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Dec 23, 2024
Jazz whiz Ayo Brame plays Nuvo Noir on NYE
Ayo Brame picked up the saxophone for the first time in 2021, but in a remarkably short time he has established himself as a force in the jazz world. A student at Oakland School for the Arts,...
Dec 17, 2024
Royal Oakie Records showcases underground artists
David Glasebrook produces music for Royal Oakie Records, the independent label he started 12 years ago. “There’s a million ways to make a record, and they’re all worth trying,” he said, speaking from his Garden Shed Studio...
Dec 10, 2024
‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey honored at festival
The DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival, Dec. 13-15 at Freight & Salvage, pays tribute to the legendary Black musician. Born in 1899 and short of stature at four feet, 10 inches tall, Bailey was dubbed the “Harmonica Wizard” for...
Dec 3, 2024
Terry Gross ignited by improvised jams
Terry Gross just released Huge Improvement, an album of tunes based around their improvised jams. The band is a trio—bass player Donny Newenhouse, guitarist Phil Manley and drummer Phil Becker—of longtime veterans of the Bay Area music...
Nov 29, 2024
King Diamond thrilled at the Fox
Metalheads of all ages poured into Oakland’s Fox Theater on the night of Wednesday, Nov. 27, excited to see a legend in the heavy metal world: King Diamond. Since the early 1980s the Danish singer has been...
Nov 26, 2024
Little Shrine releases third album
Jade Shipman, the lead singer, songwriter and bass player of San Francisco’s Little Shrine, began taking violin lessons when she was four. The band has an eclectic approach to music, with elements of folk, rock, R&B, country...
Nov 12, 2024
The Candy Whips are big flashy fun
Wendy Stonehenge was best known for his role as the lead singer and songwriter of Glitter Wizard, a fantasy metal band with a long history of memorable gigs. When the Covid lockdown made playing impossible, Stonehenge retreated...