A Hot August Night In Havana   Tito’s boleros are sensuously bittersweet when sung in his smooth baritone voice. The full-bodied melodic mix of “call and response” between the piano, vocals, congas and horns commands the listener’s attention. From the first blast of the horns in “Busco a Alguien,” you’ll be musically transported to Havana, hips swaying under the […]

Canto E´ Jíbaro 2012 · Live Recording Session     Far from being an ensemble, Mijo is more about a metamorphous crossing of people. Looking back at years of musical encounters with diverse people, Mijo resembles a Socratic circle that refuses a definition. Fusión Jíbara has been the tagline adopted by many but it seems to be […]

  New Direction In Jazz And Venezuelan Music     Hailed for its spirited performances and its fascinating fusion of Venezuelan folk rhythms and adventurous Jazz explorations, The VNote Ensemble give voice to the hidden treasure of Venezuelan music. The group is committed to raising that voice and exploring the connection between North American Jazz, traditional Venezuelan songs […]

  An Acoustic Evening Of Blues & Americana Music     HowellDevine is the kind of blues you don't hear anymore. The raw slide guitar played by Joshua Howell evokes the Mississippi Hill Country greats such as Fred McDowell and RL Burnside. The rhythm section of drummer and percussionist Pete Devine and bassist Safa Shokrai breaks from the […]

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

  Indo-Western Chamber Ensemble Karavika, New York City’s Indo-Western chamber ensemble, is led by violinist Trina Basu and cellist Amali Premawardhana. Drawing from the rich classical and folk traditions of India, Europe and NorthAmerica, Karavika is in San Francisco celebrating the release of their recent debut CD, “SUNRISE”, which All About Jazz describes as: “A dynamic sonic […]

  Celebrate New CHELLE! AND FRIENDS     Celebrate New Orleans!     Ask 20 people how to define the music of New Orleans and you’ll get 30 answers. It could be Jazz, Funk, Soul, Cajun, Creole, Gospel, Caribbean, African, Zydeco, Rock or the chants and stirring rhythms of Mardi Gras Indians. New Orleans native, Michelle Jacques […]

The Art of Noise: Carefully Crafted & Whimsically Experimental Music Saturday, September 15, 2012 7:30 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show Admission: $10-$20 sliding scale All Ages, ADA Friendly   A showcase of musical experimentation and play, featuring: Experimental new music artist Meerenai Shim on flute and Gameboy “eclectic…beguiles the ear with the most musical phrasing and […]

An Evening Of Storytelling   Comedy, intrigue, drama all in 10-minute bursts told live without notes by storytellers from around the Bay Area. Cozy up with us to escape the summer fog with this evening of true stories. The evening is organized by Spokespeople, a San Francisco storytelling group. The theme for September is "Back to School: Stories […]

    TOM DJLL Fractured Fairy Tales Jazz   Space Junk, that harmolodic atonal boogie-swamp-thing band, tears into Jazz with rude abandon, offering a Fractured Fairy Tales view of finger-snappin' history, as narrated by William S. Burroughs. Led by Composer/keyboardist Tom Djll, the band features legendary saxophonist Phillip Greenlief (Lost Trio, Citta di Vitti) and […]

  Electro-Acoustic Brazil   Boca do Rio strips it down in the intimate venue of the Red Poppy Art House – a perfect setting for the Bossa Novas and Sambas emanating from this powerful trio. The classic sounds of nylon-string guitar softly strummed with a dancing melodic horn is anchored by the rhythmic powerhouse that is Alex Calatayud, […]

Everything For Somebody Album Release The Aram Shelton Quartet plays creative Jazz music inspired by Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and Charles Mingus. In this quartet, Shelton (Oakland) plays alto saxophone and is joined by Chicagoans Keefe Jackson on tenor saxophone, Anton Hatwich on bass, and Tim Daisy on drums. The new album "Everything for Somebody", features compositions that […]

  LATE NITE ART 4 A Unique Social Art Experience   LATE NITE ART it is an evening of collaborative art-making, ambient music, to-die-for food and insightful discussion. In a few words, it's a social art experience. Meet people, have a few beverages, and share thought-provoking discussion on what it means to create in collaboration. This is an […]

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

  KALLY PRICE AND MEREDITH AXELROD SING EARLY JAZZ Songbirds In The Gloaming   "Kally Price is powerfully herself . . . .a fully realized singer, not for the timid, someone hard to ignore. She doesn’t create background music. . . . witness a forceful performance by a musical actress with great skill and undeniable passion" --Michael Steinman, […]

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

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

  Folkvangr And Broken Shadows   Devin Hoff is a bassist and composer who has written music for and played in Punk, Jazz and Country ensembles throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and composed and played on hundreds of records, film and stage scores. Tonight he presents his two main creative acoustic music projects: Folkvangr and Broken Shadows.   […]

  Soulful And Poetic Songs   Mark Growden is a singer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, visual artist, and the artistic director of the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, LA. Growden has released several critically-acclaimed albums, including Saint Judas, which was awarded “2010 Rekkid of the Year” by music blog Stash Dauber and ranked in the 2010 […]