Christie remained a favorite in the oldies world, because when it was time to hit those high notes, he shocked crowds by getting up there, even in his 70s.

As a Bay Area DJ, Sly Stone slipped Bob Dylan and the Beatles into R&B playlists, foreshadowing the genre-blurring of his own music. “He was always trying to mix up boundaries,” says Sheffield.

Kazuo ‘Kaz’ Kajimura, co-founder of Yoshi’s jazz club, helped the Oakland club become one of the most beloved concert venues ...

Lou Christie, who topped the charts in 1966 with "Lightnin' Strikes" and made waves with the controversial "Rhapsody in the ...

A packed congregation of family and friends were in attendance for the funeral service of Brian Ruby from North Hill ...

She was a legendary chef but was best known as one of the Food Network’s most popular stars, having appeared in such series ...

Anne Burrell, a Food Network star, host of Worst Cooks in America, and celebrity chef has died. She was 55. Burrell died at ...

It goes without saying that Brian Wilson, who died last week at the age of 82, was a pure product of Southern California. His ...

The Beach Boys were led by Brian Wilson. Indeed, Brian Wilson was the Beach Boys. He largely wrote, performed, and produced ...

Akinola Davies Jr. on representing Nigeria at Cannes with My Father’s Shadow ...

Brian Wilson, the chief architect behind surf-rock supernovas The Beach Boys, who soundtracked a generation of youthful ...

The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative. The whipping boy of the right. And many on the left too. They have contempt f ...