Richmond youth host second open mic night
Last week, RAW Talent hosted its second open mic night. Kids from across Richmond and the East Bay came out to share original poems and songs. Organizers hoped the event would be a safe place...
Bandwidth
As part of a new collaborative effort between Richmond Confidential and its partner site Oakland North, we’ve started a new series called Bandwidth to profile fresh music coming out of these two East Bay cities.
Do you have a suggestion for an Oakland or Richmond-based band that we should profile as part of the Bandwidth series? Send suggestions for Oakland-based bands to staff@oaklandnorth.net and for Richmond-based bands to news@richmondconfidential.org.
For the Davis Chapel, a long search for a new home after 2003 fire
As they have every Sunday for the last 70 years, members of the Davis Chapel filed into church on a recent weekend and took their seats in the red-cushioned pews. The first sunlight of the...
Bandwidth: Hip hop artist YSD makes waves in Richmond
Meet Young Shorty Doowop, or Y.S.D., one of Richmond’s rising stars — a female rapper and R&B artist who’s been writing her own songs since childhood. She performs around the Bay Area, dishing up beats...
Bandwidth: Pooka’s transformation
Since he was kid, Dvondre Woodards has gone by another name, Pooka. Given to him by his grandmother, the name stuck, be it with friends, family, and even teachers. It doesn't have any meaning as...
Bandwidth: Aquí están Los Cenzontles
Meet Los Cenzontles, a Mexican folk band and musical academy based in San Pablo, California. To say that this group's sound is eclectic would be an understatement. Their sound ranges from Tejano music to classic...
Bandwidth: Getting soulful with Drop Apollo
In our latest installment of Bandwidth, we introduce you to Drop Apollo, a 5-piece indie rock band that been playing shows around the Bay Area for little more than a year. The band's sound can...
Bandwidth: Welcome to the 21st Century
Meet The 21st Century, an eight-piece indie pop band, who released their first album “The City” earlier this month at The Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco. A fan-funded endeavor several years and $11,000 in...
Bandwidth: Alexa Weber-Morales wants to work for you
This Oakland singer/songwriter wants to work for you, so to speak. She’s also the focus of our latest Bandwidth, our continuing video series highlighting talented musicians in the East Bay. We bring you Alexa Weber-Morales...
Bandwidth: Piano duo the John Brothers makes street performance pay
Oakland residents John Morgan and John Boomer graduated from UC Berkeley in 2009. A few months later, they faced a decision: make some quick cash, or move back home. On a lark, Morgan wheeled a...
Bandwidth: Texan sibling band brings honky tonk to the East Bay
Brother and sister Sarah Lynn and Aaron Goeth were raised on church service and bar music while growing up in San Antonio, Texas. Now living in Oakland, the ginger-haired duo have been playing as Aquarena...
Bandwidth: Oakland’s Religious Girls shred their gospel
This three-piece experimental pop band from Oakland -- and no, Religious Girls are not actually girls -- is the next feature in our "Bandwidth" video series on East Bay music.
Bandwidth: Meet hip-hop artists the DIME
Richmond hip-hop duo is first in a new video series on East Bay music.
