Grateful Brass Grateful Dead reimagined Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Wait, actually keep them open and keep reading, but imagine in your minds eye an alternate reality in which Jerry, Bobby and Phil came up as horn players instead of guitarists… Grateful Brass reimagines the iconic music of the Grateful Dead with an […]
Coit Comedy is a live stand-up comedy show every last Thursday of the month in the speakeasy basement bar of historic Columbus Cafe in North Beach. Featuring FREE Golden Boy Pizza and the best comics in the bay and beyond including comedians from Cobbs, SF Punch Line, Netflix, Comedy Central and Sketchfest. The basement is […]
Katy Stephan is a pianist, vocalist, and composer. She has composed and performed live original music for theatre (Porchlight Theatre, Word For Word, Upon These Boards, Azeotrope Theatre), dance (Project Agora, Copious Dance, Theatre, Counterpointe, and Requisite Dance), as well as burlesque and circus. A collection of original songs that Katy recorded at home for […]
Grateful Brass Grateful Dead reimagined Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Wait, actually keep them open and keep reading, but imagine in your minds eye an alternate reality in which Jerry, Bobby and Phil came up as horn players instead of guitarists… Grateful Brass reimagines the iconic music of the Grateful Dead with an […]
Wendy DeWitt provides rockin’ boogie woogie blues! In her trio: Steve Freund on guitar and Kirk Harwood on drums.
Lisa Kindred took her first steps in Buffalo, NY, listening to a DJ who called himself “The Hound Dog”playing the blues on Sunday morning radio-Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Robert Johnson-and the seed was planted. Moving on, growing up, but always listening: Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, June Christie, Lisa says, “I would hear them, and something […]
Katy Stephan is a pianist, vocalist, and composer. She has composed and performed live original music for theatre (Porchlight Theatre, Word For Word, Upon These Boards, Azeotrope Theatre), dance (Project Agora, Copious Dance, Theatre, Counterpointe, and Requisite Dance), as well as burlesque and circus. A collection of original songs that Katy recorded at home for […]
Psyched! Radio presents a literary night at Specs as part of their Psyched! Fest 2024. Full lineup below with music from Mae Powell. No cover! Charlie Getter Nazelah Jamison Caitlyn Wild Ayla Ginger Guillermo Goyri Bridget Clancy Jack Nancy Kevin Dublin K.R. Morrison Paul Reginato
In a career that has spanned over 65 years, international jazz vocal legend Mary Stallings has earned a unique place in modern jazz. After decades of performing around the globe alongside a who’s who of talented collaborators, while quietly accumulating a series of thoughtful and well respected recordings, she still continues to challenge her boundaries […]
Lara Louise was born and raised in the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She learned to play guitar listening to the folk songs of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. Later, she became influenced by jazz and bossa nova singers such as Madeleine Peyroux, Carla Bruni, Julie London and Astrud Gilberto. All these different influences make […]
Gaucho is a masterful Bay Area band that combines the influence of gypsy jazz of 1930’s Europe with the rhythmic drive and collective improvisation of New Orleans swing music, gutbucket blues and elements of ragtime. Their sound, a uniquely American concoction, blends instrumental acuity and lighthearted humor that keep their audience coming back for more. […]
In a career that has spanned over 65 years, international jazz vocal legend Mary Stallings has earned a unique place in modern jazz. After decades of performing around the globe alongside a who’s who of talented collaborators, while quietly accumulating a series of thoughtful and well respected recordings, she still continues to challenge her boundaries […]
Jinx Jones has been twice nominated for Male Rockabilly Artist of the Year by the Ameripolitan Music Awards, has received gold and platinum record awards for his work with R&B divas, En Vogue, has won songwriting awards and has been recognized as one of the hottest acts on the San Francisco music scene. In Jinx […]
In a career that has spanned over 65 years, international jazz vocal legend Mary Stallings has earned a unique place in modern jazz. After decades of performing around the globe alongside a who’s who of talented collaborators, while quietly accumulating a series of thoughtful and well respected recordings, she still continues to challenge her boundaries […]
In a career that has spanned over 65 years, international jazz vocal legend Mary Stallings has earned a unique place in modern jazz. After decades of performing around the globe alongside a who’s who of talented collaborators, while quietly accumulating a series of thoughtful and well respected recordings, she still continues to challenge her boundaries […]
Anthony Arya is an Americana rock performing & recording artist from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Anthony started out in Santa Cruz gaining a large local fanbase after his appearance on NBC’s The Voice, followed by the release of three studio albums. The Anthony Arya Band takes his Dylanesque folksy lyricism up several notches […]
Keeping folks up past 10 pm in SF is no easy feat, but Key’s owner Simon Rowe has been showcasing the best of the Bay Area’s organ trios in his late night Saturday sets. His ‘Transcendent Trio’, formed for a “Jazz on the Patio” residency during the pandemic will feature the dynamic Dave MacNab-Guitar, the […]
Ben ‘King’ Perkoff, who was born in Santa Monica, California, started to play the saxophone when he was 16 years old. He loved the sound of the sax in rock and jazz and admired artists like King Curtis, Junior Walker and Bobby Keys. It was the latter’s solo on “Can’t Hear Me Knockin'” from the […]