The incendiary violinist and composer Tom Rigney joins forces with some of the finest musicians on the San Francisco roots music scene in Tom Rigney and Flambeau, a band known for turning unassuming gigs into ecstatic celebrations. Featuring pianist Caroline Dahl, bassist Sam Rocha, drummer Brent Rampone and veteran guitarist Anthony Paule, Flambeau specializes in […]
San Francisco jazz singer Paula West possesses a luscious, velvety, caressing contralto that’s strikingly beautiful in every register. But it’s the expansive body of music she explores with her exquisite instrument that makes her one of the most consistently enthralling singers on the scene. She brings the same keen emotional intelligence to whatever song she […]
Steeped in the raw, incantatory funk that emerged in mid-1970s Bamako, the musically verdant capital of Mali, Orchestra Gold is built around the electric frontwoman Mariam Diakite, who absorbed those sounds first-hand growing up in the landlocked West African nation. Celebrating the release of the band’s second album The Old and the New, Orchestra Gold […]
Pistahan is a two-day event, on Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14. Celebrating Filipino and Filipino-American arts and culture, the annual Pistahan features 2 days of art pavilions and stages highlighting contemporary and traditional music, dance, art, crafts, cuisine and artifacts. A trade expo offers products unique to the Philippines. It’s the next best […]
Pistahan is a two-day event, on Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14. Celebrating Filipino and Filipino-American arts and culture, the annual Pistahan features 2 days of art pavilions and stages highlighting contemporary and traditional music, dance, art, crafts, cuisine and artifacts. A trade expo offers products unique to the Philippines. It’s the next best […]
The guitar has occupied a special place in Brazilian music since the late 19th century and Romero Lubambo and Chico Pinheiro are jazz artists who have blazed new trails for the instrument in the 21st century. Descending to the Gardens from their Cazadero redwoods perch as faculty at California Brazil Camp, their Dois Irmãos (Two […]
Conguero Javier Navarrette has been at the center of the Bay Area Latin music scene for the past three decades, both as a bandleader and key collaborator with masters such as John Santos, Bobi Céspedes, Jesús Díaz and Anthony Blea. In the depths of the pandemic, he decided to break through the isolation by assembling […]
This event was originally scheduled for May 25 and moved to June 1, 2022. Fingersnaps Media Arts is a DJ studio based in the heart and soul of the Mission district. Every 4th Wednesday, founder DJ Lamont and members of his DJ community bring the music of our generation to your lunchtime break. Grab a […]
Lalin St. Juste gained widespread notice over the past decade as lead vocalist for Oakland’s innovative Afro-futurist electronica band The Seshen. But since the pandemic the Haitian-American singer/songwriter and producer has reconfigured her life and taken major steps to forge her own path. A self-taught musician with a knack for tapping directly into the emotions […]
Marcus Shelby is an iconic figure on the Bay Area jazz scene, and over the past 20 years the bassist, composer and bandleader has created extraordinary, historically informed musical settings for some of the Bay Area’s most exciting vocalists. His work has illuminated overlooked facets of the African-American experience, from the abolitionist movement and the Port […]