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'A Complete Unknown' featurette: Timothée Chalamet sings live on set

  • Nov 27, 2024

Timothée Chalamet on becoming Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown'

  • Oct 29, 2024

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  • Oct 23, 2024

Luke Bryan's 'It's All Country' tells the stories behind the songs

  • Sep 26, 2024

Timothée Chalamet's 'A Complete Unknown' gets Christmas release date

  • Aug 6, 2024

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  • Jun 21, 2024

Tatyana Ali releases holiday music

  • Dec 15, 2023

Tupac Shakur's life and legacy is chronicled in 'Dear Mama'

  • Apr 21, 2023

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List of Bay Area events to celebrate Día de los Muertos

With the pandemic slowing, many organizations are returning to in-person events to commemorate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

  • Oct 29, 2021

'Connect with one another': Stanford medical professionals moonlight as performers amid COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous stress on health care workers around the Bay Area. But at Stanford, doctors, nurse and others have found a way to keep their spirits strong with music and what has become a schedule of regular performances.

  • Jan 23, 2021
This undated image shows the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass talks virtual performances, pandemic musician relief fund

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass' Frances Hellman says that the San Francisco-based festival has already helped distribute $660,000 in COVID-19 relief funds to musicians disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, and helped deliver almost $1 million in grants to local small venues.

  • Dec 12, 2020

'Art of imperfection': East Bay man brings life to old items by creating musical instruments

ART OF IMPERFECTION: An East Bay man pairs unlikely items to create musical works of folk art and music

  • Oct 4, 2020
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Bay Area band serenades Oakland Zoo animals who miss visitors amid coronavirus pandemic

"The otters were really friendly. We played bluegrass for them and they started swimming and making bubbles," said Rebecca Roudman, band member of Dirty Cello.

  • Jul 2, 2020