Dan Bern is a folkie at heart. At times too much hype and persona, he might have had us believing otherwise in the past. But his latest release, New American Language, reveals him to be the witty, ...

Dan Bern has been accustomed, in his decade-long career as a singer-songwriter, to looking outward and reporting back on what he sees. History, politics, current events and pop culture have all been ...

Bern will bring his songwriting prowess, backed by a full band, to San Antonio on Feb. 24. Credit: Judd Irish Bradley Singer-songwriter Dan Bern has been charming audiences for decades with his ...

It's a warm Thursday night in the Mission, filled with all the accompanying smells -- beer, cumin and incense -- and the troubadour performing at 12 Galaxies is just getting warmed up. Alone on stage, ...

Dan Bern’s latest release may well make you rethink live albums. Once mainly for the preteen set or those who avidly follow certain artists and proudly collect all the artists’ recordings, live albums ...

HOW MANY OF YOU know who Dan Bern is? My guess is not many. I didn’t know anything about him, either, until I heard he was coming to the new Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley on Saturday night with ...

It played out like a scene from a slasher film, a razor-sharp blade slicing the flesh and bone of an unsuspecting victim. But this wasn’t a horror movie on the big screen, it was Dan Bern’s own ...

Since his self-titled major-label debut in 1997, Dan Bern has had to deal with the “new Dylan” hype that attached to him. “At the very beginning I think it felt flattering,” the Iowa native (born Dan ...