46.
Popular British alt-rock band Muse brought their Will of the People Tour to the Oakland Arena Friday with support from Evanescence and Highly Suspect.
