Street Dogs hail from Boston's Dorchester neigorborhood, and are damn proud of it. Read More
Michael Franti has a way of saying things you know already, and singing melodies that you're sure you've heard before, and yet making it all seem like a miraculous moment. Read More
One day last month, Michael Franti received a call from his record label that his summertime jam, "Say Hey (I Love You)" -- his first hit in a 23-year career -- was storming radio. Read More
But I am helping promote the new tour by Counting Crows, featuring one of my favorite San Francisco artists, Michael Franti, and the band Augustana. Read More
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From the industrial punk of The Beatnigs and progressive urban style of The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy to the global funk of Spearhead, Michael Franti has been behind music's most creative collaborations. Read More
An outgrowth, both musically and ideologically, of the San Francisco-based avant-garde industrial jazz collective the Beatnigs, ... Read the full The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy bio.