Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Rob Reich Quartet–Saturday, November 3 Rob Reich is one of the Bay Area’s most innovative and myriad-genre musicians. At this week’s concert, he’ll bring clarinetist Ben Goldberg, Seth Ford Young on bass, and Jon Arkin on drums, to play...
Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
April Verch & Joe Newberry – Sunday, October 28 Joe Newberry and April Verch each bring superb musicianship from their respective Ozark/Appalachian and Canadian Ottawa Valley roots. While they never lose sight of their own unique traditions, their work together...
Sep 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Upstate–Friday, October 12 The last few years have been a time of genuine exploration and self-discovery for the band formerly known as Upstate Rubdown. As the group knocked off milestone after milestone on the road, their sound, their lineup, and their name all...
Sep 29, 2018 | Past Performance
Musica Pacifica–Saturday, October 6 Make Reservations Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica has made its mark on the early music scene here in the Bay Area and beyond. They’ve performed several times at the Berkeley Early Music Festival, as well as at other...
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...
