Best New Bands » Chrissie Hynde http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Nicki Bluhm Puts A Spell on San Francisco http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/nicki-bluhm-puts-a-spell-on-san-francisco/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/nicki-bluhm-puts-a-spell-on-san-francisco/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 16:15:57 +0000 In the middle of her set at the Independent in San Francisco, Thursday night, Nicki Bluhm removed the green sweater she was wearing over a black backless shirt and began to belt out Linda Ronstadt’s country hit “You’re No Good” from when Ms. Ronstadt was a country artist. It wasn’t Linda Ronstadt that I thought

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