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  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, […]

  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 […]

  * MAPP is a FREE event — Join us!* The MAPP is a homegrown, intercultural, multidisciplinary neighborhood event that takes place the first Saturday every two months in the Mission District. This October's MAPP features more than 15 venues—garages, cafés, studios, gardens, street corners—which artists transform into makeshift venues for the intimate experience of […]

  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.   […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

Songs of Love and Struggle Hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, Shareef Ali performs deeply lyrical songs of heartache and resistance. Poignant and revealing verse reminiscent of Leonard Cohen or Conor Oberst is set against a backdrop of American traditional music from folk to jazz to country to rock and roll.   Shareef Ali - songwriter, […]

  THE BETH CUSTER ENSEMBLE is a veritable crème de la crème of Bay Area musicians including Jan Jackson on drums, (Will Bernard’s Motherbug, Black Pole), guitarist/vocalist David James (Sila, The Coup, Spearhead), Chris Grady on trumpet (Tom Waits, Grassy Knoll, Jewel), Vicky Grossi on bass (Mitch Marcus, Bitches Brew), vocalist Diana Mangano (Jefferson Airplane) […]

    Balkan, Country, Ska, Surf, Latin   Go Van Gogh plays music for a mixed up world, in its own Balkan, Country, Ska, Surf, Latin way. A melodic sax, cue the lap steel, a poignant lyric, the congas and bongos enter chased by bass and guitar. The groove fills the floors and we are […]

Eclectic Indie Rock   St .Tropez is an eclectic indie rock band based in Oakland, California. Band members Sanjay Vora (vocals, guitar, keys), Akiyoshi Ehara (bass, also of The Seshen), Jeremy Fisch (drums) and special guest member Lalin St. Juste (vocals, also of the Seshen) make music that explores memories and the simultaneous joy and […]

  Jessica Lurie and her Ensemble will be on the west coast this November touring her newest release, MEGAPHONE HEART. She is joined by a stellar band of NYC and Bay Area players, featuring Lurie on saxophone and voice, Rene Hart on bass (Honey Ear Trio, Don Braden, Branford Marsalis), and Vijay Anderson on drums […]

San Francisco Tango Quintet   Redwood Tango Ensemble is a Bay Area quintet dedicated to playing both traditional and modern/original tango music. The group plays transcriptions and adaptations of the classic orchestras led by Francisco Canaro, Juan D'Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Anibal Troilo and others, as well as original compositions and nuevo-tango from around the world. […]

Paris Gypsy Jazz Guitar Virtuoso   Simply put, Sébastien Giniaux is one of the greatest gypsy jazz guitarists in the world. Already an underground star in his hometown of Paris, this performance marks a rare United States appearance. In addition to leading his own group, he has been featured as a performing member of Norig […]

Jazz/Gritty   Joining forces in a brand new jazz project called The Miniwatt String Quartet are violinist John Ettinger, guitarists Myles Boisen and Jon Preuss, and bassist Todd Sickafoose. An affectionate, gritty and ethereal, occasionally deconstructed take on the Hot Club concept and beyond, these musicians are bringing their vast and varied experience to focus […]

  While rooted in jazz The Wee Trio finds ways to break boundaries encompassing their other roots in rock and fusion. Each member is a leader in their own right, but together as The Wee Trio, Westfall, Loomis and Schonig represent one of the highly creative groups pushing jazz and improvised music in exciting and […]

  Review of the String-tet's new CD "Anti-Mass": Much like a smaller version of the Gil Evans Orchestra with Miles Davis, Jekabson seamlessly interweaves his string arrangements with the rhythm section to create a kind of harmonic bed over which he and (a) saxophonist can lay down their precise improvisational lines. The results blur the lines […]

  Red Poppy Art House presents Tango No. 9 in Tango for the Heart, the romance and heat of tango on a cold winter evening, Saturday December 15 at 8 pm. Escape the chill of winter and come bask in the warm embrace of Tango No. 9. Presenting music old and new, Tango No. 9 […]

  Sufi, Folk And Love Songs   Riffat Sultana channels the musical wisdom of 500 years and eleven generations of master vocalists from India and Pakistan.  She is the daughter of the late Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, who is universally recognized as the finest Pakistani Classical singer of his time, and is the first woman […]