Country Blues Meets Jewish Liturgy   Saturday, August 11   Jeremiah Lockwood's band, The Sway Machinery, has made its mark around the world performing at festivals ranging from the Festival of the Desert in Timbuktu to Roskilde Festival in Denmark. His musical training included singing in the choir for his grandfather, Cantor Jacob Konigsberg and a decade […]

  Soul, Poetry, Sound     Writer, rhymer and culture warrior, MADlines, combines witty lyrics with off-the-wall rhyme schemes. She's worked as a poet mentor with Youth Speaks, graduated with her MFA this year, and recently released a mixed tape: Mad Habit. Bay Area singer-songwriter and emcee, Coco Peila, combines empowering lyrics and unique vocal delivery with fun […]

A Night Of Gypsy Jazz   Thursday, August 16   Panique is a Gypsy Jazz band from San Francisco specializing in Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's music of the ’30s and ’40s. Think of the backdrop to romantic Paris cafes, smoky underground jazz clubs, and Woody Allen flicks. The group features Vic Wong on lead guitar, Benito Cortez […]

  Virtuosic chanteuse Karina Denike will transport you to a decade that never happened—but should have. Steeped in the lost eras of 1930’s torch songs and Motown, her original songs draw from sea shanties, Eastern European lullabies, doo wop drama, and other unexpected sources. Supporting herself on chord organ, and backed by an adventurous San Francisco band of established […]

  It's A Good Day To Die     Clattering Loom is a themed reading co-curated by Valerie Chavez and Jonathan Hirsch that asks its participants to explore a word or phrase from another language that doesn't quite translate into English. The August reading examines the Cherokee phrase "Yutta Hey" which translates as "Its a good day to […]

  An Evening Of Music For The Spirit     Rebecca Cross is a composer of electronic and acoustic music. Her work has been seen in NYTimes, Vouge, SFWeekly, Elle, Nylon and was recently showcased at the International Museum of Women recognizing women in technology. Her current project is an exploration of Americana storytelling with a focus on […]

  An Evening Of Jazz And Cabaret     Original compositions by composer, pianist and chanteuse Allison Lovejoy and unique renditions of standards by Mr. Lucky with special guests Ralph Carney, Joshua Brody, Mike Groh, Stoo Odom.  Also, appearances by guest vocalists Beth Wilmurt and Alexis Lane Jensen who will be performing original cabaret and theater work. […]

  The First Classical Dance Club!     LA-based Helix Collective plays Bollywood, Klezmer, Waltzes and Rock and teaches you all the right moves to join in! Behind the music is a line-up of seasoned, young composers, all with a talent for writing music that rocks! You'll wiggle your hips to film composer Mark Weiser's Bollywood Dance and […]

  From Jazz to Soul     Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist-producer Billy White has had an interesting musical journey.  An award-winning jazz pianist, Ethnomusicologist, collaborator with top-flight jazz musicians, and backup keyboardist for artists like Grammy nominees Maiysha Kai and Bilal, he  has been writing, singing and playing original material to great acclaim at venues on both coasts. […]

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 […]