If you like your music homegrown, this is for you. Jen Tucker's first CD is titled "Something I Didn't Do," but the new album is, in fact, something she did do. The album was produced by Tucker and Santa Rosa's Doug Jayne, co-owner of the Last Record Store, and released [...]
Doug Jayne, co-owner of the Last Record Store in Santa Rosa and leader of the whimsical band, Laughing Gravy, has a local following all his own, partly based on his earlier band, Stupid White People, his annual tributes to Gram Parsons and other adventures. To celebrate the release [...]
Bluegrass guitarist Jim Hurst -- voted guitar player of the year by the International Bluegrass Music Association for 2001-2002 -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Sudbud Hall, 234 Hutchins Ave., Sebastopol. Hurst has played and/or recorded with the greats of the genre, including Bill [...]
What is art? Whether it’s oil on canvas or actors on stage, dancers on their toes or comedians doing stand-up, Press Democrat staff writer Dan Taylor covers the fine and lively arts in Northern California. Meet the people, go behind the scenes and get ahead on what’s coming up.