Gate-Closing Panic Clattering Loom is a themed reading co-curated by Valerie Chavez and Jonathan Hirsch that asks its participants to explore a word or phrase from another language that doesn't quite translate into English. The German word 'Torschlusspanik' translates literally as 'gate-closing panic' and refers to the sense that opportunities diminish as one ages. The reading will feature a broad spectrum of authors exploring this theme. Litcrawl performers: D.A. Powe...

 Soulful And Poetic Songs Mark Growden is a singer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, visual artist, and the artistic director of the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, LA. Growden has released several critically-acclaimed albums, including Saint Judas, which was awarded “2010 Rekkid of the Year” by music blog Stash Dauber and ranked in the 2010 Village Voice Critics Poll. Growden has toured the US extensively and has composed original musical s...

 Folkvangr And Broken Shadows Devin Hoff is a bassist and composer who has written music for and played in Punk, Jazz and Country ensembles throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and composed and played on hundreds of records, film and stage scores. Tonight he presents his two main creative acoustic music projects: Folkvangr and Broken Shadows. Folkvangr is a one-man band of acoustic bass and voice, focusing on repertoire of the Folk music Hoff grew up on in...

 Janam (“my soul”) creates a compelling mix of Balkan, Turkish, Sephardic and American Roots music & originals. Led by golden throated Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble veteran Juliana Graffagna, Janam proves that the foothills of the Balkans and the Appalachians lie in Oakland. Janam’s funky meters, bittersweet modes, driving tunes, and sultry ballads invoke the nightingales and dark eyes, the hot love and cold hollows of Europe and America’s most musical mountains. Janam unites the...

 KALLY PRICE AND MEREDITH AXELROD SING EARLY JAZZ Songbirds In The Gloaming "Kally Price is powerfully herself . . . .a fully realized singer, not for the timid, someone hard to ignore. She doesn’t create background music. . . . witness a forceful performance by a musical actress with great skill and undeniable passion" --Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives Wordpress “Meredith Axelrod... sings and plays guitar as if she really returned to the pre-mic days. We’re no...

 LATE NITE ART 4 A Unique Social Art Experience LATE NITE ART it is an evening of collaborative art-making, ambient music, to-die-for food and insightful discussion. In a few words, it's a social art experience. Meet people, have a few beverages, and share thought-provoking discussion on what it means to create in collaboration. This is an open platform for all non-artists and artists alike to come together. You don’t need to be able to color within the lines or draw por...

  TOM DJLLFractured Fairy Tales Jazz Space Junk, that harmolodic atonal boogie-swamp-thing band, tears into Jazz with rude abandon, offering a Fractured Fairy Tales view of finger-snappin' history, as narrated by William S. Burroughs. Led by Composer/keyboardist Tom Djll, the band features legendary saxophonist Phillip Greenlief (Lost Trio, Citta di Vitti) and tonight's drummer, Sam Ospovat (Marches, Kapowski). All three of them met and made much noise whil...

The Art of Noise: Carefully Crafted & Whimsically Experimental Music Saturday, September 15, 2012 7:30 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show Admission: $10-$20 sliding scale All Ages, ADA Friendly  A showcase of musical experimentation and play, featuring: Experimental new music artist Meerenai Shim on flute and Gameboy“eclectic…beguiles the ear with the most musical phrasing and sparkling tone” – AudiophiliaComposer/vocalist/improviser/cross-disciplinary artist Ken Ueno...

 "An audacious artist [with] an inventive, thrilling, appealing musical vision,” New York singer and songwriter Andrea Wolper celebrates her recent CD release, “Parallel Lives,” with her first appearance at Red Poppy. Mixing genres, crossing boundaries, as at home with the Great American songbook as she is with spontaneous improvisations, she presents her intriguing arrangements of everything from Pop to poetry. Andrea approaches everything she sings with an irrepressible spirit and...

Everything For Somebody Album ReleaseThe Aram Shelton Quartet plays creative Jazz music inspired by Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and Charles Mingus. In this quartet, Shelton (Oakland) plays alto saxophone and is joined by Chicagoans Keefe Jackson on tenor saxophone, Anton Hatwich on bass, and Tim Daisy on drums. The new album "Everything for Somebody", features compositions that place the players in familiar and challenging territory. All four members contribute narrative solos to the a...

 Electro-Acoustic Brazil Boca do Rio strips it down in the intimate venue of the Red Poppy Art House – a perfect setting for the Bossa Novas and Sambas emanating from this powerful trio. The classic sounds of nylon-string guitar softly strummed with a dancing melodic horn is anchored by the rhythmic powerhouse that is Alex Calatayud, one of Brazil’s finest and most unique percussive voices to emerge in years. Recognized by master musicians and music lovers alike, Alex C...

An Evening Of Storytelling Comedy, intrigue, drama all in 10-minute bursts told live without notes by storytellers from around the Bay Area. Cozy up with us to escape the summer fog with this evening of true stories. The evening is organized by Spokespeople, a San Francisco storytelling group. The theme for September is "Back to School: Stories of misadventures in education.” Spokespeople founders are Sara Barz (emcee), Rebecca Stievater, and Emma Bailey. (About...

 Celebrate New CHELLE! AND FRIENDS  Celebrate New Orleans!  Ask 20 people how to define the music of New Orleans and you’ll get 30 answers. It could be Jazz, Funk, Soul, Cajun, Creole, Gospel, Caribbean, African, Zydeco, Rock or the chants and stirring rhythms of Mardi Gras Indians. New Orleans native, Michelle Jacques along some "very special friends" take all of these influences and a few more, and stir it into this stewpot of musical gu...

 Indo-Western Chamber EnsembleKaravika, New York City’s Indo-Western chamber ensemble, is led by violinist Trina Basu and cellist Amali Premawardhana. Drawing from the rich classical and folk traditions of India, Europe and NorthAmerica, Karavika is in San Francisco celebrating the release of their recent debut CD, “SUNRISE”, which All About Jazz describes as: “A dynamic sonic blend of uncommon mesmeric beauty.” Drawing upon influences ranging from simple folk melodies to comple...

Graceful Machines: Classical Meets Electronic  Performing original music by San Francisco-based composer George Hurd, The Hurd Ensemble unifies the worlds of Electronic and Classical music. All the music is written for string quartet (violin, viola, cello, upright bass), piano and electronics, meticulously bound together with digitally-arranged sounds collected from Hurd’s travels. Absolutely no stock electronic sounds are used – every sound produced is of his own creation,...

 An Acoustic Evening Of Blues & Americana Music  HowellDevine is the kind of blues you don't hear anymore. The raw slide guitar played by Joshua Howell evokes the Mississippi Hill Country greats such as Fred McDowell and RL Burnside. The rhythm section of drummer and percussionist Pete Devine and bassist Safa Shokrai breaks from the norm in Blues, providing rich and complex textures integral to the music rather than a simple backing section for a soloist. T...

 New Direction In Jazz And Venezuelan Music  Hailed for its spirited performances and its fascinating fusion of Venezuelan folk rhythms and adventurous Jazz explorations, The VNote Ensemble give voice to the hidden treasure of Venezuelan music. The group is committed to raising that voice and exploring the connection between North American Jazz, traditional Venezuelan songs and original musical ideas. Jackeline Rago (cuatro/bandola/percussion), Donna Viscuso (f...

Canto E´ Jíbaro 2012 · Live Recording Session  Far from being an ensemble, Mijo is more about a metamorphous crossing of people. Looking back at years of musical encounters with diverse people, Mijo resembles a Socratic circle that refuses a definition. Fusión Jíbara has been the tagline adopted by many but it seems to be more complex than that. Fusión Jíbara resembles one of the many aspects that has characterized Mijo, for their ability to merge creative energies as a w...