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From Mali to Memphis: Dee Dee Bridgewater fires up the soul of her youth

Reese Erlich - March 15, 2019

ALL EARS Two of the great divas of blues and jazz will be performing in the Bay Area this coming week. It's a wonderful opportunity...

John Pizzarelli salutes ‘swinging’ Nat King Cole at 100

Reese Erlich - February 26, 2019

ALL EARS As a young man, jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli fell in love with the music of Nat "King" Cole. "I bought some...

The raver soul of Yoshi Flower

Daniel Bromfield - February 19, 2019

ALL EARS Two tracks into Yoshi Flower’s debut mixtape American Raver we hear a voicemail from his dad. It’s a shortcut to pathos we’ve...

Exploring the ‘Convergence’ of Yiddish and African American spiritual music

Emily Wilson - February 19, 2019

ALL EARS There are a couple of reactions that stand out to Black Yiddishist opera singer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell when he performs a...

Finding out why ‘All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black’

Marke B. - February 17, 2019

ALL EARS This is the first time I'll be making this presentation, but I've been preparing for it all through my career," composer and musician...

Solate finds lush, soulful music in intimate connections

Joanna Ladd - February 11, 2019

ALL EARS I’ve lived in California for 11 years, and feel pretty well-adapted, but the Golden State still springs the occasional culture shock on...

DJ Spooky spins the Web in YBCA’s ‘Quantopia’

Marke B. - January 7, 2019

ALL EARS For many, the Internet has come to seem ominous in recent years: It now represents, among other things, gentrification, invasion, surveillance, weird...

Somi sings of Harlem immigrants (and gentrification’s effects) on ‘Petite Afrique’

Joanna Ladd - January 4, 2019

ALL EARS The sound of Harlem during its jazz heyday is so indelible that it jumps to mind instantly, almost a century later. For...

Review: A very full evening with Erykah Badu at the Warfield

Daniel Bromfield - January 1, 2019

ALL EARS Things were not looking good at the Warfield on Friday as we waited for Erykah Badu. Though the billing advertised “doors at...

“Buildings demolished on your cellphone”: Ratskin Records’ experimental resilience

Daniel Bromfield - December 4, 2018

ALL EARS Michael Daddona never thought he’d own a dog. “What’s a dog even gonna do at a noise show?” he asks. “Or sit around while...

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