The Mystery Lights will take you back into the 60s 

Originally from Salinas California, this Rock N Roll band combines elements from garage rock, psychedelic rock and elements of punk that creates a sound and vibe that will bring their listeners back to the 60s. Full Story Here

Jimmy Eat World is having their 25th Anniversary Tour

Jimmy Eat World has their 25th anniversary for their album Bleed American in North America and an outside summer tour in the United Kingdom. Full Story Here

How Ravi Shankar brought the Sitar from the East to the West

In the 1950s, a Sitarist from Northern India, Ravi Shankar brought Hindustani classical music to the West inspiring The Beatles and other British Invasion bands like The Rolling Stones along with Jazz musicians John Coltrane. Full Story Here

Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down Passes Away At 47 years old

The lead singer of the band 3 Doors Down had passed away after battling Stage 4 Kidney Cancer. Full Story Here

Pianist brightens up downtown San Francisco at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 

In Yerba Buena Gardens, pianist named Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes performed on Saturday Sept 20. He is performing at the Yerba Buena Garden’s Festival that goes on from May to November. Full Story Here

San Francisco Botanical Garden celebrates 10th year of Flower Piano

This anniversary celebration combines elements of music, nature and community.

Flower Piano is the elements of nature and music combined with pianos spread around the garden and different performers at each piano. Not only are there pianos but Latin bands and a symphony. Full Story Here

Free flute concert highlights classical Indian music

At San Francisco State University, flutist Sunil Kant Gupta performs a free educational concert at Knuth Hall playing the bansuri flute. Full Story Here

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Enhancing Diversity in Music Line-Up

Among Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, we are seeing a few more diverse music artists performing. There is a band from Ukraine, a Pakistani music artist along with a couple other artists playing world music in a Bluegrass venue. 

At Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the lineup is becoming more diverse bringing artists like Ustad Noor Bakhsh from Pakistan, specifically from the region of Balochistan, who is performing Balochi and Sindhi style music and groups like Dakha Brakha from Ukraine performing folk music from their homeland. Full Story Here