Under the towering gothic arches, the often buttoned-up art rock star let loose in an intimate, sometimes ramshackle ...

Two songs into Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' sold-out set at the Masonic, the mainstays of SF's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival declared a death.

From flags waving to pipers piping, the Irish pride was palpable Saturday morning on San Francisco's Market Street.