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Mar 12, 2024

Little Oil’s Music Without Limits

Victor Mitrani, who records his music as Little Oil, says, “I don’t know how people wrote songs before they could record themselves.” Sitting at his desk in his Richmond home, describing the process of making his new album, Twelve Songs, he adds, “I record all my parts in my...
San Francisco's Country Risqué Explores Queer Country Music
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...
Calendar Picks: Week of Feb. 15-21
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...
Calendar Picks: Week of Feb. 8-13
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...
Gov't Mule Celebrates Coming Out of the 'Other Side of Hell'
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...
Calendar Picks: Week of Feb. 1-7
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...
Pat Thomas’ Life in the Arts
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...
Berkeley's Manning Music is a Hub for Bluegrass Enthusiasts
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.
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