Michael Christmas Brings Comedic Wit to Cornerstone
The Boston rapper is touring to support Role Model, his first proper album in three years, and will be in Berkeley.
September 28, 2018
Chase Jackson Bring Ambitious Jazz to Piedmont Piano
The vibraphonist and Berkeley High grad has been studying composition and making his way in LA.
September 14, 2018
The Book of J Offers Radical Religion for Modern Times
With a new album out, the duo is promoting a repertoire that combines American folk with Yiddish and Hebrew songs, all expressing the unifying themes of love, struggle, and spirituality.
September 13, 2018
Unsettling Times
Protest songs, identity questions, and economic disparity surface in this month’s music and books.
August 30, 2018
Get Ready for Royal Jelly Jive
The infectiously danceable SF-formed band comes to Yoshi’s.
August 27, 2018
Indian Musical Forms Influence Sameer Gupta’s Jazz
The former Bay Area resident has a new album, A Circle Has No Beginning, and is at the Freight with old and new friends to promote it.
August 17, 2018
Joe Goldmark Is a Cowboy with a World View
The famed pedal steel guitarist with ties to Escape From New York Pizza and Amoeba Records has a new record out.
August 10, 2018
ELO Keeps Selling Out Shows
Take a trip down memory lane at Oracle with the Electric Light Orchestra.
August 01, 2018
The Decemberists Take a New Track
Historical and folkloric events go by the wayside in favor of contentious contemporary times.
July 27, 2018
Pete Escovedo Plays a Birthday Bash at Yoshi’s
Even after all theses years, Mr. E at 82 remains a great Latin force.
July 13, 2018
