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Feb 13, 2024
San Francisco’s Country Risqué Explores Queer Country Music
Country Risqué took shape during the pandemic lockdown. The band’s songwriters, Miles Gordon and Daniel Bromfield, met while attending the University of Oregon in Eugene.
“I played guitar in the psychedelic jam-band scene in Eugene. Daniel played keyboards...
Feb 13, 2024
Calendar Picks: Week of Feb. 15-21
THURSDAY
LECTURE
MARK MONTGOMERY FRENCH
Mark Montgomery French’s upcoming lecture-experience title speaks for itself: “All Your Favorite Music Is (Probably) Black.” There’s no better event to celebrate Black History Month and no better person to deliver it than French, a...
Feb 6, 2024
Calendar Picks: Week of Feb. 8-13
THURSDAY
CLUB
DEADFOOT
There’s no shortage of beats at Crybaby, one of Oakland’s most electric and innovative nightclubs. This Thursday, Deadfoot brings together a fast-paced group of artists spanning underground club, juke and techno for a party that promises to...
Feb 6, 2024
Gov’t Mule Celebrates Coming Out of the ‘Other Side of Hell’
Gov’t Mule’s latest album, Peace… Like a River, shreds laurels and hews fresh sounds from a batch of deeply personal and dynamic songs that deliver fuel for new and longtime admirers alike without giving into convention or complacency. A...
Jan 30, 2024
Calendar Picks: Week of Feb. 1-7
THURSDAY
COMEDY
COMEDIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Michael Beers, a member of the comedy troupe Comedians with Disabilities Act, has said that laughter “is the shortest distance between two people.” And Hayden Kristal, another member, is an expert at closing that...
Jan 30, 2024
Pat Thomas’ Life in the Arts
Pat Thomas has a creative spirit. After leaving Absolute Grey, the band he started with his high school buddies in Rochester, New York, he moved to the Bay Area. He founded Heyday Records in 1988, made several...
Jan 23, 2024
Berkeley’s Manning Music is a Hub for Bluegrass Enthusiasts
Manning Music, a Berkeley-based school of bluegrass, old-time, fiddle and acoustic music, offers lessons to students of all ages and opportunities to play in the community.