When Goapele Mohlabane steps onto the stage at Laguna Grande Park in Seaside, the occasion will carry the full weight of its meaning.

Over a month ago, staff at the Weekly received a handwritten letter from Los Angeles-based musicians Whitney Tai and Mike Green along with a promotional poster for what they’re dubbing "The Record Store Tour." The tour officially kicked off May 23 at Nola Mix Records in New Orleans, Louisian…

When they played at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl in 1988, they drew a crowd of over 60,000, proving that a bunch of working class kids from right outside East London can make the world go wild. Do you remember Depeche Mode and its omnipresent, never-fully-defined subculture with such monumental hits…

When she appears in the door of Café Mia in Marina, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu’s appearance is as unassuming as the venue she chooses for an interview. Wu seems relaxed and unhurried, wearing a yellow T-shirt and simple black pants, long dark hair falling down her back. No sign she is a mother of tw…

Carmina Burana is usually on every choir singer’s bucket list, according to I Cantori di Carmel music director Daniel Henriks. But bucket lists aren’t the reason they chose the piece.