Stories about All Ears
Making noise and empowering girls: 15 years of Women’s Audio Mission
Founder Terri Winston speaks about educating young women in recording studio technology—and WAM's big fundraising bash, coming September 21.
Opera singer Russell Thomas on diversity, drive, and ‘Roberto Devereux’
Starring in SF Opera's latest, the tenor calls on arts institutions to "look to their communities" for talent that attracts audiences.
A swell wave of female talent rolls in with TIDES
Vibrant showcase of local, women-led bands and visual artists with a charitable twist comes to El Rio August 29.
A hot-button ‘Ring’ at SF Opera? You bet your Brünnhilde
#MeToo, environmentalism, and deeply personal stories—director Francesca Zambello brings out the contemporary side of Wagner's epic.
Homegrown soul sensation Con Brio is back
With a new album and tour (including a stop at the Fillmore Sat/5), the beloved band still uses music as a weapon of love.
Funky old Iceland? DJ Platurn dives into Reykjavik’s rare grooves
Local turntablist took 12 painstaking years to find and combine 65+ records from the 1960s-'80s into awesome 'Breaking the Ice' mix.
21st Romani Music Festival lights up with electrifying horns, cultural openness
Balkan powerhouse Džambo Aguševi Orchestra headlines Voice of Roma's annual gathering, happening Fri/9 in Oakland.
Rapping the ‘Housing Crisis’
Local hip-hop artist SCS takes on skyrocketing inequality and political corruption in incendiary new video.
A new guerrilla folk opera immerses you in 2014’s Ukrainian revolution
Lemon Bucket Orkestra's 'Counting Sheep' uses traditional folk songs to create in-your-face theater at the Oakland Metro Operhouse.
DJ David Harness gathers his soulful house ‘Friends in Harmony’
Bay Area DJ and nightlife legend David Harness talks about his lovely new album and the meaning of "soulful" in a post-EDM world.