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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]