It’s “Venues” rather than “Clubs” because clubs are only part of a story about where bands play. It’s a story that includes bars, clubs, restaurants like Speisekammer in Alameda, auditoriums like Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and Amoeba, the music retailer in SF and Berkeley that presents free live shows.
The new Venues page can work together with the new Bands page for fans who find a band they don’t know playing at a place they don’t know. (more…)
Curious about a band on the HWS Calendar or written about in Hicks with Sticks News? The new and improved Bands page features short bios and links to Twang Americana Bay Area band sites, MySpace, videos, audio tracks and pictures. At the end of the page are links to Americana bands just beyond the Bay Area and links to bands in the Bay Area that may not fit the HWS profile, but are kindred spirits.
There are 67 bands listed representing western swing, honky-tonk, alt-country and rockabilly, and almost all are within the Sonoma, East Bay, Santa Cruz triangle. (more…)