Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.

I know there’s a lot of Conor Oberst fans out there, so I jumped at the opportunity to give away some tickets to you my dear readers. He’s playing at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga on Thursday October 3rd. Are you excited or what? Can’t wait to see if you

The 10th annual FREE Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is going on this weekend, with possibly the most insane and diverse lineup I’ve seen in years. There are the big names like Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle (dude is a walking namesake), Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Patty