Irish pub fare and dueling pianos arrive downtown; a pedigreed Oakland seafood restaurant comes into focus; Matt Horn expands further east; more barbecue debuts in Walnut Creek; Charles Phan passes ...

Garth Hudson was The Band's virtuoso keyboardist and an all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and ...

Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and '70s ...