Oakland Leela James Rocks The Fox Leela James Fox Theater Oakland Jan. 26, 2024 Leela James, aka The Goddaughter of Soul, took the stage at the Fox Theater and, let me tell you, she didn’t Lisa Gray 6 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Apocalypse at Arch Street: The Omen Meets George Clinton P(X3) Arch Street Tavern Hartford Dec. 14, 2023 The organ may not be the first thing you think about when the world is ending. But at Arch Street Tavern Jamil Ragland 15 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford The Trombone Sings at Black Eyed Sally’s Dr. Emmett Goods Black Eyed Sally’s Hartford Nov. 15, 2023 The trombone is not the first instrument I associate with jazz music. I’d seen trombones as part of Jamil Ragland 16 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland Nowhere Lands The Seshen Somewhere New After more than a decade The Seshen deliver their fourth full-length LP, “Nowhere,” their most complete project to date. The Seshen with Boostive “Nowhere” Album Release Party The New Parish Sayre Piotrkowski 27 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland No Community = No Liberation! Life is Living Oct. 14, 2023 Defermery/Little Bobby Hutton Park West Oakland, Cal. The “Life Is Living Festival” of 2023 was nothing short of a tribal celebration of community John Williams 19 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Guitar Karaoke: Who Knew? Guitar Bar The Alley 3225 Grand Ave., Oakland Wednesday, 8 – 12 p.m. “That was much better than I was expecting!” Paul Hlebcar (pronounced heb-car) proclaimed from behind his KN95 Sarah Bass 16 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland A Whole Hella Love Danielle Helena in concert Towne Cycles Adeline Street, Oakland, Cal. Sept. 22, 2023 The backyard of Towne Cycles on Oakland’s Adeline Street hummed with clinking cans and whispered pleasantries Lauren Tannenbaum 2 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Ethiopian Musical Ambassadors Bring Down The House Ethiocolor Zanzi 19 Grand Ave., Oakland Sept. 19, 2023 The ensemble Ethiocolor brought an exuberant range of Ethiopian music and dance traditions from Addis Abba to Oakland’s Zanzi — and Lauren Tannenbaum 24 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford BooYah! Expectations Shattered at Arch Street Tavern As I’ve written before, I try to go to arts events with no prior knowledge or expectations. I like being surprised and I feel that it gives me a Jamil Ragland 18 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
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