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Music

Jam-packed: 10+ live shows and fests to carry you through spring

John-Paul Shiver - February 2, 2023

Sol Blume, Mill Valley Music Festival, Big Joanie, Lalin St Juste, Con Brio, more we're stoked to hear communally

Music

Under the Stars: Afrobeat in the Bay, Lalin St. Juste adoration, more

John-Paul Shiver - September 20, 2022

Gigs and gems galore as we fete "The Gathering" at The New Parish, Elvis Costello at GAMH, Joan Jett Fest, and more.

Music

Under the Stars: Fatsouls’ Afro-house is San Francisco’s heartbeat

John-Paul Shiver - June 1, 2022

Plus: Tribute to Alice Coltrane, Mark de Clive-Lowe & Friends, J.Rocc, FOXTROTT, more music to get you up

Music

Stern Grove’s just-released lineup shines (but you’ll have to be on the ball)

John-Paul Shiver - June 10, 2021

A San Francisco tradition, a brilliant spectrum of artists—and it's still all free, though you'll need a reservation.

Music

With ‘Sounds of Haejin,’ Caroline Chung at last releases an album of her own

Joanna Ladd - April 2, 2021

The veteran bassist collaborates with a bounty of Bay Area talent for lush, jazz-rooted collection of songs.

Music

New Music: Support these great local artists this week

John-Paul Shiver - March 30, 2021

Our picks for Bandcamp Friday: Seven Davis Jr, Sour Widows, Double Identity, more recent releases

New Music: The Seshen’s sonic-visual journey through ‘Cyan’

John-Paul Shiver - February 26, 2020

Forget it. This version of longtime favorite band The Seshen (playing Thu/27 at Rickshaw Stop)—where lead vocalist and lyricist Lalin St. Juste emancipates herself and this...

Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke still defines contemporary cool

John-Paul Shiver - February 25, 2020

Mulatu Astatke’s Mulatu Of Ethiopia from 1972, re-issued by Strut Records in 2017, captures a seminal moment in Ethiopian Jazz: THIS was a certain certain type of mood,...

Outside Lands 2019, day 1: The grass, the fashions, the Lil Wayne

Jon Bauer - August 10, 2019

I love more than almost anything riding the N Judah during Outside Lands time. That sounds like a nightmare to most people, but seeing...

Arts + Culture

BIG WEEK + PARTY RADAR: Top 10 things to do Thu/14-Mon/18

Marke B. - January 13, 2016

BIG WEEK + PARTY RADAR This week I'm combining both my events columns in a mad scientist experiment. (My underground lab is full of...