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From Fan To Band
Silicon Valley billionaire Roger McNamee hopes his band, Moonalice, will shake up the music industry.

Retro Siblings The Dex Romweber Duo enters California for the first time.

Worthy Versions
The Chronicle takes a look at the 10 best Leonard Cohen covers.

Pop Quiz James Allan of Glasvegas can check "drinking and going to jail with Elvis' daughter" off his to-do list.

Finally Feeling The Love
After years of plugging away, Vetiver's hard work is beginning to pay off.

Powerhouse Trio The Reaction successfully fuses SoCal post-punk with '60s Brit mod.

The Name Game
Two singers performing separate gigs at the Rrazz Room fought Sony Corp. and won.

Pop Quiz Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump doesn't mind sharing the spotlight with Pete Wentz.

Feeling Plucky
At 101, ukulele master Bill Tapia is the oldest working musician in the U.S.

Experimental Hub Mills College's Fred Frith give us a definition of new music.

'American Idiot' On Stage
Green Day is morphing into a collective playwright, unveiling its first effort at Berkeley Rep.

New-Music Jamboree Switchboard Music Festival provided a capacious home for unpredictable musical goings-on.

Blast, Crackle And Pop
The loud and mighty Eat Skull has a new album, "Wild and Inside.

Standing Tall As long as people speak of country music, the music of Merle Haggard will live.

A Harmonic Swirl DeBussy's 'Ibéria' brings out conductor Stéphane Denève's best.

Timeless Fun
"Kurt Weill's Berlin" was funny, sexy, sad and impassioned.

Lively & Evocative The ensemble Magnificat brought out the appealing qualities of "Venere, Amore e Ragione."

She Means Business
Lily Allen gives notoriety a nod and then gets serious.

'1-2-3-4!' Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band rocked the HP Pavilion.

Gripping And Accessible
S.F. Symphony performed the captivating new Violin Concerto by British composer Thomas Adès.

From The Heart Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson played fresh, real music in Santa Rosa.

Specializing In Odd
Will Oldham is a man who keeps reinventing himself.

Symmetrical Planning Harry Bicket and the English Concert investigated the differences between Bach and Handel.

A Fine 'Feast'
Fun was certainly had during the S.F. Symphony performance of "Belshazzar's Feast."

Haunting Splendor Lera Auerbach's String Quartet No. 3 had its U.S. premiere courtesy of the Aviv String Quartet.

Superb Performance
Nicola Luisotti shapes Brahms' Fourth Symphony into a fleet and profoundly compelling drama.

Youthful Energy There's an alluring piquancy in Chanticleer's "Composers Our Age."

Making A Case For Prokofiev
When it comes to musical challenges, Valery Gergiev is the saint of lost causes.

New CDs
Stephen Hartke, 'The Horse With The Lavender Eye' | UGK, 'UGK 4 Life' | PJ Harvey And John Parish, 'A Woman A Man Walked By' | Easy Star All-Stars, 'Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band' | Diana Krall, 'Quiet Nights'