Teacher, performer, composer and filmmaker Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto has played the Japanese koto most of her life. She began learning at an early age under the tutelage of her mother, Kazuko Muramoto and went on to study traditional Japanese koto music with masters Chikushi Katsuko, Kazue Kudo and Yoko Gates. Shirley plays the koto in […]
Carnatic violinist Arun Ramamurthy returns to Yerba Buena Gardens Festival with his New York trio featuring Bay Area drummer Sameer Gupta and electric bassist Damon Banks. Steeped in South Indian classical forms, the combo is known for its thrilling improvisational flights fusing the spirit of raga music and jazz. The Carnatic canon is remixed in […]
Oakland-based singer, songwriter and producer Dani Offline has gained a fervent following for her singular aesthetic, blending dreamy melodies and hypnotic grooves with introspective lyrics that feel both personal and universal. A native of Birmingham, Alabama who came to the Bay Area for graduate studies at UC Berkeley, Offline spent her formative years bouncing between […]