Tag: SFJazz
Arts Forecast: A peep back at psychedelic SF will raise your spirits
Plus: New local streaming channels from SFSymphony, Oasis, and SFJAZZ—and get ready for Festpocalypse
Best of the Bay 2020: Arts & Nightlife winners
Best Art Gallery, Best DJ, Best Drag Queen, Best Arts Festival, Best Nightclub, and more in our 2020 Readers' Poll
New Music: 5 artists to support directly on Bandcamp Day
Mothership's metal, Blues Lawyer's lo-fi punk, Marcus Shelby's jazz, techno from The Tourist, more great releases
All Ears: Denise Young takes the helm of the SFJAZZ board of trustees
As the world grapples with how to stabilize itself this summer, SFJAZZ has announced a change that should catapult the esteemed institution; effective September 1, Denise Young will become...
Streaming for Shorter: Epic all-star benefit for jazz great comes online
In the 25-year stretch from 1977-2002, saxophonist Wayne Shorter—described by The New York Times as “probably jazz's greatest living small-group composer and a contender for the greatest living improviser”—appeared...
Noise Pop to Vinyl Dreams: 6 local can’t-miss music streams
From Kim Gordon viewing Instagram as a performative space and Kenya Barris using Netflix as a platform to distill the messy politics of honestly critiquing Black art, to those damn Troll movies threatening...
Arts Forecast: We can do this!
We may be going through tough times, but we're still producing the art, music, culture, deep inquiry, and joy that continue to sustain us. It feels like organizations are...
Arts Forecast: Help save bookstores, drag queens, Frameline, more
Let's start with something positive! And then some more things positive! We deserve it. Except those of you joggers still cutting me off on the sidewalk. (For general arts...
Arts Forecast: Apocalypse… but make it fashion!
The name of this column, "Arts Forecast," has suddenly taken on an ominous tone in this moment of cancellations and uncertainty. While we are waiting to see what help...
Reviews: Laurie Anderson and Gina LaDivina, two very different storytellers
With her shock of hair and electric violin, Laurie Anderson is an instantly recognized avatar of '80s cool, although of course her pioneering electronics-based music, performance, and staging continue...
