Oakland Secret Concert Reveal: Sofar Spirit So Good SoFar Sounds Black History Month Show Ramsess Art Garden 2511 Broadway Feb. 24, 2024 As February’s Snow Moon lit up the sky, I drifted my way downtown towards the Stacey Peters 28 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Nashville Regi Wooten & Friends at Rudy’s Jazz Room Regi Wooten & Friends Rudy’s Jazz Room Nashville Feb. 21, 2024 Much to my surprise, the hostess clicked around on her computer trying to see if she could fit Libby Weitnauer 27 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Tulsa, Oakland Metal Bands Rip & Tear In Unlikely Space Necrot / Ectospire / Dust Lord Whittier Bar Tulsa Feb. 11, 2024 Oklahoma has long harbored a love for the Heavy Arts. Black Sabbath played their second to last show here in Mitch Gilliam 25 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Black Joy On The Block Fourth Annual “Love the People” Block Party Black Panther Mini Museum Oakland Feb. 18, 2024 I’m always on the lookout for pockets of joy, specifically in the form of Stacey Peters 23 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland At Hi-Fi Listening Bar, All Other Sound Stops Silent Sunday Bar Shiru Oakland Feb. 18, 2024 “Just a reminder… once the needle drops, the talking stops.” You might not expect a bar that calls itself “the Bay Area’ Stacey Peters 23 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Two Dogs On A Date Soul Sunday Session Zanzi Oakland Feb. 18, 2024 Two dogs on a date walk into a bar… That’s not the beginning of a joke. It’s what happened at Stacey Peters 22 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
NYC All Blister, No Bluster Ingrid Laubrock’s Lilith The Jazz Gallery Flatiron, Manhattan Feb. 21, 2024 Ears on a swivel and eyes wide, we all hold our breath for the moment pianist Yvonne Rogers’ K Hank Jost 22 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill String Quartet Rocks Rock Club Bergamot Quartet, Tercel, Spare, and Blood Red River The Cave Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/16/24 People filed into the Cave on W. Franklin Ave. in Chapel Hill and Brian Slattery 18 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Fat Tuesday Rolls Through The Bay Mardi Gras Parade and Party 19th Street and The New Parish Oakland Feb. 13, 2024 The Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans can be a little overwhelming if you’re Stacey Peters 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa “Now Change” Hits The Big Notes “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” Tulsa Opera Lynn Riggs Theatre Feb. 8, 2024 Legacy arts companies take a huge gamble when they try something new. Core audiences Alicia Chesser 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Valdez Street Vibe Captures Soul Of The city Valdez Street Vibes Valdez Street between 23rd and 24th Streets Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 I was surprised that, even if I was only there a short while, I caught it. Stacey Peters 14 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
LA The Lord Unleashes A Punk Club Full Of Caterwauling Masochists QUITS with TUDORS, DROSS, and GLUT Supply and Demand Long Beach Feb. 5, 2024 This weekend, I was catching up with my old roommate God, an entitled prick. After a A.J. Urquidi 11 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Yale Opera Plays Its Cards Right At Shubert A member of the stage crew was doing some last-minute cleanup of the set at the Shubert, in preparation for a rehearsal of Yale Opera’s The Rake’s Progress, Brian Slattery 9 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
LA Remember World Peace? WORLD PEACE, SCALP, KIND EYES, and friends Bricks Rock Bar Maywood, Cal. Jan. 26, 2024 When I’m an old biddy in a rocking chair on a porch overlooking the David Diaz 8 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Nashville Sweet Megg and John Mailander’s Forecast at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge Sweet Megg and John Mailander’s Forecast Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge Nashville 1/28/24 “Enjoy the bar!” said the bouncer, as he stamped my hand on my way Libby Weitnauer 8 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Trims Turn Up The Sound And Turn On The Bright Lights Mod80s Disco Presents The Trims Elbo Room Oakland Oakland Feb. 2, 2024 I have fond memories of late nights-into-early mornings spent dancing the night away at the Elbo Room in Stacey Peters 7 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
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
Chicago Chicago Brands Mix With Bands As Smashed Plastic Turns 5 Smashed Plastic Undisclosed venue Chicago Feb. 3, 2024 Smashed Plastic’s logo says it all: the Chicago-born vinyl pressing plant’s insignia features one of the ubiquitous red, six-point stars Allison HadleyDaniel Shoemaker 6 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
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