The latest release by Bay Area jazz violin virtuoso Mads Tolling and his hard-driving jazz quartet is no doubt a…
Guitar great George Cole’s upcoming gig at Yoshi’s centering on the music of Nat King Cole stems from a suggestion…
Veteran Oakland soul and jazz vocalist Nicolas Bearde is in a good place in his career. “At this point in…
Who's in town Painter Arnold Chang and photographer Michael Cherney speak about their exhibit “From 2 Arises 3,” opening Tuesday…
Bay Area jazz vocalist Jackie Ryan doesn’t seem too daunted by the fact that she has had no formal education…
Sometimes, ice-cold television can get warm and fuzzy. In July 2012, when Savannah Guthrie took the co-anchor reins of “The…
There’s a good reason Canadian troubadour Ron Sexsmith titled his latest CD “Forever Endeavour” and included on it mortality-minded musings…
Who’s in town Behavioral economist and best-selling author Dan Ariely discusses cheating, dishonesty and the contradictory forces that drive irrational…
Oakland-based electronic-music artist The Polish Ambassador brings his “no genre left behind” mix of glitchy, wobbly, electro-funk breakbeats to the…
Singer, songwriter and environmental activist Razia Said hopes that awareness raised by the “Wake Up Madagascar” tour will help end…
