Music

SAN FRANCISCO—The electric guitar belonging to ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers member John Frusciante has been found by San Francisco police detectives after it was stolen in a robbery earlier this month. The guitar, a 1966 Fender Telecaster, had been loaned by Frusciante to a friend, who then lost it when his Potrero Hill-Bayview home was burglarized. After the instrument was located, it was returned...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Nashville rock band, Kings of Leon have returned to the billboard charts. After a three year break, the band has made a comeback with "Walls," the group's seventh album. The band will perform on Friday, January 27 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. After 17 years and 7 studio albums, Kings of Leon landed their first...

SAN FRANCISCO—More than 170,000 people were in attendance for the 2015 annual Dreamforce Gala convention hosted by Salesforce from Wednesday, September 16 through Friday, September 18. The convention took place at Pier 70 in San Francisco. In attendance were international businesses, non-profits, and industry leaders. Since 2003, Dreamforce has been a showcase of technology, current events, and some of the greatest...

HOLLYWOOD—Singer Carrie Underwood, 31, and her husband, hockey player Mike Fisher, 34, welcomed their first child together, a baby boy on February 27. The country star announced the big news via Instagram on Tuesday, March 3. She shared a photo of the baby’s hand alongside a caption that read, “Tiny hands and tiny feet…God has blessed us with an amazing...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Botanical Garden is hosting a total of 12 recovered pianos through July 20, in an event called Flower Piano. The event is part of the Sunset Piano Project, a community supported venture led by musician Mauro Ffortisimo and filmmaker Dean Mermell. Each piano is placed in a different location of the garden. The public is welcome to...

SAN FRANCISCO–Fantastic Negrito’s performance on Saturday, August 8 at Outside Lands music festival was canceled because police detained him for allegedly selling artist-only wristbands to the audience.  Xavier Dphrepaulezz, 47, was detained for three hours and handcuffed outside of Golden Gate Park, but he denied via Twitter his involvement in selling those tickets. Dphrepaulezz told Yahoo Music that he arrived at the festival...

HOLLYWOOD—Singer Alicia Keys and her husband, hip-hop artist Swizz Beatz welcomed their second child together, a baby boy, on December 27. The child’s name is Genesis Ali Dean. According to a photograph Keys shared via Instagram, Genesis was born at 1:52 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces. She captioned the photo, “The joy of joy is joy!! It’s a...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Treasure Island Music Festival, founded in 2007, returned to San Francisco this weekend. In 2015, San Francisco natives and visitors took in the sounds of headliners: Deadmau5, The National, Chvrches, and FKA Twigs during the mid-October weekend. The festival moved to the eastern shore for 2016, and The Blah Blah Blah stage, hosted by Funny or Die, is not present...

SAN FRANCISCO—Two San Francisco State University alumni—Joe Louis Walker and Wayne Wallace, earned Grammy nominations on Tuesday, December 6. This is not the first time that Walker and Wallace have earned a Grammy nomination for performance based or compositional contributions. Walker, 85, also known as Junior Walker of JLW, is a “four-time Blues Music Award winner” and guitarist according to his official website. He played...

SAN FRANCISCO—On July 23, the Contemporary Jewish Museum opened two exhibits showcasing the personal life and impact of late singer Amy Winehouse. The first, “Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait,” comes to San Francisco from the Jewish Museum London, which worked closely with the Winehouse family to curate a three-dimensional representation of the singer. The exhibit, according to the CJM, “is an...