Despite being barely a month out from the election, not many musicians at Portola Music Festival had much to say about politics. But there was one exception: M.I.A. Since her debut mixtape “Piracy ...

British Sri Lankan rapper and producer M.I.A. captivated the 2024 Portola Music Festival crowd in San Francisco during the final night of the two-day outdoor event, marking her return to the Bay Area ...

Police and schools often get blamed for not adequately cleaning up a mess that belongs to absentee mothers and fathers.

When rapper and musician M.I.A. was presented with an MBE for services to music on Tuesday, there was a special family connection at the ceremony. The star's mother, Kala Pragasam, has spent the ...

Staff Sgt. John A. Tarbert of the Air Force died weeks before his son was born, but he was accounted for only this year.

The pop singer, who went viral for her 2011 breakout single “Friday,” made her Portola Music Festival debut over the weekend ...

This weekend, Portola Music Festival's rattling bass returns to San Francisco. In anticipation, SFGATE's culture team breaks ...

HBO has shared a new look at next week's episode of The Penguin (along with a featurette for "Inside Man"), but just how ...

Over the years, Diplo has also collaborated with other artists such as Skrillex, M.I.A., and Mark Ronson. In an average touring year, Diplo has been known to earn around $20 million from his ...

Now in its third year, the Portola Music Festival has become one of the hottest tickets in town for fans of electronic and ...

Highlights of the gritty warehouse festival included Jessie Ware, Natasha Bedingfield, Disclosure and Rebecca Black.