Hey everyone, it’s Toni Phan, Social Media Intern at WMNF. As an intern here, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to be surrounded by many pieces of art that are not just visually stunning but ...

Curious about the favorite art pieces among the staff, I asked around, and surprisingly, many led me straight to the painting of Jerry Garcia by Marty Balin, each eager to share why this particular ...

Great art doesn’t always sell, at least not at first, but here one of Dylan’s finest was rewarded a month or two after its release with sales strong enough to send it to No. 1 for two weeks.

Grace Wing was born in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, but she would make her mark on the other side of America’s great expanse. Her father worked in the suited and booted industry of ...

On August 13, 1965, Jefferson Airplane made their San Francisco debut, forever changing the scope of rock music by ushering in a new LSD-fueled genre of “acid rock.” The fast-rising stars of ...

Released over a half-century ago, Jefferson Airplane’s first live album, Bless Its Pointed Little Head, (released February 1969) offers a stark contrast to its studio predecessor Crown of Creation.

Marty Balin Marty Balin was an important part of the famous rock band Jefferson Airplane, helping establish it. Interestingly, Balin’s successful music career happened alongside his experience with ...

Susan Joy Balin, wife of Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin, handed over her own footage of the time, as did Jerry Slick, Grace’s ex-husband. “We were saying, ‘Just give us whatever you have and let’s ...

Entertainment San Francisco’s music scene in the 1960s and ’70s takes center stage in an MGM+ docuseries ...

“Oh, that’s just Janis. It’s OK,” came the reply. That fun nugget — as well as rare footage of the actual rehearsal — enliven San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time, a two-part documentary on MGM+ that ...

Every scene needs a song to carry its message to the world, and Jefferson Airplane ’s second album provided two. Somebody To Love and White Rabbit, delivered in former model Grace Slick ’s confident ...