Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Lowest Pair Saturday, October 12 Fifth Street favorites, this two-banjo-and-guitar duo can’t be beat. Arkansas-born and now homesteading in Olympia, Washington, Kendl Winter sprouts beans in mason jars in the back of the tour van and spreads her songs across...
Sep 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Amy LaVere & Will Sexton Saturday, September 28 Amy LaVere grew up in Bethany, Louisiana, a small Texas–Louisiana border town in the Piney Woods region, nurtured by musical parents with a passion for traditional country music. Her family moved 13 times by the time...
Sep 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Theresa Wong, cello & voice Saturday, September 14 Theresa Wong–composer, cellist and vocalist, active at the intersection of music, experimentation, improvisation and the synergy of multiple disciplines. Bridging sound, movement, theater and visual art, her...
Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Teslim In Turkish, teslim means both “commit” and “surrender.” In Turkish classical music, teslim means “theme” or main melody—a composition journeys away from and returns home to its teslim, which becomes like a beloved character. Commit and surrender are two sides...
Aug 9, 2019 | Past Performance
High Country We can’t say it any better than their website: “High Country has earned its place as one of America’s finest traditional bluegrass bands. Strongly influenced by the classic styles of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers,...
Jul 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mads Tolling & Dave Macnab This concert is sold out We’re thrilled to have internationally renowned Danish-American violinist and composer Mads Tolling back at Fifth Street. As a member of both bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and the celebrated Turtle Island...
Jun 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Nash / Griffin / Landon–Songwriter’s Circle: Saturday, July 20 Named one of “50 Transcendent Acoustic Guitarists” by Guitar Player magazine, James Nash has been described as “graceful but fiery… elegant and colorful… rampantly...
May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Kora Feder–Friday, June 7 Both delicate and bold, Kora Feder (rhymes with “cedar”) is a rising voice in the new generation of folk songwriters up to the task of confronting the times we live in. “The most talented new singer-songwriter I’ve heard in the...
May 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Meraki Quartet–Sunday, June 2 This concert is sold out, but you can add yourself to the waiting list on the Reservations page. The Meraki Quartet formed right here in Berkeley in 2016 through the Crowden Music Center’s Youth Chamber Music Program. The members of the...
Apr 25, 2019 | Past Performance
Gerry O’Connor & Richard Mandel–Saturday, May 4 Gerry O’Connor grew up in County Louth, in a family of musicians, dancers and singers. His mother, Rose, taught Gerry and his siblings at home, and she continued to teach from there for 40 years. Students...
