Esa-Pekka Salonen to be San Francisco Symphony’s next music directorThe Mercury News - Georgia Rowe CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device Speculation has run rampant since the San Francisco Symphony’s long-time …
Play button College a cappella group cuts ‘Little Mermaid’ from repertoire amid concerns over consentThe Mercury News - Washington Post By Lindsey Bever | The Washington Post A Princeton University a cappella choir started to hum. A soloist then emerged from the all-male ensemble …
More heartbreak for Miley Cyrus after losing home in Woolsey FireThe Mercury News - Martha Ross Just a month after losing her Malibu home in the devastating Woolsey Fire, Miley Cyrus learned that she has been a victim of thieves who broke into …
Justin Timberlake postpones Oakland concert due to injuryThe Mercury News - Jim Harrington CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device. Local fans will have to wait just a bit longer to see Justin …
Play button Vallejo police 'aware' of Messy Marv gun brandishing videoThe Mercury News - Nate Gartrell VALLEJO — Police here say they’re investigating a San Francisco rapper after a video surfaced online showing him and a friend driving into a …
San Jose: Country music star Chris Janson visits patients at Valley Medical CenterThe Mercury News - Sal Pizarro Country music star Chris Janson recently stopped at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center to play tunes for kids who were hospitalized there. Janson, who …
Play button UPDATE: SF radio station brings back controversial 'Baby It's Cold Outside'The Mercury News - Jim Harrington After nixing the controversial classic “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” San Francisco radio station 96.5-FM KOIT is now playing it again, reports say. And …
Play button Madonna vs. Lady Gaga: Feud reignites as Gaga gets serious Oscar buzz for 'A Star is Born'The Mercury News - Martha Ross Click here if you’re having trouble viewing the videos on a mobile device. The long-running feud between Madonna and Lady Gaga is heating up again, …
Kanye West apologizes for using phone during Broadway showThe Mercury News - Martha Ross CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device Kanye West actually apologized for something. The rapper, attending the …
Photos: Demi Lovato lists California mansion for rent for $40,000 a monthThe Mercury News - Pueng Vongs Pop star Demi Lovato has taken her Hollywood Hills mansion off the market and is instead listing it for rent for $39,500 a month. Click if viewing …
Play button Casting Crowns cancel West Coast Christmas tour due to health matterThe Mercury News - Jim Harrington The Casting Crowns, the platinum-selling Christian music band known for such hits as “Voice of Truth,” has canceled its West Coast Christmas tour due …
Cher, Reba, tribute to Bush highlight Kennedy Center HonorsThe Mercury News - The Washington Post By ASHRAF KHALIL | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was almost overshadowed by controversy surrounding …
One Love Malibu recap: Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani and more play concert benefit for Woolsey FireThe Mercury News - Peter Larsen Shawn Dugan pointed across the Calabasas valley in which the King Gillette Ranch sits to a black and barren hillside where until a few weeks ago a …
After rescue, Gaza's only grand piano makes public comebackThe Mercury News - The Associated Press By Fares Akram | Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The only grand piano in the Gaza Strip was played in public for the first time in a decade …
Placido Domingo feted at Met Opera for his 50th anniversaryThe Mercury News - The Associated Press By Ronald Blum | Associated Press NEW YORK — Placido Domingo’s eyes watered and his voice quavered. After portraying dozens of characters over a …
Band digs up Nashville's forgotten past with songs, videosThe Mercury News - Jeff Martin, Associated Press By Jeff Martin | Associated Press From a public hanging on Nashville’s Music Row to the days when a young and still unknown guitar player named Jimi …
Play button 'The Voice': Which finalist owned the night?The Mercury News - Chuck Barney OK, so it’s not March Madness, but NBC’s “The Voice” has its own version of The Final Four and it went down tonight as the remaining contestants — …
Play button Bay Area top concerts of week (12/22-28): Todd Rundgren, Myles Parrish, moreThe Mercury News - Jim Harrington The music scene slows down a bit during this time of year, yet there are still some solid shows going on. Here are three of our top picks for the …
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons facing lawsuit alleging sexual battery during Southern California interviewThe Mercury News - Joe Nelson A radio and television broadcaster on Friday, Dec. 15, sued musician and Rock & Brews restaurant co-founder Gene Simmons, alleging Simmons made …
Play button Country Joe McDonald serves up psychedelic farewellThe Mercury News - Andrew Gilbert Longtime Berkeley resident Joe McDonald has been revisiting his epochal music of the mid-1960s in recent years, and now he’s ready to move on. But …
Play button Spend Christmas Eve with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir EnsembleThe Mercury News - Jim Harrington Looking for a new Christmas Eve tradition? We recommend heading over to the San Francisco nightclub Slim’s, which has been hosting the tremendous …
'A Christmas Story Live!': Did you love it -- or hate it?The Mercury News - Chuck Barney Break out the leg lamp and guzzle some Ovaltine. Tonight Fox is treating (or mistreating) us to “A Christmas Story Live” with a cast that includes …
Review: Jay Z embraces his uncomfortable moment in OaklandThe Mercury News - Jim Harrington Jay Z meant business. “I didn’t come to (expletive) around with y’all tonight,” the hip-hop star told the packed house of some 17,000 fans at Oracle …
Play button Iconic vocalist Keely Smith dies from apparent heart failure at 89The Mercury News - Jim Harrington Keely Smith, the iconic jazz and pop vocalist who achieved success as both a solo artist and with her musical partnership with first husband Louis …
Music and art: Combining singing, painting to center herselfThe Mercury News - Paul Freeman Whether it’s with watercolors, singing voice or jazz guitar, Julie Cohn expresses herself in ways that enchant others. Painting and music, Cohn said …
Play button 'Chameleon' bluesman Alvon Johnson sets a string of Bay Area datesThe Mercury News - Andrew Gilbert B.B. King loved to talk about Frank Sinatra. The iconic blues guitarist could speak eloquently about his art form, but he took tremendous pleasure in …
Play button Top 12 music gifts for the holidays: From the Ramones to REO Speedwagon to R.E.M.The Mercury News - Jim Harrington If there’s one thing that music fans like to get for the holidays it’s, well, music. And of course, boxed sets, greatest hits collections, reissues …
Got weekend plans? We have some cool ideas (Dec. 14 edition)The Mercury News - Randy McMullen So, what are you doing this weekend? If you’re weighing options, we’re here to help with ideas for fun and even exhilarating stuff to do in the Bay …
Adorable Suri Cruise almost stole the show from Taylor SwiftThe Mercury News - Martha Ross Tom Cruise may not be a huge presence in the life of his daughter Suri Cruise. But the adorable 11-year-old certainly has inherited her father’s …
