When did you first become interested in playing music? I got interested when I was introduced to the xylophone when I was 6 years old. I started playing piano at age 12, I started singing at age 18 and then I started playing guitar two years ago. How would you describe your sound? My sound… Keep Reading
Crucial Point is local Bay Area rapper based in Fremont, Ca. He’s releasing a new Hip Hop album entitled Back to the 80’s, with a standout track called “Keep Movin,” which is an ode to Hip Hop. Check it out HERE. The rapper reached out to Music in SF, and we spoke about what got… Keep Reading
Editor’s Note: Lyra Star is a solo artist living right here in the Bay Area that creates music by combining her pure, ethereal vocals with some very profound lyricism. On March 2, she plans to release her debut album, entitled ‘A Thousand Dreams,’ and in anticipation of her release, she was kind enough to guest blog… Keep Reading
Today, San Francisco local band Love Jerks releases their debut song and video for Scary Things exclusively for Music in SF (see below). The band that arises from the ashes of Scissors for Lefty and Happy Fangs will be celebrating the release with a show at the Great American Music Hall on Feb. 24, as… Keep Reading
Local Japanese/Hawaiian rapper Chiemi is releasing a new music video today, a love song, and just in time for Valentine’s Day. Unlike her other releases, usually filled with assertive messages of female empowerment over 90s style boom bap productions (i.e. “Wrek Ya Style” and “Chiemi Intro”), “Choosin” provides a more candid story of love and… Keep Reading
If the name Thriving Ivory sounds familiar, it’s because this local San Francisco band was #1 on Billboard’s “Heatseeker” charts with their certified gold single “Angels on The Moon” back in 2009. After a little bit of a hiatus, the band has just released two new singles that debuted on SiriusXM and will be performing… Keep Reading
Half Moon Bay harpist and songwriter EllaHarp is set to release her debut album Who Asked You Back, an album that she describes as a fresh take on the harp with a compilation of bluesy, riff-based kickers and a hint of creepy, stolen baby mythology. She’ll be hosting a couple of record release parties in… Keep Reading
Here at Music in SF™, we’re always looking to promote local bands and musicians that are doing great things in the Bay Area music scene. Devin Santi is one of those people and he’ll be releasing an EP entitled Temporary Solutions to Permanent Problems on Feb. 13 of this year, so be sure to grab a copy… Keep Reading
Blonde Toledo is a local San Francisco band that has a unique element of horns performed by Connie Walkershaw that somehow manages to play two saxophones at the same time. They’ll be releasing a new LP at the end of the month and to go along with it a record-release party Jan. 27 at the… Keep Reading
For local Bay Area band Kentucky Street Pioneers, it all started one fateful day when a pajama-clad songwriter (Antony Benedetti) waltzed into an open mic at Jamison’s Roaring Donkey on Kentucky Street in Petaluma, CA. He stumbled, quite literally into songwriter Jared Spires. However, it wasn’t until months later, that they said to each other,… Keep Reading
