Sep 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
John Whelan & Haley Richardson–Friday, September 28 Make Reservations Seven-time all-Ireland champion John Whelan is one of the world’s best living Irish button accordion players. John was raised in the vibrant London Irish music scene of the 1970s, and...
Sep 15, 2018 | Past Performance
John Whelan & Haley Richardson–Friday, September 28 Make Reservations Seven-time all-Ireland champion John Whelan is one of the world’s best living Irish button accordion players. John was raised in the vibrant London Irish music scene of the 1970s, and...
Sep 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Harmonic Tone Revealers (John Reischman, Scott Nygaard, Sharon Gilchrist)–Friday, September 14 Make Reservations This is acoustic string music at its finest. The power trio of mandolinist John Reischman, guitarist Scott Nygaard, and bassist/mandolinist Sharon...
Aug 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Aallotar–Saturday, August 4 RSVP Ancestors of Sara Pajunen and Teija Niku lived within hours of each other in western Finland–speaking the same language, playing the same music, living the same culture. In the late 19th century, Pajunen’s...
Aug 6, 2018 | Past Performance
Western Centuries–Saturday, September 1 RSVP This is not country music. The first generation of country artists borrowed from everything around them: Appalachian stringband, Texas fiddle traditions, cowboy songs, Delta blues. Western Centuries uses every...
Jul 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Amaranth Quartet–Friday, August 3 RSVP Equally at home with Mozart and Mendelssohn as they are with brand new string quartet compositions, violinists Emily Botel and Abigail Shiman, violist Julie Michael, and cellist Helen Newby met at the San Francisco...
Jul 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mads Tolling & Dan Zemelman — Saturday, July 28 Internationally renowned violinist and composer Mads Tolling is originally from Copenhagen, Denmark and now lives in San Francisco. As a former member of both bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and the celebrated...
Jun 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tony Furtado Trio with John Reischman and Luke Price–Thursday, July 12 Multi-instrumentalist and 2-time National Banjo champion Tony Furtado combines folk, blues, bluegrass, and a lot more into an Americana musical blend that explores musical frontiers...
Jun 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Trio Garufa — Saturday, June 16 Garufa: 1) boisterous and festive fun, especially that dedicated to dance and drinking; 2) a person prone to such kind of fun. The Tango: often called ‘The Argentine Tango’, is Argentina’s contribution to the...
May 27, 2018 | Past Performance
Elizabeth Blumenstock — Saturday, June 9 Virtuoso baroque violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock is a local treasure. Bay Area early music fans know her well from her many years with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and American Bach Soloists, often in the...