Red Poppy Art House

Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2018-04-22 14:00 - 17:00, 2018-03-25 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country, rock, and blues, and continue to impact the genres of today. Rumberos de Radio Habana bring their own contribution to the Red Poppy on the fourth Sunday of each month for a free afternoon of beat-making, hip-shaking, and good company.

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Time: Event 2:00PM
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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Rob Reich Quartet: Rapturous Music for Accordion
2018-04-21 19:30 - 22:00
Rob Reich has been bringing his creative vision to delighted audiences at the Red Poppy for the past 10 years. For an evening of original, rapturous music, he is joined by some of the Bay Area’s finest musicians.

FEATURING:
Rob Reich – piano, accordion
Ben Goldberg – clarinets
Ila Cantor – guitar
John Wiitala – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Rob Reich is quintessentially what makes the San Francisco music scene a vibrant and vital mecca for independent music; he’s become one of its stalwart underground artists. His music combines strong melodic ideas, rhythmic drive, and a spirit of irreverence and experimentation. Reich is best known for his work with Tin Hat, Gaucho, and Circus Bella. (Photo by: Aya Okawa)
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Ramana Vieira: Contemporary Fado
2018-04-20 19:30 - 22:00
Ramana Vieira and her ensemble present rapturous rhythms and the passionate stirrings of fado, the folk music of Portugal. Also performing original compositions and American blues/jazz/pop standards, Vieira captivates her audience with the evocative laments of the old world classics blended with innovative instrumentation, creative layers, and soaring vocals.

FEATURING:
Ramana Vieira – piano
Brad Bivens – guitar
Leslie Thorne – acoustic bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Recognized by the New York Times as an American at the forefront of the fado resurgence, Ramana Vieira has also been described by Mundo Portugues newspaper as the “New Voice of Portuguese World Music.” She has received three international nominations with the International Portuguese Music Awards in 2015 and 2016. In addition to traditional fados and her masterful original compositions, Vieira has now compiled a synergetic repertoire that reflects the full scope of her identity by incorporating her background of American theater, blues, and soulful classics into her sets.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Jack Tone-Riordan Trio: Jazz Standards & Improvised Music
2018-04-19 19:30 - 22:00
Bay Area guitarist Jack Tone-Riordan presents music from his recently released trio recording, Deep Space. The band consists of homegrown, international talents Darrell Green on drums and David Ewell on bass. Tone-Riordan uses newly composed original music as well as favorites from the Great American Songbook as departure points for his compelling and explorative improvisations through spaces of jazz, blues, and elsewhere.

FEATURING:
Jack Tone-Riordan – guitar
Darrell Green – drums
David Ewell – bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Jack Tone-Riordan has been a well-loved guitarist on the Bay Area jazz scene for close to 20 years. He is a modern player with firm roots in the tradition. Local jazz fans know they can catch him on almost any given night of the week performing as a leader or sideman. Tone-Riordan has recorded and/or performed with some of today’s finest jazz musicians, including Dr. Lonnie Smith, Tony Monaco, Larry Goldings, Dayna Stephens, Eddie Marshal, Mike Clark, Jarrod Gold, and many more.
Oakland-raised Darrell Green has been playing drums for as long as he can remember. In 2005, He landed a scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music, where he began a comprehensive study of jazz performance. Shortly thereafter, he began working with David Weiss, saxophonists JD Allen and Sherman Irby, and the Myron Waldon/Daron Barrett Quartet. Green became a sought-after musician for both session work and live shows. Over a career that’s spanned more than two decades, he has become a master technician and prolific sideman. He has played, toured, or recorded with Pharoah Sanders, Red Holloway, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Steve Turre, Stefon Harris, Russell Malone, James Hurt, James Zollar, Brad Leali, Jesse Davis, Stacy Dillard, Sherman Irby, Faye Carol, Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, and Jeremy Pelt. Green is one of the most in-demand drummers in New York , Europe, and Japan. Though jazz is his primary focus, he is conversant in every genre from straight-ahead jazz to Latin and West African music.
David Ewell hails from Berkeley, California, and graduated from Berkeley High’s nationally renowned music program. He is well known as one of the most reliably hard-grooving bass players in the greater Bay Area music scene. Ewell has worked with Arthur Blythe, Bobby Watson, Greg Tardy, Babatunde Lea, Mark Levine, Bishop Norman Williams, Randy Vincent, and many other greats.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Hazel Reading Series: Stories by Women
2018-04-16 20:00 - 21:30
Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.
Hosted by Sara Marinelli, Hazel Reading Series comes to the Red Poppy for an incredible evening of stories by women.

FEATURING:
Ashley Davis
Carolyn Wysinger
Dominica Phetteplace
Nancy Au
Raina León
Rose Heredia

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 8:00pm event
Admission: $5-10 suggested donation. No one turned away for luck of funds.
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José Antonio Rodriguez Trio: Flamenco Guitar Maestro
2018-04-15 19:00 - 20:15
One of Spain’s leading flamenco guitarists, Córdoba’s award-winning José Antonio Rodríguez makes a special San Francisco appearance at the Red Poppy.

FEATURING:
José Antonio Rodriguez – flamenco guitar
Patricio “Pachi” Cámara – percussion, vocals
Paco Peña – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Acclaimed for his powerful and evocative renditions of contemporary flamenco, José Antonio Rodriguez has composed music for orchestras and dance companies, participated in major projects with Paco de Lucía and Alejandro Sanz, and appeared in Carlos Saura’s Flamenco. As a teenager in 1981 and 1982, Rodríguez won first prize for flamenco guitar at prestigious contests at Minas de la Unión and Jerez de la Frontera. His recent record, Adiós Muchachos, was declared by Spain’s El País newspaper to be the best flamenco album of the year.
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Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
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SOLD OUT - "Neruda: The Poet's Calling" Book Release Party - Celebrating 15 Years of Pablo at the Poppy
2018-04-14 19:00 - 22:00
Mark Eisner, one of the founding members of the Red Poppy Art House, is joined by friends to celebrate the publication of his new book, Neruda: The Poet’s Calling. The evening features a reading from the author; poetry by Jennifer Barone, Cristina García, Ingrid Keir, William O’Daly, Carolina de Robertis, and Michael Warr; as well as clips from Eisner’s documentary film, Pablo Neruda: The People’s Calling.

FEATURING:
Mark Eisner – host, performer
Jennifer Barone – poet
Cristina García – poet
Ingrid Keir – poet
William O’Daly – poet
Carolina de Robertis – poet
Michael Warr – poet

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
In 2003, Mark Eisner collaborated with Todd Brown in launching the Red Poppy Art House. Eisner has since completed a documentary on Pablo Neruda, as well as the book The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems. Both were released in 2004, the year of Neruda’s Centennial, in conjunction with a week-long festival produced by members of the Red Poppy community. A tradition of celebrating the Chilean poet at the Poppy began, to the point that SF Weekly dubbed Neruda the “patron saint of the Art House.” In 2005, Eisner moved to southern Chile to begin writing the biography Neruda: The Poet’s Calling, which is to be published on March 27, 2018 by Ecco/HarperCollins.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $10-15 online only.
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Lucia Lilikoi: An Evening of Dream Folk
2018-04-13 19:30 - 22:00
Lucia Lilikoi presents new songs and soundscapes from her upcoming fourth album. She uses her voice, ukulele, guitar, looping pedal, and diverse instruments gathered in her travels to weave alchemical prayers to the earth. Joining her for the evening are special guest musicians from the Bay Area, inviting listeners into a world where dreams are born.

FEATURING:
Lucia Lilikoi – vocals, ukulele, guitar, looping pedal
Raul Vargas – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lucia Lilikoi is a Spanish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and educator living in the Bay Area. Currently working on material for her fourth record, the songs are a counterpoint to her last album, Vessel, an exploration of our relationship to water. Her soulful and ethereal voice allures the listener into a translucent and strangely familiar world in a genre she calls “dream folk.” Over the years, she has collaborated with Julie Wolf (Ani Difranco, Joan Baez, Sia), Grammy-winning producer Malcolm Burn (Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Emmylou Harris), Joey Maramba (Rickie Lee Jones, John Cale), and most recently with Jai Uttal. Lilikoi’s song “One Hand to the Sun” was part of a Kirtan Aid collection alongside Rising Appalachia, Tina Malia, and Deva Premal. Her songs have been featured on shows like The L Word, and she has composed original scores for documentary films featuring luminaries like Buddhist ecologist Joanna Macy.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale
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Grupo Borogodo: Samba de Raiz & Pagode from Rio
2018-04-12 19:30 - 22:00
Grupo Borogodo is a Bay Area group celebrating the beautiful, lively song and dance music from the cafes and backyards of Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. The evening features original compositions, as well as those by Brazil’s best-known artists such as Paulinho da Viola, Jorge Aragao, Almir Guineto, Chico Buarque, and Zeca Pagodinho.

FEATURING:
Marcelo Negão – cavaquinho, vocals
Eduardo Amado – violao
Bruno Melo – percussion, vocals
Andrew Scott – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Marcelo Negão and Andrew Scott have played in various well-known Brazilian groups in the Bay Area over the last 15 years, and they are joined by Bruno Melo and Eduardo Amado to highlight their own favorite styles of Brazilian music. Scott has played and recorded in the Bay Area since arriving from London in 1980, and has worked with a wide range of artists in his local recording studio, Studio 401. Negão is an accomplished and highly regarded singer, composer, and instrumentalist who brings an infectious swing to his music. Amado, one of the busiest guitarist/bassists in the Bay, continues to play with all the leading artists.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Kavita Shah & François Moutin Duo: Acoustic Bass & Vocal Duets
2018-04-08 19:30 - 22:00
French​ ​bassist​ ​François​ ​Moutin​ ​and​ ​New​ ​York​ ​vocalist​ ​Kavita​ ​Shah​ ​embrace​ ​virtuosity,​ ​spontaneity,​ ​and lyricism​ ​through​ ​standards​ ​and​ ​original​ ​music​ ​adapted​ ​to​ ​acoustic bass​ ​and​ ​voice. Their first album, Interplay, features 11 tracks recorded at Sear Sound Studios in New York and Studio le Meudon in Paris, and is due for release in 2018 on Dot Time Records. Shah and Moutin are joined by their octogenarian mentors, NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan on vocals and legendary pianist Martial Solal, on two tracks each. The result is an improvisational journey across lyric-driven and wordless​ ​pieces​ ​alike.

FEATURING:
Kavita Shah – vocals
François Moutin – bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Virtuosic bassist François Moutin was born in Paris, and since 1998 has co-led the Moutin Reunion Quartet, a project which later evolved into the Moutin Factory Quintet. He has been a member of the legendary Martial Solal Trio for three decades and has worked in over 30 countries with such musicians as Antoine Hervé, André Ceccarelli, Jean-Michel Pilc, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Toots Thielemans, James Moody, Terry Lyne Carrington, Michel Legrand, Birele Lagrene, Jimmy Heath, Monty Alexander, Lew Soloff, Billy Hart, Jeff Tain Watts, Ari Hoenig, Dave​ ​Binney,​ ​Adam​ ​Rogers,​ ​Rudresh​ ​Mahanthappa,​ ​Vijay​ ​Iyer,​ ​and​ ​Amir​ ​El​ ​Saffar.
Kavita Shah is a vocalist, composer, and lifelong New Yorker who makes work in deep engagement with the jazz idiom while addressing and advancing its global sensibilities. Hailed by ​NPR for her “amazing dexterity for musical languages,” Shah incorporates strands of Latin American, West African, and Asian traditions into her original music. Her debut album, VISIONS, co-produced by guitarist Lionel Loueke, was released in 2014 to great critical acclaim. Shah regularly tours with her music across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Australia.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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April 7th MAPP @ Red Poppy Art House
2018-04-07 19:30 - 22:00
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.

RPAH PROGRAM:

Time
Performance/Event
Description

7:00–
¡Aquí no hay moscas!
A visual exhibition by Santiago Insignares

7:30–7:55
Bass and Guitar Duo
Justin Seagrave (guitar) & Schuyler Karr (bass)

8:01–8:43
In a Theater of Songs
Tom Sway (guitar, vocals) w/ Colm O’Riain (violin) & Aaron Kierbel (drums)

8:47–9:03
Insect
Experimental dance by Kristi Williamson & Adrian Arias

9:14–9:29
Limon
A performatic experience of ceviche w/ Adrian Arias (performance), Todd T Brown (bass), Prasant Radhakrishnan (saxophone), Lisa Fico (keys, vocals), Aaron Kierbel (drums), Mara Hernandez (dance)

9:31–10:00
A Moment’s Happening of a Past and Present
Michael Warr (poetry), Todd T Brown (bass), Prasant Radhakrishnan (saxophone), Lisa Fico (vocals), Aaron Kierbel (drums)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Schuyler Karr is a bassist, composer, and arts administrator based in San Francisco. Specializing in the classical and jazz traditions, he has performed with Brad Mehldau; Joshua Redman; the California, Santa Cruz, and Modesto Symphonies; is a member of the One Found Sound chamber orchestra; and has performed chamber music with the Musical Art Quintet, Amaranth Quartet, and the Real Vocal String Quartet. Karr has also spent years performing with several Balkan, Turkish, and klezmer folk groups and recorded with the Tumbleweed Wanderers. As an arts administrator, he served for a year as the Director of Performance Programming at the Red Poppy Art House. He currently directs the Diablo Jazz Company in public and private events.

Aaron Kierbel has proudly been a part of the MAPP for the past 15 years, touring internationally with Rupa and the April Fishes, as well as locally with Jazz Mafia, San Francisco Mime Troupe, and many others.

Colm O’Riain, hailed as a “genius fiddler” by Mike Scott of The Waterboys, is an Irish-born violinist, composer, and an accomplished improviser in multiple genres. In the USA, where he currently calls home, he has enthralled audiences on stages as diverse as CBGB’s in New York, to Fillmore West and Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. He has performed at festivals and venues throughout the world, from Alaska to Argentina and Sweden to Vietnam. While deeply rooted in the traditions of his native Ireland, O’Riain’s music constantly looks for connection with other forms. The Irish Herald notes that “O’Riain’s fireworks display of virtuosity easily spans the diverse genres of gypsy, tango, jazz, blues and Irish music, all with his characteristic intelligence and pizazz.”

Kristi Williamson is a multimedia performer born and raised in Maine and now residing in the Bay Area. Her performance work approaches art and healing through movement, ritual theater, myth, and archetype. She currently dances with Anna Halprin’s performance lab and has extensively created, directed, and performed original dance theater works on the East Coast. Williamson teaches kundalini yoga throughout the country and is dedicated to bridging performance and the healing arts.

Adrian Arias is a Peruvian international award-winning visual-poet who has been enlivening the local art scene for the last 18 years. His art often includes visual and performance aspects of an accessible lyrical, emotional, surreal, and whimsical nature. Arias is also an acclaimed visual and installation artist, as well as a cultural promoter.

Prasant Radhakrishnan is a versatile saxophonist steeped in both South Indian classical (Carnatic) and jazz disciplines. The distinct vocal texture of his sound on saxophone, noted for its expressive complexity and rhythmic ingenuity, reflects his’s continued study of tradition, constant innovation, and vast concert experience over the past 15 years. The foremost disciple of Carnatic saxophone pioneer “Padmashri” Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, Radhakrishnan began developing his music over the course of nearly a decade of intensive musical training under his guru, much of which took place in the traditional gurukulam format of complete immersion. The rigor of this training, followed by the privilege of accompanying his teacher on stage in hundreds of concerts in subsequent years, fostered a deep understanding of Carnatic music.

Michael Warr is the poetry editor for Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin (W.W. Norton & Company, 2016). He received a Creative Work Fund Award for his multimedia project Tracing Poetic Memory in Bayview Hunters Point. His poems are being translated into Mandarin by poet Chun Yu in their collaboration Two Languages / One Community. In 2017, Warr was named a San Francisco Library Laureate. Other awards include a PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature, Black Caucus of the American Library Association Award, Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poets Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, and more. Often working with musicians, visual and performing artists, Warr’s poems have been dramatized for theater, depicted on canvas, and set to original musical composition. For more, visit here.

Todd Thomas Brown is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural connector immersed equally in his artistic practice as with his organizational work in developing hybrid models of merging small-scale arts-presenting with social networking and community building. He is the founder of San Francisco’s Red Poppy Art House and the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP). With a painting practice in mixed-media, Brown has participated in artist residencies with the de Young Museum in San Francisco and Residencia el Otro Lado in Chiapas, Mexico, and was one of three artists selected to initiate the de Young Museum’s year-long Artist Fellowship Program in 2011, funded by the James Irvine Foundation. As a performing artist, he has been awarded grants in disciplines of music and theater from the San Francisco Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the San Francisco Arts Commission. Brown was recently named to the YBCA 100, an annual compilation of the creative minds, makers, and pioneers that are asking the questions and making the provocations that are propelling new culture-making across the nation. He is presently Project Director and Music Curator for Flying Under the Radar Biennial Festival of the Arts, an interdisciplinary lab/festival that facilitates collaborative work between artists of the San Francisco Bay Area and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by: Robbie Sweeny)

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Time: 7:30pm event
Admission: Free
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Het Hat Club: Jazz Manouche Meets the Balkans
2018-04-06 19:00 - 20:15
Het Hat Club returns to the Red Poppy to perform their own interpretations of jazz manouche classics, combining it with their international roots of Eastern European and Balkan music.

FEATURING:
Valentin Desmarais – saxophone
Antonio D Erchie Jr – guitar
Isaac Misri – guitar
Bito Janos – accordion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Het Hat Club consists of four street musicians who put their own spin on classic Django-style jazz standards and Balkan folk melodies. Formed nearly two years ago, saxophonist Valentin Desmarais, guitarists Isaac Misri and Antonio D Erchie Jr., and accordionist Bito Janos continue to hone their sound playing street performances, concerts, festivals, and tours throughout Europe.
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Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
Admission: $15-20 door / $15 online. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Ole, Opa!: Balkan, Turkish & Spanish Songs w/ Flamenco Dance
2018-04-05 19:30 - 22:00
Dancer Bianca Rodriguez collaborates with NYC-based singer Jenny Luna and Bay Area musicians Joey Friedman and Gopal Slavonic to bring you fresh interpretations on music from Turkey, Spain, and the Balkans.

FEATURING:
Jenny Luna – vocals, cajon
Gopal Slavonic – guitar
Bianca Rodriguez – flamenco dance
Joey Friedman – saxophone

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Ole, Opa! was formed in 2016 by dancer Bianca Rodriguez and singer Jenny Luna. The group draws from Luna’s background in Balkan and Turkish singing and Rodriguez’s background in flamenco dancing to create a new take on these traditions. Ole, Opa! performs songs from several countries ranging between Turkey, Spain, Romania, Serbia, Greece, and Hungary.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Daniel Riera Presents: A Tribute To Guinga
2018-04-01 19:00 - 20:15
Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Riera presents the music of Brazilian master guitarist and composer Guinga, known for his elegant melodies and lush harmonies. His repertoire will be interpreted by a chamber ensemble of winds, strings, and percussion. Daniel has studied with Guinga for six years at California Brazil Camp and will bring his arrangements and musical collaborators to the Red Poppy for the first time.

FEATURING:
TBA

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Daniel Riera is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader from San Francisco. He was educated at SF School of the Arts and Berklee College of Music in Boston. Riera is most well known as the flutist, EWI player, and musical director for Soltron, a Latin-alternative dance band from San Francisco’s Mission District. He also leads his own quintet playing his original jazz-influenced compositions, as well as performing with the Kev Choice Ensemble and rapper Watsky.
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Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
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Tango BC Quartet: Tango from Buenos Aires
2018-03-31 19:30 - 22:00
From the milongas of Buenos Aires to a rare concert setting at the Red Poppy, Tango BC Quartet plays contemporary and original arrangements of classic tangos. Joining the group for the night is bassist Hector Pineda, well known for his work with the stage show Forever Tango.

FEATURING:
Mariano Barreiro – piano
Santiago Cursach – guitar
Charles Gorczynski – bandoneón
Hector Pineda – double bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Based in Buenos Aires, Tango BC Quartet is a group of professional tango musicians led by pianist Mariano Barreiro and guitarist Santiago Cursach. The band has released two full-length albums and was awarded a grant by the INAMU (National Institute of Music) in Argentina for the second album, BC Tango Milonguero. They are also winners of the Notable Bars Contest organized by the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires. Tango BC has toured in the United States and Europe and has been selected for the second consecutive year to be featured in the World Championship and Tango Festival in San Francisco, as well as for the Red Carpet Tango Festival in Las Vegas.
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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Levoná Ensemble: Music & Stories from Around the World
2018-03-30 19:30 - 22:00
Levoná Ensemble combines flamenco, Arab, Jewish, and other musical traditions and weaves them together with stories, both ancient and new. They create a rich tapestry that is at once a taste of the orient and a new creation all on its own—the kind of energy that only comes when distant cultures overlap and celebrate their differences.

FEATURING:
Faisal Zedan – percussion, vocals
Josh Mellinger – percussion
Asaf Ophir – woodwinds, vocals
David McLean – flamenco guitar
Patrick Kelly – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Levoná Ensemble began as the band for the highly acclaimed Bay Area musical Love Sick, winning the Theatre Bay Area Award for Best Ensemble along with the cast in 2017. Love Sick went on to receive the prestigious Glickman Award for Best New Play in 2018, and audiences and critics alike praised its vibrant music as the heart of the play’s energy and wide appeal. Levoná has since continued to perform as an independent group, keeping that same energy alive in both dance and concert halls.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Portrait Maker + Girl Swallows Nightingale: Chamber Music for Improvisers
2018-03-29 19:30 - 22:00
Roger Kim’s Portrait Maker is a new kind of chamber music that combines elements of jazz, classical, and folk music in a highly personal and organic way. Writing for plucked and bowed string instruments, woodwinds, flute, voices, and sparse percussion and piano, the young guitarist makes his mark as a promising composer with a wonderful sense for unusual orchestration and timbres, musical economy, harmonic richness, melodic beauty, and improvisational creativity. Girl Swallows Nightingale opens the night, taking the audience on a cinematic journey.

FEATURING:
Portrait Maker
Roger Kim – guitar, banjo
Ryan Pate – guitar
Marica Petrey – vocals
Andrea Wang – vocals
Debbie Gold – flute
Jason Gillenwater – clarinet
Kyle Beard – bass clarinet
Girl Swallows Nightingale
Marica Petrey – vocals
Andrea Wang – vocals, piano

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Roger Kim is a guitarist and composer whose work investigates the intersections of rhythm, harmony, orchestration, improvisation, and the juxtaposition of various disciplines including music, dance, and visual media. He has presented work all over the San Francisco Bay Area, including at the New Frequencies Festival at YBCA and with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Ensemble. He studied with Myra Melford at UC Berkeley and is currently working on an MFA in music performance and composition at the California Institute of the Arts.
Girl Swallows Nightingale hatched in 2016 when Marica Petrey accidentally wrote too much music for a fantasy film she was making and decided that it was the perfect excuse to start a new band. With songwriting inspired by folklore, anime, science fiction, and epic saga, Girl Swallows Nightingale conjures a cinematic experience, painting a vivid musical canvas that shifts its colors between modern rock, jazz, theater, funk, and pop, to underwater soundscapes and dreams of outer space. Petrey delivers dramatic yet playful vocals and is supported by a multi-talented ensemble of musicians, who can be found not only on stage with a number of other bands and orchestras, but also at work all over the Bay Area in the realms of theater, film, video games, and radio.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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James Brandon Lewis, Android Trio & KREation: “No Filter | Road Songs” West Coast Tour
2018-03-24 19:30 - 22:00
Saxophonist/composer James Brandon Lewis and jazz/progressive-rock band Android Trio share the night to present their latest albums, No Filter and Road Songs, respectively. Special Guest Kevin Robinson then takes the stage with his ensemble, KREation.

FEATURING:
James Brandon Lewis – tenor saxophone
Android Trio
Eric Klerks – bass
Max Kutner – guitar
Andy Niven – drums
Kevin Robinson’s KREation Ensemble
(TBA)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
James Brandon Lewis is a saxophonist, composer, and critically acclaimed artist that has received accolades from the New York Times, Q Magazine, and Ebony Magazine. He has been endorsed by jazz legend Sonny Rollins and has shared stages with Ken Filiano, Darius Jones, Jason Hwang, William Parker, Hamiet Bluiett, Hamid Drake, Ravi Coltrane, Jimmy Heath, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Marc Ribot, Anthony Coleman, and many others. Lewis attended Howard University and holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. (Photo by: Laurent Poiget)
Android Trio formed during extensive touring as members of the renowned Magic Band—formerly Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band—and the Grandmothers of Invention—formerly Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention. After playing together on a lark at a café in Sydney, Australia in 2014, drummer Andy Niven, guitarist/bassist Eric Klerks, and guitarist Max Kutner decided to continue exploring the possibilities of combining their varied stylistic directions.
Kevin Robinson is a performer, composer, educator, and multi-woodwind instrumentalist who explores various interdisciplinary approaches to composition and improvisation. He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and is currently based in Oakland, California. He now attends Mills College in the MA Composition Program where he is studying with Roscoe Mitchell. Established in 2003, the Kevin Robinson Ensemble, KREation, has since recorded several studio albums and performed at various festivals and venues throughout the United States. Some highlights include performances at the Studio Museum in Harlem, The Made in LA 2012 Biennial, The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Artscape Festival in Baltimore, and the Outsound New Music Summit in San Francisco.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Arpege Band: Persian Contemporary Classical Music (TWO SHOWS)
2018-03-23 19:00 - 20:15
Arpege is an attempt to bridge Persian traditional music and modern life. It combines contrasting elements of exhilaration and sorrow, cognizance and ignorance, dynamics and statics, rhythms and free forms, harmony, and monophony to create a contemporary musical structure while staying loyal to its roots. Arpege is a story about migration.

FEATURING:
Sina Dehghan – Persian percussions
Farhad Fathieh – kamancheh
Amirhossien Kiani – vocals
Siavash Bakhtiary – bass
Amaan Mehrabian – santour, compositions

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Time: (First Show) Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:00-8:15PM
(Second Show) Doors 8:30PM / Show 8:45-10:00PM
Admission: $25 online / $20-25 sliding scale at the door. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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HERMANO: Improvised Soundscapes & Ambient Music
2018-03-22 19:30 - 22:00
HERMANO is about transcending reality through sonorous sounds that engage your subconscious mind on a journey through time and space. Atmospheric improvisations and a musical communication are some of the things to expect from HERMANO.

FEATURING:
Dillon Baiocchi – saxophones, clarinet, flute
M Michailidis – guitar, effects

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Dillon Baiocchi graduated from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in 2012. He has performed in America, Canada, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and now resides in Rotterdam, where he is studying for his master’s degree in jazz performance. He has received DownBeat magazine’s prestigious Student Music Award for his composition “Mountain Road.”
M Michailidis graduated from the Maastricht Conservatory in 2015 for jazz guitar and is currently a master’s student at Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam. He has performed in various venues in countries such as Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Romania.
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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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¡Aquí no hay moscas!: Artist Reception w/ Santiago Insignares
2018-03-21 18:30 - 20:30
The Red Poppy Art House invites you to join the artist and curator behind its next exhibition, ¡Aquí no hay moscas! (‘There Are No Flies here!’), on view until May 14th. In this installation, artist Santiago Insignares uses the metaphor of an incessant swarm of flies by making a direct, visual translation of his frustration with the current technology-driven age. The buzz of the flies and the buzz of a smartphone are brought together by a nostalgic memory, inviting the audience to question the relevance of the symbiotic relationship they have with their phones and what measures should be taken to make this relationship healthier and sustainable.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Santiago Insignares (b. 1986, Troy, New York) is a Colombian artist based in San Francisco, California. He received an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2015 and a BFA in Illustration and Animation from the European Institute of Design of Rome in 2009. His work has been shown throughout Bogotá at Casa Cuadrada, The Bogotá Art Fair Emerging Artists Pavilion, La Residencia Gallery, as well as in San Francisco at Noroof Gallery, Adobe Books Backroom, The Growlery, and the California Academy of Sciences. His work addresses our relationship with memory, considering themes like trauma, nostalgia, social memory, and their importance in identity creation.

ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Elena Mencarelli moved to San Francisco after concluding her master’s degree in visual arts at the University of Bologna, Italy. Previously, she was the artistic director of the Make Your Mark Art Gallery in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to her artistic practice and curatorial background, she is also engaged in art criticism. Elena is the co-writer of the catalogue of the double exhibition Maria Rebecca Ballestra – Alan Sonfist, a better landscape (Unimedia Modern Contemporary Art, Genova, Italy) and is the author of Maria Rebecca Ballestra, a phenomenology of posthumanism, soon to be published in both Italian and English.

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Time: Event 6:30PM
Admission: Free
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Karl Evangelista: Exploring the Filipino-American Avant-Garde
2018-03-18 19:30 - 22:00
Filipino-American guitarist Karl Evangelista ranks among a new wave of creative musicians grounded in jazz, 20th century experimentalism, and popular song. Joined by an all-star grouping of Bay Area experimentalists, including members of art rock band Grex, Evangelista explores the meeting point between the throttling power of psychedelic rock and the dark outer reaches of noise and free jazz.

FEATURING:
Karl Evangelista – guitar
Rei Scampavia – keys
(More musicians TBA)

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Signal to Noise magazine hails guitarist/composer Karl Evangelista as “one of the most original instrumentalists and composers of his generation,” and as the creative force behind his band Grex, he has been called “essential current-and-future listening” by Tiny Mix Tapes. Evangelista has explored the possibilities of intercultural dialogues across a vast spectrum of academic and professional situations, working in a wide variety of ensembles under the direction of, among others, Fred Frith, Oliver Lake, Muhal Richard Abrams, Scott Amendola, Eddie Gale, Steve Berlin, and Asian Improv aRts members Francis Wong and Jon Jang.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Cosa Nostra Strings: Hybrid String Crossover Music
2018-03-17 19:30 - 22:00
Cosa Nostra Strings present a program of original works and their own interpretations of a few covers. Ranging from acoustic heavy metal to power ballads and everything in between, they utilize their distinct instrumentation of cello, viola, violin, trombone, bass, and percussion to the fullest extent.

FEATURING:
Shaina Evoniuk – violin
Adam Theis – trombone, bass
Keith Lawrence – viola
Lewis Patzner – cello
Aaron Kierbel – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
A branch of the illustrious Jazz Mafia, Cosa Nostra Strings specializes in original, hybrid crossover music. This five-piece powerhouse crew features conservatory-trained classical musicians who bring a provocative, precise, punk-rock personality to a highly distinguished multi-style sound. Spanning centuries of genres, their diverse influences include funk, folk, western chamber music, jazz, and most certainly ‘80s rock ballads. The group’s successful 2017 season included feature performances at SFJAZZ, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Point Richmond Jazz, UnderCover Presents, The Soiled Dove, and Yoshi’s. Cosa Nostra Strings are also heavily featured on violinist Shaina Evoniuk’s recent release, Hitwoman Honey, and are currently working on their own debut album of original works to be released in 2018.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale.
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Renegade Duo: 21st Century Salon
2018-03-16 19:30 - 22:00
Renegade Duo presents Historically (In)appropriate, a 21st century salon with an eclectic program of intimate songs spanning centuries and genres, with sets by Dusan Bogdanovic, California-based composer Gary Eister, obscure pieces by 19th century guitar composers Salvador Castro de Gistau and Karl Eulenstein, songs by John Dowland, as well as a collection of reimagined jazz standards for voice and banjo.

FEATURING:
Melinda Becker – mezzo-soprano vocals
Jon Mendle – tenor banjo, Renaissance lute, 19th century guitar & modern guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Renegade Duo consists of guitarist Jon Mendle and mezzo-soprano vocalist Melinda Becker. First collaborating while students at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Jon and Melinda founded Renegade Duo in 2017 with the intention of paying tribute to music they find interesting and exciting. Utilizing both historical and modern instruments, they perform an uncommon repertoire for guitar and voice. Nimbly navigating different eras and genres, they take care to investigate and highlight stylistic differences in each using the full range and capability of their instruments, including 19th century guitar, lute, tenor banjo, and modern classical guitar. (Photo by: Matthew Washburn)
A versatile singer, Melinda Becker enjoys performing a multi-faceted repertoire, from Baroque cantatas and Spanish and Ladino art songs, to soul and other popular music styles. She recently performed as the alto soloist in Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” with Classical Revolution Orchestra and frequently collaborates with many Bay Area ensembles and musicians, most recently the Musical Art Quintet, Phonochrome, Oakland-based jazz band RDL+, and Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat. Active with several chamber groups, Melinda is a member of Renegade Duo with guitarist Jon Mendle and Liaison Ensemble, a female Baroque quartet bringing historically informed performances to a wide range of audiences in non-traditional venues.
Classical guitarist Jon Mendle has performed around the country since his Carnegie Hall debut at age 19 and has drawn widespread praise for his virtuosity and musicianship. His highlights include solo recitals at the 2015 Loyola Marymount University Annual Guitar Festival, the 2014 Guitar Foundation of America Annual Convention, and for presenters such as San Francisco Performances and guitar societies up and down the west coast. On tour with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Jon performed at the Tanglewood and Ravinia summer music festivals, as well as Detroit’s Orchestra Hall and other major venues.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $20. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Luminance Ensemble: Harp, Trumpet & Bass Explorations
2018-03-15 19:30 - 22:00
Harpist Amelia Romano, along with trumpeter Matt Ebisuzaki and bassist Tim Renner, present an evening of original compositions and arrangements. With influences ranging from South American harp, symphonic brass, and odd-meter dance music, to minimalism, post-bebop, and spaghetti western soundtracks, this intrepid trio finds a song-line under San Francisco’s Mission District and tracks it to the Red Poppy Art House.

FEATURING:
Amelia Romano – harp
Matt Ebisuzaki – C rotary-valve trumpet
Tim Renner – upright bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Luminance Ensemble is a musical group from San Francisco. Their music is an original blend of styles drawing from concert and folk traditions. It begins with the electric lever harp of Amelia Romano, whose playing is rhythmic and dynamic. Enthralled by an intricate muse, she covers low and high registers with contrapuntal panache. Amelia is joined by Matt Ebisuzaki on C rotary-valve trumpet and Tim Renner on upright bass. Luminance Ensemble forges each composition from multiple perspectives, passing melodies and improvisation from player to player. This is spirited, creative music from collaborators who encourage each other to push their technical and expressive capabilities.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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CANCELLED - Stephanie Bruce Ensemble: True Stories: Original Notes & Letters
2018-03-11 19:30 - 22:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Stephanie Bruce and her ensemble present original words and eclectic music inspired by a variety of influences, from Debussy to Dylan, with a side of groove.

FEATURING:
Stephanie Bruce – vocals
John R Burr – piano
Aaron Germain – bass
Kendrick Freeman – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Stephanie Bruce is a singer, composer, and lyricist who has been performing for over three decades in the Bay Area and beyond. Having spent several years singing jazz in local clubs, she is currently focusing on her own compositions and arrangements. She has appeared in many notable venues, including Yoshi’s, The Sound Room, and the California Jazz Conservatory, where she taught classes for 10 years. Stephanie has recorded three albums and is in the process of co-writing a musical theater piece with Jonathan Alford.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Mini Residency: WaterSaw, Sonsherée Giles & Megan Lowe: The Sounds Inside w/ Special Guest Unwoman (2 SHOWS)
2018-03-10 18:45 - 22:00
Through a mini artistic residency with the Red Poppy Art House, artists WaterSaw, Sonsherée Giles, and Megan Lowe present The Sounds Inside, a site-specific dance and sound score exploring what is going on within a space, our bodies, and our minds. Creating layers of sound through loopers, WaterSaw uses their instruments in both conventional and experiential ways, giving way to an array of textures and sounds ranging from sparse, to rhythmic, to ethereal, to driving. The strong relationship between Giles and Lowe is supported by full trust in each other, both physically and artistically, which allows for new discoveries through proficient movement generation, risk-taking, tackling unusual physical situations, and coming up with compelling solutions. Opening the two shows is special guest Unwoman, who sets the tone with the sweet sounds of her cello and voice, ranging adeptly from rage to sentimentality.

FEATURING:
WaterSaw
Nicole Laby – vocals, percussion (The Sounds Inside facilitator)
Michael Tornatore – drums
Mark Fassett – upright bass
Mia Pixley – cello
Dancers
Sonsherée Giles
Megan Lowe (The Sounds Inside facilitator)
Special Guest
Unwoman – vocals, cello

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
WaterSaw is a group of musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area. They are inspired to write music for modern dance choreography, film scores, or in conjunction with other art forms. Creating layers of sound through loopers, their music utilizes a modern minimalism approach. The rumination of textures, rhythms, or root chords creates a simple foundation from which to build melodic and rhythmic transformations. WaterSaw strives to incite feelings and memories so that the audience becomes an extension of the music. The group has received an Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music/Sound/Text.
Sonsherée Giles is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, costume designer, and founder of the collaborative art project This Sweet Nothing. She enjoys making dances based on the observation of animals, landscapes, art history, and daily life experiences. Giles has an MFA in performance/choreography from Mills College, and from 2005-2015, she was a performing/teaching artist with AXIS Dance Company. She has taught contemporary dance in public school systems, institutions, dance festivals, and universities. Giles has received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Ensemble and a Homer Avila Award for Excellence in Integrated Dance.
Megan Lowe is a performance artist, dancer, singer, teacher, and administrator. She has performed with Flyaway Productions, Lizz Roman & Dancers, Scott Wells & Dancers, Nancy Karp + Dancers, Epiphany Productions, Dance Brigade, and more. Lowe continues to create her own dances, as well as collaborative works with Sonsherée Giles. She teaches for Bandaloop, Flyaway, Joe Goode Performance Group, for contact improvisation gatherings, and for her alma mater Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) at UC Berkeley.
Unwoman, also known as Erica Mulkey, is a San Francisco-based solo cellist and singer-songwriter. Her sets feature stand-up electric cello with live looping. In 2015, she received two Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice Awards for best solo musician and best album. Unwoman has performed with Amanda Palmer, Voltaire, Abney Park, Rasputina, Stripmall Architecture, and Vernian Process, among many others. She is active on Patreon and has run over a dozen successful kickstarter campaigns.

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Time: (First Show) Doors 6:30PM / Show 6:45-8:00PM
(Second Show) Doors 8:30PM / Show 8:45-10:00PM
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Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel: Compositions of Drummers & Percussionists
2018-03-09 19:30 - 22:00
Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel present their own arrangements of compositions by well-known jazz drummers and Latin jazz percussionists, as well as original music.

FEATURING:
Brian Andres – drumset
Javier Cabanilas – congas
Christian Tumalan – piano
Aaron Germain – bass
Steffen Kuehn – trumpet

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Lead by drummer Brian Andres, the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel (ACJC) was formed to contribute its own mark to the San Francisco Bay Area’s history of Latin jazz. Featuring Grammy Award-winning musicians and esteemed music educators, the ACJC never fails to perform its music at the highest level. The repertoire consists of original compositions as well as exciting arrangements of classics from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the United States. The group is equally capable of performing a dance or concert repertoire, as well as educational presentations such as lectures, workshops, or instruction focused on the musical instrumentation, composition, arrangement, or cultural significance and history of the music they perform.
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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Justin Ancheta Acoustic: Folklyrico Americana - Latin Reggae Flamenco
2018-03-08 19:30 - 22:00
Justin Ancheta is an established musician and songwriter in the Bay Area with compelling and eclectic styles that range as far as his ethnicity takes him. With songs in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, Ancheta encompasses his Californian roots with global influences. He is accompanied with melodies by Garcia Scammon on clarinet and saxophone and often has special guests that bridge into new territories of musicality.

FEATURING:
Justin Ancheta – guitar, vocals
Garcia Scammon – saxophone
Jesse Weber – congo, cajón

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Internationally acclaimed touring musician Justin Ancheta is a guitarist, vocalist, and composer with an infectious style of reggae-influenced funk and jazz. Hailing from San Francisco, his band is a conscious spreading, influential voice in today’s culture. A rarity, Ancheta has shown his perseverance by touring Europe and the United States by bike and train. He is an artist making waves and setting precedents across the globe with his lyrics, which share the human power of community. Ancheta has played with Joan Baez, Tunisia’s MC Rai, and has opened for the Wailers, Creedence Clearwater Survival, Charles Neville, and Ricky Skaggs.
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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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