Local Music
By Crosscurrents Producer on Dec 13 2011 - 12:28pm
In the audio clip above, you can listen to Misisipi Mike Wolf, a prolific San Francisco singer-songwriter, who plays in – as he says – “as many bands as it takes to rock your socks off.” If you missed his sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall back in the summer, you have a chance to hear...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Dec 12 2011 - 12:22pm
What can you say about jug band music? If you’re “The Christmas Jug Band,” you can say you’re the “kings of 100 percent acoustic-folk-skiffle-swing holiday high jinks.” And, really, what more can be said after that? If you like your jug band music live, head over to the Freight and Salvage in...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Dec 7 2011 - 12:19pm
This performer can be compared to great singers with names like Bob and Bruce, but he's pretty sure no one else shares his name: Bhi Bhiman (Bee Bee-men). He is a first-generation Sri Lankan-American singer/songwriter who is playing at 8pm this Sunday, December 11th at The Independent in San...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Dec 6 2011 - 3:06pm
The music you're hearing is by the Wild Rumpus New Music Collective. The eleven members of this ensemble will be playing world premieres of works composed especially for them on Saturday (12.10). Performance time is 8pm at San Francisco’s ODC Theater, in the Mission. NOTE: The music is more...
By Judy Silber on Dec 5 2011 - 12:06pm
The performance style of Jonathan Richman is as simple and naïve now as it was in the 1970s, when his band, The Modern Lovers, was influencing what would become the punk and garage band sounds. He and frequent collaborator Tommy Larkin will be at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Nov 30 2011 - 12:40pm
You’re hearing the California Bach Society. They have two Christmas programs scheduled in our area. They’ll be at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco, Friday December 2nd at 8pm, and again at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley on Sunday December 4th, beginning at 4pm.
The program will...
By Judy Silber on Nov 28 2011 - 2:13pm
Todays music is by the Change Band, along with the Glide Ensemble. The band will be backing several guests at this year's Love Groove, the annual holiday jam concert benefiting San Francisco's Glide Memorial Church. It takes place Thursday at The Warfield Theater in San Francisco, starting at 7pm....
By Crosscurrents Producer on Nov 17 2011 - 12:21pm
The Mission Players are in their tenth year together, and they say their ultimate goal is “to produce a high energy live show that makes people need to shake their feet on the dance floor.” You’ll have your chance if you attend this year’s Holiday Beer Fest. That happens this Saturday, November 19...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Nov 16 2011 - 12:25pm
The band OONA is named after thier lead singer Oona Garthwaite. They’re a rarity in today’s club music scene, because they actually play all of their own instruments – no backing tracks here!
Oona performs Friday, November 18th at Café du Nord in San Francisco. Music begins about 9pm.
By Crosscurrents Producer on Nov 15 2011 - 2:35pm
Oakland’s Prasant Radhakrishnan and VidyA provide a mix of classical South Indian sounds with American jazz. They perform live this Saturday, November 19th, at the Sangati Center on Bancroft Way in Berkeley, starting at 8pm.
Misisipi Mike
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