Dwight Yoakam

The East Bay’s Same Girls -- drawing from Motown and grunge -- play the Elbo Room on Aug. 2 to release their upcoming album “Young Minded.” (Courtesy Amy Lombard)

Aug. 1-2: Ocean Discovery Month, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Tenderloin Talk Live, Brother Dege, Valley Queen, Little Village, Same Girls, Ryan Hamilton, Kedr Livanskiy, Kim Nalley

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1 Ocean Discovery Month: The Exploratorium opens a month-long series…

 

Sarah Shook appears on tour with her band The Disarmers. (Courtesy Adam Hajnos)

Sarah Shook gets old-school country right

On her debut disc “Sidelong,” North Carolinian Sarah Shook had no trouble…

 

Killer frontman Brandon Flowers' solo album "The Desired Effect" is excellent from start to finish.

2015’s top albums

Remove Adele from the equation, and 2015 was a rather uneventful year…

 

COURTESY EMILY JOYCEDwight Yoakam says his latest album “Second Hand Heart” is in “cowpunk vernacular.”

Dwight Yoakam pleased with newfound popularity

Grammy-winner Dwight Yoakam at first was puzzled by the glowing reaction to…

COURTESY EMILY JOYCEDwight Yoakam says his latest album “Second Hand Heart” is in “cowpunk vernacular.”