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Kamaal Williams brings London’s nightlife jazz explosion to SF

John-Paul Shiver - December 9, 2019

When the South London artist Kamaal Williams, aka Henry Wu, comes to 1015 Folsom on Fri/13 (with Jazzy Jeff as part of the Motown on Mondays...

Goldie returns to revive SF’s golden age of drum and bass

John-Paul Shiver - December 8, 2019

If the early 1990s are regarded as the golden age of European techno, a theory recently put forth by British electronic music royalty Kirk...

Onstage

Review: Toot toot! Beep beep! It’s the Donna Summer musical

Marke B. - December 7, 2019

On paper, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" (through December 29 at Golden Gate Theater) doesn't have much going for it: another jukebox musical in...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Drag Queens on Ice, Burning Man: The Musical, more

Marke B. - December 4, 2019

Blades will slice, crystals will fly, Mariah will be Careyed up to the high heavens. OK, it's not as dramatic as all that—I wish—but...

Onstage

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

Joshua Rotter - November 29, 2019

There are plenty of ways to experience yūgen or “beauty, with a tinge of sadness,” according to the great 14th- and 15th- century Japanese...

Review: MF Robot’s ‘Finders Keepers’ pushes a rolling funk momentum

John-Paul Shiver - November 29, 2019

When Brand New Heavies burst on the scene in the late '80s appropriating fashion and funk music cues from the 60ʻs, they were part...

Talking beat evolution with SF native producer Dave Aju

John-Paul Shiver - November 28, 2019

For years, Marc Barrite built out his Dave Aju alias, a wordplay nom de plum for a San Francisco techno night in the early...

From Lagos with love—and the god of fire

Joshua Rotter - November 24, 2019

Bisi is more than a stage name for the 29-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter who’s called San Francisco home for the last decade. It’s also a...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Hip-Hop (Dance Fest) hurray! + more

Marke B. - November 20, 2019

I'm old enough to remember rappers on Fillmore corners and TURF dancers in Oakland intersections. The homeboys gathered on my stoop throughout the day...

Defying genre, Pursuit Grooves flies high with ‘Bess’

John-Paul Shiver - November 15, 2019

While researching Mae Jemison, the first Black female astronaut, Pursuit Grooves, aka Vanese Smith, read about her bringing Bessie Colemanʻs photograph along for the journey into...

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