CANCELLED - Kenya Moses Quartet: Inspirações do Brasil
2019-05-31 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. If you have already purchased tickets for this event, please note a refund will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Although no stranger to the walls of Red Poppy Art House, Kenya Moses makes her solo debut with her new ensemble by the same name. Exploring the sounds of Brazil, past and present, Kenya brings the audience on a musical adventure, enjoying everything from bossa nova, samba, and modern song.

FEATURING:
Kenya Moses – vocals
Ami Molinelli – percussion
Brian Moran – guitar
Scott Thompson – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Kenya Moses is an American vocalist of African and Brazilian heritage, sharing music from Brazil, Latin America, and around the world. Originally a classical vocalist known for her light and mesmerizing tone, Kenya has performed on stages throughout the world including California, New York, and Italy. Her most recent work was as a member of the Afro-Latin band Guarandinga, performing at venues and events such as San Francisco Carnaval, the New Parish, Red Poppy Art House, and the Berkeley World Music Festival.

June 1st MAPP: The René Yañez Mission Salón & Drawing Circle
2019-06-01 18:00 - 22:00
Join us for a night of art and interactivity celebrating the life and legacy of René Yañez. The program will feature a drawing performance, mural art, drawing circle, film screening, live music, dance tunes, and a few more surprises. Materials for the drawing circle will be provided, but please feel free to bring your own.
It was a year ago on May 29, 2018, that “El Padrino de la Misión” René Yañez left this world. While we, his community, miss him deeply, he left us with much inspiration to keep making “art fine” and to continue to instigate, resist, envision a brighter future, and to love and respect each other unconditionally. René loved and supported Red Poppy Art House and the Mission Arts & Performance Project. The intention of this gathering is to continue to celebrate the incredible gift of his friendship by joyfully making and sharing art and dancing together.

RPAH PROGRAM:

Time
Performance/Event
Description

6:00pm
Doors open

6:00-6:23pm
Live Drawing
Performance by Adrian Arias

6:00-8:30pm
Mural Creation
Honoring René Yañez by the San Francisco Print Collective

6:30-8:30pm
Drawing Circle
Led by Rio Yañez

8:30-8:50pm
Film Screening:
At Home with René
On December 29, 2017, Lou Dematteis, Vicente Franco, and Ray Telles interviewed René at his Mission District home. In this short film, René shares some of his thoughts with us.

9:00-9:25pm
Live Music
Honoring René by Liliana Herrera

9:25-10:00pm
Dance Tunes
Playlist by KPOO radio host Chelis Lopez

*Image designed by Patrick Piazza from a photograph he took of René in 2017. The design was made for printing on tortillas at the memorial held for René at SOMArts in July 2018.

ABOUT MAPP:
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.

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Time: 6:00pm event
Admission: Free
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Levoná Ensemble: Flamenco, Arabic & Jewish Music & Stories
2019-06-06 19:30 - 22:00
Combining flamenco guitar, ethnic percussion, klezmer clarinet, and folk songs from the Middle East, Levoná Ensemble follows melodies and styles that traveled from one side of the ancient world to the other, bringing them together to explore new possibilities. This celebration of sounds is intermingled with storytelling, drawing from folk traditions as well as original stories.

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Each member of Levoná is an accomplished musician in his own genre. Sharing stages with artists around the world, each brings his own experiences and abilities into this collaboration, thus creating a rich tapestry that is at once a taste of the orient and a new creation all on its own. The band first came together in the highly acclaimed Bay Area musical Love Sick in 2017, and went on to receive the Theatre Bay Area Award for Best Ensemble along with the rest of the cast, as well as other awards. They have since continued to perform as an independent group, keeping that same energy alive in both dance and concert halls.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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Vince Delgado's Mid-East Tapestry Ensemble: Middle Eastern Classical & Folk Melodies
2019-06-07 19:30 - 22:00
Vince Delgado’s Mid-East Tapestry Ensemble plays a diverse array of classical, urban, and folk music from the Arabic-speaking countries, as well as Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and Persian traditions along with original compositions. In a time when there is so much negative perception about the Middle East, the ensemble believes that the aesthetics and variety of these cultures would be of interest to American audiences. There is much beautiful music to be heard from these countries that have been developing and evolving their culture for a few thousand years. The Mid-East Tapestry Ensemble is a 501c3 California non-profit organization.

FEATURING:
Vince Delgado – kanun, percussion
Coralie Russo – oud
Rami Ziadeh – riqq, percussion
Tom Shader – acoustic bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Vince Delgado has been playing jazz for 75 years and Middle Eastern music for 59 years. In 1951, he studied Japanese classical music, and in 1965, he began studying North Indian classical music on the tabla. He became the first director of the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1968 and has been featured on numerous recordings as a percussionist. He has performed in Istanbul, Paris, London, Mumbai, Bogota, Mexico City, and other cities around the world with many luminaries including Zakir Hussain, Ali Akbar Khan, Necati Çelik, Halil Karaduman, John McLaughlin, Paul Winter Consort, Mickey Hart, Harry Partch, Simon Shaheen, and Larry Vuckovich.
Coralie Russo has been playing and performing Egyptian, Turkish, Greek, Lebanese, Armenian, Syrian, and Persian music on the oud, an 11-stringed lute, for 40 years. She has studied with master musicians John Belizekjian, Necati Çelik, Georges Lammam, and Haig Manookian. Russo has also performed with Jazayer, Coral Rose, Aywah Dance Company and the Gypsy Caravan, and currently plays with Mid-East Tapestry Ensemble, the Aswat Women’s Ensemble, as well as Larry Vuckovich’s Blue Balkan and Crosswinds Jazz ensembles.
Rami Ziadeh was born in Kuwait. He began playing Arabic tabla at the age of four and was playing professionally by age nine. At 15, he moved to the U.S. and began studying drums with Roy Burns and Tony Williams, as well as tabla with Swapan Chauduri at the CIA. Ziadeh combines Middle Eastern techniques with jazz and flamenco rhythms. He has performed with Shabaz/Ali Khan, guitarists Mark Taylor and David Correa, Desert Wind, flamenco-jazz pianist Alex Conde, jazz bassist Jeff Denson, Pharoah Sanders, and Alonzo King Ballet. Ziadeh has also accompanied flamenco artists La Tania, La Fibi, and other flamenco and Middle Eastern artists.
Tom Shader is an acoustic bass player raised in the Detroit area, where he studied violin, viola, cello, string bass, and voice. He has had the privilege of performing with many fine musicians including Steve Allen, Henry Mancini, and Tommy Newsome. In addition to being a mainstay at many North Bay and San Francisco jazz clubs, Shader has appeared at some of the area’s popular jazz festivals such as Russian River, Cotati, Benicia, Monterey, Mammoth Lakes, Morro Bay, and the Sacramento Jubilee. His Middle Eastern bass work can be heard on numerous CD recordings. He has been playing and recording in the Mid-East genre for 30 years.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20 online / $20-25 door. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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CANCELLED - Maracujá: A Journey Around Latin America Through Music
2019-06-08 19:30 - 22:00
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Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Caitlin Belem and guitarist Terrence Rosnagle take you on a trip through Latin America, playing sumptuous samba, bossa nova, cumbia, son, and much more.

FEATURING:
Caitlin Belem – vocals, saxophone, guitar, fiddle, hand percussion
Terrence Rosnagle – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Caitlin Belem grew up in a house full of music in northern Wyoming, falling in love with the fiddle at a young age, as well as learning to sing and play saxophone and guitar. She has explored many genres from Brazilian bossa nova and samba, to Cuban son, to American jazz, blues, and swing. Aside from Maracujá, Belem sings and plays with Modern Bygones and various local and traveling musicians. She has performed everywhere from living rooms to 1,200-seat concert halls to television programs from Barcelona to Brazil. Belem also teaches music through school programs, private lessons, workshops, and summer camps.
Terrence Rosnagle grew up in the Los Angeles area. Initially inspired to play guitar by Delta blues, as an adult he became fascinated by not only the sound but the complex synthesis of African, European, and Middle Eastern music traditions that make up Latin American and Brazilian music. Rosnagle later moved to Spain to study and play flamenco guitar, then to Istanbul to study oud and Turkish music, and also to South America to soak up folkloric and Brazilian guitar styles. He has performed, toured, played on radio and television, and has taught workshops and classes in the U.S., Spain, and Turkey.

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Rupa & the April Fishes: Liberation Music (TWO SHOWS)
2019-06-15 19:00 - 22:00
Rupa & the April Fishes create a sound that pulsates with the pluralism of Bay Area culture, celebrating life and the art of resistance through a wide musical palette that pulls from over a decade of playing street parties, festivals, and symphonic concerts through 29 countries with songs in five languages. Under the direction of composer, frontwoman, activist, and physician Rupa Marya, the band creates a live experience which is a manifestation of a world beyond nations, where the heart of humanity beats louder than anything that divides us. This is Liberation Music.

FEATURING:
Rupa Marya – vocals, guitar
Mario Silva – trumpet
Matt Szemela – violin
Misha Khalikulov – cello

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The group’s first album, eXtraOrdinary rendition (2007), examines love and loss from many angles, with lyrics mostly in French. The second, Este Mundo (2009), follows their journey from Tijuana to Texas, tracing the plight of migrants crossing borders, largely in Spanish. The 12 songs of BUILD (2012) examine the road from solitude to solidarity in both directions and arise from a particularly tender moment of global awakening—from the collapse of capitalism and false democracies to the rise of populist movements around the world. Their LIVE at the Independent (2013) album was produced at the request of fans and has become a historic document at the center of a lawsuit which liberated “Happy Birthday to You” back to the commons where it belongs. Their next release, OVAL (2015), is a luscious collection of Marya’s most intimate love songs arranged by composer Mark Orton for Quartet San Francisco.​
In April 2019, the group released its sixth album, Growing Upward, in a plastic-free, plantable format as a set of 12 seed packets. These songs come from a time of Marya’s deep engagement as a physician in places where the social underpinnings of what ails us become starkly clear, working closely with groups struggling for dignity, health, and sovereignty in a time of climate catastrophe. Laced with love, optimism, and unflinching analysis, and inspired by direct conversations with Gil Scott Heron, families who have lost their loved ones to police violence and the indigenous grandmothers at Standing Rock, this album is a document of where we are today and where we can focus our gaze in order to rise to the challenges that face us on planet earth. The album features artwork by a longtime collaborator, the art-ivist and muralist, Mona Caron.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: (First Show) 6:30pm doors / 7:00-8:15pm show
(Second Show) 8:30pm doors / 8:45-10:00pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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Ramana Vieira: Contemporary Fado
2019-06-21 19:30 - 22:00
Ramana Vieira pays tribute to time-treasured fado classics of Amália Rodrigues, as well as performs Portuguese folk music, jazz, and original compositions.

FEATURING:
Ramana Vieira – vocals
Leslie Thorne – bass
Stephen LaPorta – percussion
Brad Bivens – guitar

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 Português 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. Her repertoire captures traditional fado and influences from the Portuguese diaspora in a musical tapestry that ranges from whispering, haunting, ballads to jazzy blues. A proficient pianist and gifted songwriter, Vieira composes original fado-inspired compositions. Her authentic and individual style, brilliant musicality, and colorful heritage appeals to a wide audience.
*Photo by: Anthony Dupuiyo

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Trance Mission: Transcontinental Trance Dance & Ambient Grooves
2019-06-22 19:30 - 22:00
Formed by world-renowned didgeridoo pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Kent and award-winning clarinetist and composer Beth Custer, the San Francisco-based band Trance Mission makes music perhaps best described as a new form of contemporary global jazz. Their driving, intricate rhythms and gorgeous, soaring melodies—both worldly and otherworldly soundscapes—invite audiences into a universe of groove. With a classic catalog of four globally acclaimed CDs and an upcoming release dropping in summer 2019, Trance Mission, now a trio with virtuoso drummer/electronic artist Peter Valsamis, is reentering the musical stratosphere with new energy and vitality.

FEATURING:
Beth Custer – Bb/alto/bass clarinets, vocals, percussion
Stephen Kent – didgeridoos, sintir-cello, percussion
Peter Valsamis – drums, electronics

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Beth Custer is an Emmy Award-winning composer and performer writing for film, TV, theatre, and dance productions. Both as a solo artist and band leader, she has recorded many acclaimed original works and is renowned for her exquisite and diverse clarinet-playing across the entire clarinet family. She has toured internationally with Trance Mission, Club Foot Orchestra, Clarinet Thing, Eighty Mile Beach, and the Beth Custer Ensemble.
Stephen Kent has received international acclaim as a driving force in bringing the Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo into contemporary music. A multi-instrumentalist and composer, he is well established in the global music scene, collaborating with an extraordinary range of luminary musicians including Airto Moreira (Brazil), Omar Sosa (Cuba), Zakir Hussain (India), Habib Koite (Mali), Leonard Eto (Japan), Chirgilchin (Tuva), and Steve Roach and R. Carlos Nakai (U.S.). Kent’s catalog of releases includes seven solo albums and many more with group projects such as Trance Mission and Baraka Moon. He also hosts Music of the World, and Off the Beaten Path on Pacifica Radio’s KPFA (94.1FM).
Peter Valsamis is based in Los Angeles. His extraordinary approach to drumming synthesizes a variety of musical styles into his own distinct sound. He has performed with Cecil Taylor, Emeline Michel, Martine St. Clair, Mitsou, Don Preston, Walter Aziz, Steve Lacy, Trance Mission, and many others. An accomplished composer and sound designer, Valsamis has worked on titles such as Transformers, Star Trek, Battleship, the Price is Right, Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune. He received his MFA in electronic music and recording media from Mills College.

*Photo by: Anne Hamersky

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2019-06-23 14:00 - 17:00, 2019-07-28 14:00 - 17:00, 2019-08-25 14:00 - 17:00
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.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 2:00pm event
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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Daptain Hook: Jazz, Funk & Rock Power Trio
2019-06-28 19:30 - 22:00
Daptain Hook was formed when three jazz musicians began exploring the freedom and limitations of a power trio. After playing in several musical contexts together, Elé Howell, Franklin Rankin, and Nick Panoutsos connected over their love for funk and rock. They combined these styles and infused improvisation, culminating in an adventurous power trio. They will debut original music and feature vocals over their compositions.

FEATURING:
Elé Howell – drums
Franklin Rankin – guitar
Nick Panoutsos – bass
TBA – vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Drummer, pianist, and composer Elé Salif Howell was born and raised in San Francisco. Currently finishing up his undergraduate education at NYU, Howell has increasingly immersed himself in the NYC jazz scene, performing at notable venues including the Blue Note, the Cutting Room, and Rockwood Music Hall. Throughout his career, he has performed in numerous venues including Yoshi’s Oakland, SFJazz Center, San Francisco Jazz Festival, as well as the XJAZZ Festival and famed jazz club the Badenscher Hof in Berlin. In the last few years, Howell has performed with renowned artists such as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, John Scofield, and Alex Sipiagin. He is currently recording several albums including an EP with Daptain Hook.
Growing up in a home of R&B, funk, and soul lovers, music has always been at the heart of life for guitarist, composer, and educator Franklin Rankin. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a degree in jazz composition, and he received his master’s in jazz studies from NYU. Based in New York, Rankin is a freelance musician and an adjunct instructor of guitar at NYU. He has performed with a wide range of artists, some of which include Azealia Banks, Chris Potter, and Micah Stampley.
Bassist Nick Panoutsos has become an increasingly prominent voice on the New York City jazz scene with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the last three years, he has performed in the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest in addition to several local venues on both coasts, such as Greenwich Village’s Bar Next Door and San Francisco’s Club Deluxe. He recently recorded a collection of original music with his quartet and continues to compose on a regular basis.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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Fula Brothers: West African Grooves & Global Guitar
2019-06-29 19:30 - 22:00
Master West African kamale ngoni player Mamadou Sidibe and fingerstyle guitar wizard Walter Strauss create deep, soulful music that is simultaneously ancient and fresh. They create an intoxicating blend through intertwining melodic grooves, spirited improvisation, and songs in two languages.

FEATURING:
Mamadou Sidibe – hunter’s harp (kamale ngoni)
Walter Strauss – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Multi-award-winning composer and musician Mamadou Sidibe plays the West African hunter’s harp, kamale ngoni, and is from the Wassoulou region of Mali, West Africa. He has toured with Malian greats Oumou Sangare, Coumba Sidibe, and Toumani Diabate in Africa, Europe, and the U.S. Stylus describes “at the center of his music is the same sensibility that you’ll find in Muddy Waters: a sense of music as a tool for the re-creation of everyday life into something special, even magical.”
Walter Strauss is a “wizard of the fingerstyle guitar” (Folk and Roots) who weaves elements of American roots and jazz with music from West Africa and other global music traditions. He layers on highly articulated melodies and harmonies, rhythms and counter-rhythms, creating an impression he is playing multiple instruments at once. Strauss performs internationally, both solo and in collaborations, with artists as varied as Grammy-winning Malian kora player Mamadou Diabate, American guitarist Alex de Grassi, and Scottish fiddler Jonny Hardie.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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Almir Côrtes & Ricardo Peixoto: Brazilian Music for Mandolin & Guitars
2019-07-19 19:30 - 22:00
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Alimr Côrtes invites local favorite guitarist Ricardo Peixoto for an evening of choros, sambas, and bossa novas.

FEATURING:
Almir Côrtes – mandolin, guitars
Ricardo Peixoto – 6, 7 & 12-string guitars

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
A native of Bahia, Brazil, versatile multi-instrumentalist Almir Côrtes is equally at home on mandolin and acoustic and electric guitars. His repertoire of styles is equally broad, including choro, frevo, samba, maxixe, and Brazilian jazz among others, performing throughout the Americas and Europe with luminaries such as David Grisman, Nailor Proveta, Howard Alden, Armandinho Macedo, and Mike Marshall—who calls him “a virtuoso instrumentalist who swings like mad in a variety of musical styles, and improvises with great energy and creativity.”
Originally from Rio de Janeiro and a long-time Bay Area resident, guitarist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Peixoto has a deep background in Brazilian styles, as well as jazz and classical music. An inspired improviser with a keen compositional sense, Peixoto’s eloquent style evokes images far beyond his Brazilian territory. He has performed and recorded with, among many others, Claudia Villela, the Berkeley Choro Ensemble, Flora Purim and Airto, Paul McCandless, Bud Shank, Dom Um Romão, Sivuca, Claudio Roditi, Toots Thielemans, Dori Caymmi, Guinga, and Arturo Sandoval.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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Brooklyn Raga Massive: A Night of Terry Riley & Raga-Inspired Music
2019-07-20 19:30 - 22:00
Brooklyn Raga Massive draws inspiration from Terry Riley, himself a practitioner of Indian classical music for some years, beginning with their performance and recording of Riley’s seminal composition “In C.” For this evening, BRM presents Indian classical music, original works inspired by the master, and a sneak peak at a new work in progress composed by Riley exclusively for BRM.

FEATURING:
Sameer Gupta – tabla, drumset
Neel Murgai – sitar
Arun Ramamurthy – violin
Trina Basu – violin
Pawan Benjamin – bansuri, saxophone
Michael Gam – bass
David Ellenbogen – guitar
Lauren Crump – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Brooklyn Raga Massive (BRM) is an artist collective dedicated to creating cross-cultural understanding through the lens of Indian classical and raga-inspired music. They have had a weekly concert and jam session for seven years running and gone on to form a 501(c)(3) non-profit. BRM’s releases include Terry Riley In C on Northern Spy Records, as well as a self-released raga tribute to John and Alice Coltrane.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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Mark Deutsch & Jaron Lanier: Exploring Resonance w/ Rare Instruments
2019-07-26 19:30 - 22:00
Visionary musician, composer, and inventor Mark Deutsch collaborates with world-renowned scientist, multi-instrumentalist, and author Jaron Lanier for an evening of sonic exploration, global improvisation, and musical innovation. Lanier will bring his considerable talents and vast knowledge of rare acoustic instruments to bare, engaging with Deutsch’s singular creation, the bazantar, creating a musical journey that both embraces traditional music cultures of the world and looks towards the future.

FEATURING:
Mark Deutsch – bazantar
Jaron Lanier – various wind & string instruments of Asia

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Mark Deutsch is a visionary artist who probably is best known as the creator of the bazantar, an acoustic bass with additional sympathetic and drone strings. It is a remarkable instrument that weaves a mesmerizing soundscape of resonance and evokes all the power of Western classical music with the depth and nuance of Eastern traditions. His latest release is the epic work, The Picasso Tunings, a four-volume series of compositions for solo bazantar that spans a vast landscape of musical styles and traditions.
A Renaissance man for the 21st century, Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, and author who writes on numerous topics, including high-technology business, the social impact of technology, the philosophy of consciousness and information, Internet politics, and the future of humanism. As a musician, Lanier has been active in the world of new “classical” music since the late 1970s. He is a pianist and a specialist in unusual musical instruments, especially the wind and string instruments of Asia. He maintains one of the largest and most varied collections of actively played rare instruments in the world.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
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CANCELLED - Dror Sinai: Love Songs of the World
2019-07-27 19:30 - 22:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. If you have already purchased tickets for this event, please note a refund will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Dror Sinai takes you on a journey from the Middle East to Turkey, from Egypt to Tunisia, with a visit in Yemen and rest in Morocco. The evening will be elevating, deep, spiritual, healing, and joyful.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Dror Sinai is an international performer, educator, humanitarian, peace worker, environmentalist, cultural ambassador, and healer. He is the founder of RHYTHM FUSION, Inc. in Santa Cruz, CA. In 2002, he received the Gail Rich Award for supporting the arts, and is a founding member of the World Music Committee for the Percussive Arts Society. Sinai has performed as a solo artist and has appeared in ensembles of many different musical styles with talented artists, including Yair Dalal, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yuval Ron, Alessandra Belloni, and more. He has lectured, taught, and performed at temples, schools, and universities around the world.
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La Tania Baile Flamenco Presents: Camino del Alma
2019-07-28 19:30 - 22:00
This evening will be a presentation of the end of a solo performance development program by La Tania. Flamenco is no easy challenge⁠—it’s an art that can fill a lifetime of exploration; it has no end, and its purpose is to find the path to our soul, to search for who we really are. This is a path that must be taken in little steps, carefully crafting our every move, with love, dedication, and attention to the subtleties. Six dancers, after many years of study, have embarked on the journey of developing their solo work through group classes and private instruction with La Tania. Tonight we will delight in their sharing of this experience and join them on their journey of self-expression and exploration.

FEATURING:
Sara Moncada – dance
Claudia Bermudez – dance
Claudia Deveze – dance
Vannessa de Fabrega – dance
Ana-Lucia Jardim – dance
Mimi Wiener-Mishor – dance
Roberto Zamora – vocals
Roberto Aguilar – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
La Tania is a world-class dancer, choreographer, master teacher, and is the founder and director of La Tania Baile Flamenco Company & School. She was born in France and grew up in Andalucía, southern Spain, in the heart of flamenco culture where she began to learn flamenco dance at a very young age. By the age of 17, she was performing professionally in Mallorca and later made Madrid her base where she performed for years as a featured dancer in tablaos such as Corral de la Morería, Canasteros, Zambra, and Casa Patas. She toured internationally with many companies including Mario Maya Company, Compañia Raul, and Paco Peńa.
In 1994, La Tania moved to the U.S. and since then toured with her company internationally, earning rave reviews from the Tokyo Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, as well as awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship, the California Arts Council Fellowship, the National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship, the James Irvine Fellowship in Dance, and the Isadora Duncan Dance Award twice for Artistic Excellence in the category of Individual Performance. In 2018, she was awarded with a sustained achievement award from the Isadora Duncan Awards. La Tania has collaborated with Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Theatre of Yugen, Opera Parallel, Rupa & The April Fishes, and Adrian Arias to name a few. Currently residing in Oakland, she teaches in San Francisco and Oakland all year round and has been a driving force in the Bay Area flamenco community since 1994. (Photo credit: Christine Fu)
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Sandy Cressman & Homenagem Brasileira: Brazilian Jazz - Classic to Contemporary
2019-08-02 19:30 - 22:00
Homenagem Brasileira (“Homage to Brazil”) embraces the diversity of Brazil’s musical traditions rather than simply focusing on Brazilian standards that have already crossed over into the jazz world. Sandy Cressman’s newest project, Entre Amigos, includes collaborations with various Brazilian and Brazilophile musicians, and was recorded in the U.S., Brazil, and Europe. Beautifully conceived, arranged, and performed, Brazilian guitarist/composer Chico Pinheiro describes Entre Amigos as “a delicate and sensitive declaration of love for Brazil, for [jazz], but above all an ode to friendship and to all the bridges that only music can build.”

FEATURING:
Sandy Cressman – vocals, percussion
Jeff Cressman – trombone
Murray Low – piano
David Belove – bass
Dillon Vado – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Sandy Cressman is a San Francisco-based jazz vocalist who began her career recording and performing with the vocal jazz group Pastiche before focusing on her passion for Brazilian jazz. This passion led her to form the group Homenagem Brasileira in 1998. She has toured the U.S., Europe, and Brazil, and has released three critically acclaimed albums including Homenagem Brasileira, Brasil-Sempre no Coração, and Entre Amigos. Released in February 2017, Entre Amigos features all original music that Cressman composed with contemporary Brazilian composers, such as Santos Neto, Antonio Adolfo, Ian Faquini, and more. Cressman has lent her vocals to recordings by such diverse artists as Ray Obiedo (Windham Hill), Pete Escovedo (Concord Crossover), and Eddie Money (CBS). Her love of languages and global music has led her to become a much-in-demand session vocalist for artists across the world.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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August 3rd MAPP: Free the Children (Liberando a los niños/as)
2019-08-03 15:00 - 22:00
As part of the Mission Arts & Performance Project, join us at Red Poppy Art House for an afternoon and evening of focused resistance as we sing and write our demands for freedom of the migrant children held in captivity at the U.S./Mexico Border.
It is also our goal to spread hope that when people are united we can move mountains. We will continue applying pressure to get ICE out of our communities and to release the thousands of innocent children held captive in inhumane conditions by the USA Trump Administration’s zero tolerance policy.
Throughout the evening we will share updates about actions to take and events to attend in support of our at-risk immigrant communities.
Join us in writing and singing songs of freedom for the children.
This evening is curated and emceed by award-winning journalist Chelis Lopez (see bio below).
* * *
Como parte del MAPP, únase a nosotros en Red Poppy Art House para compartir una tarde y una noche de resistencia enfocada a cantar y escribir nuestras demandas para la libertad de los niños/as migrantes mantenidos en cautiverio en la frontera de EE. UU. / México.
Nuestro objetivo es también difundir la esperanza de que cuando nos unimos podemos mover montañas. Seguiremos presionando para sacar a ICE de nuestras comunidades y liberar a miles de niños/as inocentes que se encuentran cautivos en condiciones inhumanas como resultado de la política de cero tolerancia de la administración Trump.
A lo largo de la noche, compartiremos información sobre acciones y eventos para apoyar a nuestras comunidades inmigrantes en riesgo.
Únase a nosotros para escribir y cantar canciones de libertad para nuestros/as niños/as.
Esta noche es curada y dirigida por la galardonada periodista Chelis López (ver biografía a continuación).

RPAH PROGRAM

This program is made possible thanks to generous funding by the California Arts Council Local Impact Grant.

Time
Performance/Event
Description

3:00-5:00pm
“Silhouettes,” letter writing led by Carlos Cartagena
A community art project, “Silhouettes” provides an opportunity for migrants to share their experiences. Some have had the opportunity to share while others are left in silence with their blank page. Join us for this outdoor activity on the corner of Folsom & 23rd St.

6:30-10:00pm
“Silhouettes: Letters to the Children” led by Carlos Cartagena
Indoor installation, plus live music and spoken word performances

7:00-7:20pm
Chile y Limón
Music of Mexico, Central & South America

7:40-8:00pm
Leticia Hernández-Linares
Spoken word performance

8:20-8:40pm
Liliana Herrera y Francisco Herrera
Singer-songwriters/storytelling

9:00-9:20pm
DíaPaSon
Mexican folk music/dance

9:30-10:00pm
Chelis Lopez (KPOO Radio Host)
Dance for liberation

*Between each act, there will be an update on actions and events to support our at-risk immigrant communities.

ABOUT MAPP

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.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Carlos Cartagena was born in El Salvador. His formative years during his youth were in the 80s when his country was beginning to bleed incurably from the wounds of war. A restless desire to make art was always with him, and this innate drive—as well as the socio-political condition of his country—induced him, against all odds, to abandon an academic career and take up art not only as a profession but also as an alternative form of resistance to the oppressive regime. In November of 1989, Cartagena came to the U.S. First, he worked with CODICES, a group of artists working in support of Salvadoran culture, and then, for five years, with the artists at the KALA Art Institute in Berkeley where he learned techniques of etching and printmaking. Today he is working independently in painting, printmaking, installations, and mixed media. The gentrification of San Francisco knocked on his door in 2016, and since then has been moving from one place to another.

Chile y Limón is a band from San Francisco that plays folk and popular music from Mexico, Central and South America. For this trio of contagious rhythms, soaring melodies, seductive harmonies, and poetic lyrics, lead vocalist and flutist Martha Rodriguez-Salazar is joined by accordionist and backup vocalist Jennifer Peringer and bassist Leo Suarez.

Leticia Hernández-Linares is a poet, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. She is the author of Mucha Muchacha (“Too Much Girl”). Widely published, she has presented her poem-songs throughout the country and in El Salvador. She is a long-time community worker and Mission resident, and she teaches in the College of Ethnic Studies at SFSU.

Liliana Herrera is a singer-songwriter, voiceover artist, and cultural worker hailing from California’s southern borderlands. Inspired by the indomitable musical spirit of her close-knit family and more than 20 years of artistic collaborations in the Bay Area and beyond—including El Teatro Campesino, Teatro Sabor, Golden Gate Opera, Opera Cultura, Brava for Women in the Arts, and La Peña Cultural Center among others—Herrera’s musical roots flourish in the embodiment, transcendence, and reflection of the times. Whether it’s velvety torch songs, scintillating boleros, sultry blues, or riveting cumbias, she sings them with abandon. Her recent recordings include Norte del Rio with Oakland-based cumbia dub band Candelaria and her debut EP, Late Night Taco Stand Music, which celebrates the contributions of immigrants and her bicultural spirit inspired by Chicana soul.

Francisco Herrera is a theologian, cultural worker, and singer-songwriter. He has produced seven albums—including two for children’s music in Spanish—and writes scores for film and theater, working with producers such as Greg Landau, the late Saul Landau, and Haskel Wexler. Herrera has shared the stage with Jon Fromer, Pete Seeger, Emma’s Revolution at mass actions as School of America’s Watch (up to 22,000 people), and the Battle for Seattle, with over 250,000 people shutting down the WTO in 1999. His latest album, Honor Migrante, crosses physical and musical borders to expose the grace and beauty of the migrant community with a rocking sound that brings together regional music from Mexico and the U.S., as well as a “Chicano soul” style that permeates his eclectic choice of music.

DíaPaSon (“day for son” and Spanish diapasón for “fretboard”) is an ensemble of artists who specialize in Mexican folk music and dance, particularly the son jarocho. Its artists are active in the rich sonero community of the Bay Area and have collectively and individually studied the son art form with internationally renowned master artists of son jarocho. Under the artistic direction of María de la Rosa, DíaPaSon promotes and preserves the cultural treasures of Mexico by creating programs and projects that reflect its folkloric traditions. Since 2010, DíaPaSon—once known as SonRisas—has appeared throughout California, in Colorado and Mexico, and has joined the National Performance Network (NPN) touring roster after completion of new works commissioned by the NPN Creation Fund in 2016.

Chelis López is an award-winning Mexican journalist who has lived in San Francisco since 1996. For almost ten years she hosted the national radio show Línea Abierta at Radio Bilingüe, the National Latino Public Radio Network where she interviewed and produced diverse stories including the live broadcast of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, an annual celebration of communities and cultures in the U.S. and around the world presented annually in Washington, D.C. She is the host and producer of two Spanish-language shows on KPOO 89.5FM in San Francisco—Pájaro Latinoamericano and Andanzas—where she explores and offers news, comments, and interviews with newsmakers and artists throughout Latin America. López is also the San Francisco correspondent for Rompeviento TV in Mexico and hosts locally at Marin TV.

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Time: 3:00pm event
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Jenna McLean Jazz Quartet: "Brighter Day" Album Release Tour
2019-08-04 19:30 - 22:00
Jazz vocalist Jenna McLean and her band celebrate the release of her debut solo jazz album, Brighter Day, a celebration of joy and human resilience amidst a turbulent world. McLean takes pride in shaping near-and-dear jazz standards into personal and honest works through original lyrics and fresh arrangements that are sure to touch hearts and swing deeply.

FEATURING:
Jenna McLean – vocals
Steve Kovalcheck – guitar
Seth Lewis – bass
Ryan Leppich – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jenna McLean is a jazz vocalist and Colorado native with degrees in classical vocal performance and jazz studies. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in jazz studies at UNC and collaborates regularly with many outstanding Denver talents including Eric Gunnison, Ben Markley, Steve Kovalcheck, Tom Amend, and many others. With a love and devotion for jazz, funk, soul, and classical genres, McLean maintains the belief that all music is good music as long as it speaks to the soul and grooves.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Sibarg Ensemble: An Evening of Iranian & Jazz Improvisation
2019-08-09 19:30 - 22:00
Sibarg Ensemble explores creative intercultural music by combining the sounds of traditional Iranian melodies and jazz. Through original compositions, arrangements of classical and folk songs, and structured improvisations, the members draw on their own distinct musical backgrounds while creating a dialogue with one another. With each performance, Sibarg sets out to create a sense of unity and peace while facilitating multiculturalism.

FEATURING:
Hesam Abedini – vocals
Sara Saberi – oud
Josh Charney – piano, keyboard
Jordan Glenn – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
In 2008, vocalist Hesam Abedini established at the Tehran Music Conservatory as the first university ensemble to combine Iranian and non-Iranian music. When the ensemble moved to the U.S. in 2010, they reformed with kamancheh player Niloufar Shiri, tar player Ebrahim Poustinchi, pianist Josh Charney, and bassist Kyle Motl. Their first album, Cipher, released in 2018, was sponsored by the Jordan Center for Persian Studies and the Farhang Foundation. Sibarg Ensemble has performed at numerous music festivals, universities, and cultural institutions, including MSMU’s Women in Music Festival, Carlsbad Music Festival, IcM, Central Stage Berkeley, Royce Hall, Bovard Auditorium, UCI, and UCSD. Their music has been featured on WNYC’s New Sounds, KEXP’s Wo’ Pop, WFMU, KZSU, and KFJC.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Robert Papacica, Eddie Mendenhall & Marcelo Perez: Modern Jazz
2019-08-10 19:30 - 22:00
Guitarist Robert Papacica, keyboardist Eddie Mendenhall, and drummer Marcelo Perez join together for an evening of improvisation and original music that draws largely from the jazz tradition and the avant garde.

FEATURING:
Robert Papacica – guitar
Eddie Mendenhall – organ
Marcelo Perez – drums

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Now residing in Miami, Robert Papacica has appeared as a sideman in clubs in Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Seattle, and New York. An alumnus of the Frost School at the University of Miami, he was a member of the Concert Jazz Band where he played alongside Adam Rogers performing the Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra, Dafnis Prieto performing the music of his album Back to the Sunset, and John Daversa’s Grammy-award winning American Dreamers. Papacica has studied under many notable artists such as John Hart, Bruce Forman, Brian Lynch, Julian Lage, Pat Kelley, Gary Meek, and Adam Rogers.
Eddie Mendenhall began studying piano at the age of four, and by the time he was eight, he was good enough to play works from Schumann and Beethoven. He earned a spot in the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Band in 1989 and 1990 under the direction of Bill Berry, where he had the opportunity to accompany Dizzy Gillespie at the festival. After high school, Mendenhall earned scholarships to the Berklee College of Music and went on to graduate with a degree in jazz composition. For the next seven years, the Tokyo jazz scene kept him busy, where he rapidly became one of the busiest pianists in the city. His debut album, Cosine Meets Tangent, featured his own compositions and remained on the jazz charts for 12 weeks. Mendenhall has performed with the likes of Ray Brown’s Great Big Band, “Senator” Eugene Wright, Ray Drummond, Othello Molineaux, Pete Christlieb, the Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Ali Jackson Jr., Tommy Campbell, Peter Erskine, Enrique Iglesias, Akira Tana, and John Shifflett. He is active in jazz education working with the Monterey Jazz Festival, the California Jazz Conservatory, San Jose Jazz Summer Camp, Living Jazz (Jazz Camp West), and the Stanford Jazz Workshop.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Tamar Ilana & Ventanas: Mediterranean Music & Flamenco Dance
2019-08-11 19:30 - 22:00
Tamar Ilana & Ventanas present their third album, MISTRĀL. Named for the wind that traverses the Mediterranean, the title alludes to the migrations of the Sephardic and Romani people over the centuries. A four-time nominee for the Canadian Folk Music Awards, Ventanas reimagines Mediterranean melodies and flamenco grooves with “potent, vibrato-drenched vocals” (DownBeat) and “bristling oud solos” (New York Music Daily).

FEATURING:
Tamar Ilana – vocals, dance
Jesssica Deutsch – violin
Tyler Emond – bass
Benjamin Barrile – flamenco guitar
Derek Gray – percussion/kit

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Tamar Ilana & Ventanas is a six-piece Toronto-based ensemble fronted by powerhouse vocalist and dancer Tamar Ilana and featuring the city’s finest global musicians. Drawing inspiration from such legendary artists as the Silk Road Ensemble, Paco de Lucía, and Yasmin Levy, they reimagine Mediterranean melodies and flamenco grooves, and mix contemporary interpretations of ancient ballads with original compositions.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Miro Sprague Trio ft. Alex Boneham & Christian Euman: Lyrical Modern Jazz
2019-08-16 19:30 - 22:00
This dynamic modern jazz piano trio performs primarily original music by pianist/bandleader Miro Sprague, as well as interpretations of jazz standards. Sprague’s music is lyrical and engaging, and the intimate trio setting provides the perfect avenue for inspired group interaction and improvisation.

FEATURING:
Miro Sprague – piano
Alex Boneham – bass
Christian Euman – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Miro Sprague is a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his dynamic performance style, inspiring creativity and artistic versatility. Based in Los Angeles, he maintains a busy national and international touring career, performing with many renowned artists including Karrin Allyson, Matt Wilson, Dominique Eade, Jerry Bergonzi, Ingrid Jensen, and Greg Osby among others. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA, Sprague was mentored by Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. He has released four albums as a bandleader and has been featured on countless others as a sideman.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Jamie Zee: Neo-Soul & Jazz Vocalist Debuts EP
2019-08-24 19:30 - 22:00
Award-winning jazz vocalist Jamie Zee returns to celebrate the release of her self-titled EP. Inspired by life as a non-binary, Chinese-American child of San Francisco, Zee has spent the past five years meticulously documenting her life through song and performance to bring together her debut collection of original works.

FEATURING:
Jamie Zee – vocals
Max Brody – guitar
Madison Bohrer – saxophone
Alex Shapiro-Romano – drums
William Bohrer – bass
Julian Lopez – keyboard

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Premiering vocalist and winner of Jazz Search West 2017, Jamie Zee is one of the Bay Area’s most sought-out composers. This upcoming artist’s style is evocative, alluring, soulful, and innovative. Zee performs an array of compositions and arrangements of originals, as well as the classics of funk, soul, jazz, reggae, and Afro-Cuban jazz. Audiences enjoy the blend of cultures she brings from all around the Bay Area. Her style is distinctively San Franciscan and embodies the life of a non-binary, Asian-American child of San Francisco.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Sandcatchers / Charming Hostess: Americana & Middle Eastern / Intersection of Voice & Text
2019-08-29 19:30 - 22:00
NYC-based quartet Sandcatchers blends the Middle Eastern trope of the oud with the dreamy, Americana-influenced textures of the steel. Featuring original music by bandleader Yoshie Fruchter that is inspired both by maqam and the Appalachian trail, Sandcatchers is a beautiful collaboration of sound and souls. Led by Jewlia Eisenberg, the band Charming Hostess shares the night, exploring the intersection of text and the sounding body.

FEATURING:
Sandcatchers
Yoshie Fruchter – oud
Myk Freedman – lap steel
Michael Bates – bass
Mathias Kunzli – drums/percussion
Charming Hostess
Jewlia Eisenberg – vocals
(Other musicians TBA)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Sandcatchers consists Yoshie Fruchter on oud, Myk Freedman on lap steel, Michael Bates on bass, and Shai Wetzer on drums/percussion, with special guest Erik Friedlander on cello. The ensemble began as a weekly gig in a Brooklyn restaurant and quickly became a focused musical and compositional exploration. The goal of the band has been to establish a sonic combination that is not only pleasing to the ear, but also challenges notions of how we view musical context. The oud has a deep history in the Middle East and strands of tradition spanning centuries, while the lap steel is a much younger entity whose sound is still being established. Together, the instruments have beautiful contrasting timbres but are also unique tools for composition, forming a combination that is both unparalleled and beautiful. Sandcatchers has performed/recorded with Erik Friedlander, David Krakauer, Tim Sparks, Ben Goldberg, and has toured all over North America.
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Charming Hostess is a whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical braininess. Their music explores the intersection of text and the sounding body, complex ideas expressed physically, based on voice and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath, and silence. The band lives where diasporas collide, incorporating piyyutim and Pygmy counterpoint, doo-wop and niggunim, and work songs and Torah chanting.
Jewlia Eisenberg is an American musician and composer. As the founder and bandleader of Charming Hostess, she coined the term “Nerdy-Sexy-Commie-Girly” to describe her genre of music which spans an eclectic range of styles. Originally from New York City, Eisenberg became an integral member of the San Francisco Bay Area and New York Downtown music scenes in the 1990s and continues to create music in 2019 with her new project with guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood, Book of J.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Los Nadies: Danceable Latin Rock with a Conscience
2019-08-30 19:30 - 22:00
Los Nadies bring a keen mix of politics, poetry, street party, and musicianship every time they step on to a stage. They play an eclectic combination of highly danceable Latin music with rock.

FEATURING:
Juan Cuba – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Mateo Nube – lead electric guitar, backup vocals
Marty Jones – bass guitar
Chris Mayorga – lead & rhythm acoustic guitar
José Vergelin – drums, cajón, bongó, percussion

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Los Nadies weave together a wide array of Latin American rhythms with rock, creating a distinct and sophisticated danceable blend that includes rumba flamenca, cumbia, Afro-Cuban, Peruvian and Brazilian music, reggae, and South American folklore, along with poetically and politically charged lyrics. Their music often mirrors and reflects the Latino experience in a globalized U.S., with immigrant roots hailing from Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and the Bay Area. The music is also greatly influenced by Nueva Trova Latinoamericana in the vein of Silvio Rodriguez, as well as Santana, Bunburi, Calamaro, Bersuit Vergarabat, and Manu Chao to name just a few. Los Nadies, or “The Nobodies,” take their name from the eponymous poem/essay by Uruguayan historian Eduardo Galeano decrying the invisibility cast upon the millions of dispossessed people around the world. As a band, Los Nadies are proudly committed to social justice as well as to environmental and political awareness, yet they embrace a spirit of fun, joy, and sheer musicianship in every performance.
Frontman Juan Cuba, from Peru, writes most of the songs and brings an inimitable stage presence to the group. Mateo Nube, from Bolivia, is the political soul and in-house activist who plays lead electric and acoustic guitar and shares vocal duties. Bay Area native Marty Jones provides the low-end bass grooves to complement Argentinean José Vergelin’s eclectic drums and percussion. Chris Mayorga, with roots in Nicaragua and the San Francisco Bay Area, brings his nuanced, virtuoso solos and rhythmic drive on the electric and acoustic guitar.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Citizens Jazz: Music of Dizzy Gillespie
2019-08-31 19:30 - 22:00
Citizens Jazz pays tribute to legendary American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. In the 1940s, Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Jon Faddis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Chuck Mangione, and balladeer Johnny Hartman.

FEATURING:
Riley Bandy – alto saxophone
James Mahone – tenor saxophone
Grant Levin – piano
Caroline Chung – upright bass
Malachi Whitson – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Citizens Jazz is a collective of some of the Bay Area’s best up-and-coming and veteran musicians. Each combo brings a different element of magic that happens in the spontaneity of the language of jazz and improvisation. The group is led by bassist Caroline Chung, who has been gigging professionally for over a decade playing in bands ranging from jazz and funk to Brazilian and Latin. Chung has studied under the late great Herbie Lewis, performs regularly in the Bay Area, and has organized several Bay Area Women in Jazz series at Red Poppy Art House. She has opened up for the Buena Vista Social Club’s last U.S. tour at Mountain Winery, as well as for Ozomatli at the New Parish with Afro-Latin funk band Sang Matiz.

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Article by Andrew Gilbert: Summer Sounds | San Francisco Classical Voice

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Mónica María: Song Release Celebration, Son Jarocho, Zapateado Workshop
2019-09-06 19:00 - 22:00
Come celebrate the release of Mónica María’s first single, “Levanta”! Presenting a set of her original music and a set of son jarocho with a special guest artist from Veracruz, the evening will begin with a zapateado workshop (at 7:00pm) taught by the guest artist and will end with a mini fandanguito. ¡Nos vemos!

FEATURING:
Mónica María – vocals, jarana, guitar, bass
(Special guest artist) – vocals, jarana, quijada, zapateado

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Mónica María‘s music reflects her Californian roots mixed with traditional and contemporary sounds of Latin America. Her songs are innovative and expressive of a world where cultures coexist, where fear is transformed by compassion, where we learn to truly love ourselves, and where we view the world from an empathetic and holistic state of mind. A vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, she is a graduate of San Francisco State University who has spent more than half her life writing songs and performing various genres such as son cubano, salsa, son jarocho, cumbia, jazz, and R&B.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors + workshop / 7:30pm show
Admission: (Online) $20-25 / (Door) $25 general, $20 student & senior with valid ID
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