Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Peter Rowan performs at Jerry Garcia Day, San Francisco
Every August 1st Jerry Garcia day is celebrated at the Jerry Garcia amphitheater in McLaren Park, San Francisco. Friends and fans of the San Franciscan native gathered for a free festival with music in the transcendent spirit of Garcia. This year was the 8th year of the annual celebration and featured musical performances by Check Engine Light, Front Street and Friends, Peter Rowan and Melvin Seals with JGB. The outdoor amphitheater is located in the Excelsior district of San Francisco - Garcia’s childhood neighborhood. McLaren amphitheater was renamed The Jerry Garcia amphitheater after fans petitioned the city of San Francisco. August 1st marks Garcia’s birthday. The Jerry Garcia Amphitheater is located at 45 John F. Shelley Drive, San Francisco.
For more info:
jerryday.org
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Khi Darag performed at People’s Park in Berkeley on Saturday June 5th as part of the Berkeley World Music Festival. The music blended elements of many different styles of music including surf, klezmer, pop, trance and more. A difficult band to describe but definitely worth checking out. Listen to samples on their web site.
More info:
http://khidarag.com
http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.org
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Saturday night Dec 5th was Musical Night in Africa at Ashkenaz in Berkeley with Kotoja, the West African Highlife Band, Afrobeat Connexion, the Nigerian Brothers and DJ Mike Onas. Musical Night in Africa is a decade-old Ashkenaz tradition produced each year by Nigeria’s Babá Ken Okulolo. The night began with an opening Libation Ceremony with Babá Ken followed by the Nigerian Brothers and some excellent rhythms. Each band had very strong hypnotic dance rhythms. The night ended with Kotoja and an excellent horn section.
For more info:
ashkenaz.com
kotoja.com
AfricanMusicSource.com
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
John Prine (right) joined Lyle Lovett (left) on stage Friday Night in Golden Gate Park
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival kicked off the weekend with 3 days of free musical acts at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Lyle Lovett headlined the event on Friday evening with John Prine warming up. Gillian Welch, Jorma Kaukonen, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, and Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes were some of the bands that performed on Saturday. Steve Martin, better known for his acting abilities and his hit movie ‘The Jerk’, ended his set Saturday with a rousing rendition of ‘The Simpson’s’ television theme song.
For more information check:
http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com
Gillian Welch Saturday in Golden Gate Park
Steve Martin on banjo Saturday afternoon
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
The 35th annual Solano Stroll in Berkeley served up plenty of local musicians, artists, food vendors and shops this Sunday Sept 13th. The event covered 26 blocks and was heavily attended. Surf bands, mexican dancers, caribbean steel drums, orchestras, one man bands, literally something for everyone. If you missed it, check it out next year…
For more information:
http://www.solanoavenueassn.org/strol.htm
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Sandy Rothman and Stu Allen performed at Ashkenaz in Berkeley, California August 6th with Brian Godchaux on fiddle and Justin Purtill on stand-up bass. The band performed a mix of old-time and bluegrass classics. Stu Allen performed lead vocals and acoustic guitar. Sandy Rothman, who previously has done acoustic work with Jerry Garcia (Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band ‘Almost Acoustic’) and performed with Bill Monroe, played mandolin, dobro guitar and lent backing vocals and lead on a few tunes.
www.well.com/user/smarcus/sr/Sandy.html
www.stuallen.net
www.ashkenaz.com
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
Amoeba Music held an Andy Warhol Factory party at a warehouse space in Emeryville on Friday March 6th. Velvet Underground cover bands performed and local artists displayed works in 9 different rooms. The warehouse space was set up similar to Andy Warhol’s original Factory in New York city. Various local artists were silk screening in the style of Warhol.
Amoeba Music has a wide selection of new and used music and often host musical performances in their retail stores. Amoeba has locations on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, on Haight Street in San Francisco and in Hollywood, California. More info at: http://www.amoeba.com/content/factory_party_wrap_up.html
http://www.amoeba.com
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The three day Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival held on August 23rd, 24th and 25th in San Francisco’s Golden Gate park was the first festival to have musical artists perform in the park at night (past the typical 6 p.m. noise curfew). Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers headlined at the ‘Lands End’ main stage on Saturday night with Steve Winwood sitting in and performing a few Traffic songs.
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Jennifer Juelich & D. Sputnick Juelich of Neon Sky Films present their first feature length film ‘Love Doll’ at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco Thursday January 31st, 2008 at 6:30 PM. Cosmic Circuit Studio assisted with some video editing and DVD authoring. View the trailer.
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Macworld is a week long event where hi-tech enthusiasts converge in San Francisco at the Moscone Center to see the latest and greatest gadgets released from Apple. People wait in long lines over night to see the hi-tech guru Steve Jobs deliver his keynote speech and catch of first glimpse of the newest Apple related digital gadgets.
The main releases from Apple this year were the Macbook Air – an incredibly small and thin full functioned laptop that Jobs pulled out of a thin envelope. Apple TV was revamped and provides movie rentals direct to your Apple TV box – (this was a software upgrade only).
Microsoft officially unveiled Microsoft Office 2008. A few Geek Squad employees from around the country were on hand and performing interviews and product reviews. Robert McIntosh filmed the interviews and I edited a large number of the Geek Squad videos (see clip above).
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Berkeley’s 5th Annual Spice of Life festival was held this Sunday on Shattuck Avenue between Cedar and Rose. Local musicians, including the Burning Embers, performed. Funky Bus and the U-Turns, which consisted of members of the Berkeley High School Jazz band, opened at the Cedar Street stage. Other attractions included a petting zoo with Llamas.
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Caught a few good performances at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate park. Legendary finger picker Doc Watson performed to a packed audience. Also memorable was David Grisman, Earl Scruggs, the Hacienda Brothers, the Hot Buttered Rum band and Bill Kirchen & the Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods.
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Down Home Music held a free outdoor concert near Peet’s coffee on Fourth Street in Berkeley Sunday to celebrate the opening of their new music store. New Orleans R&B guitarist Johnny Harper, folk-bluesvocalist Barbara Dane, Tri Tip Trio Zydeco Band, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Eric & Suzy Thompson, Los Cenzontles, guitarist Nina Gerber, harmonica great Charles Musselwhite, and others performed. A relatively large crowd attended including Wavy Gravy. Downtown Music is located at 1809 Fourth Street (previously location of ‘Hear Music’).
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Del-Rickie Carter, guitarist and musician, passed away July 10th, 2007 at the age of 53. He was found in his room in Berkeley – the exact cause of his death is unknown. A memorial was held at Ashkenaz in Berkeley on Sunday August 26th, 2007.
Del grew up in Berkeley California and was a masterful musician with a deep spirit. He was born March 11th, 1954 and attended Berkeley High School where he studied music. As a guitarist, Del performed with many reggae and blues groups and was admired for his very tight rhythm and great tone. He recorded with the Rastafarians, Haile Maskel and numerous other well known artists. He also toured with the reggae band Strictly Roots and performed with Obeyjah, Razorblade, Donny Rasta and was a member of the band Mystic Tribe.
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Mystic Tribe performed in Second Life streamed live from Cosmic Circuit Studio. Each band member wore headphones (similar to a studio recording), logged into separate computers and performed for the live set while chatting with the audience between songs.
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Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Attended the 4 day Taxi music road rally for singer/songwriters in Hollywood, California. Performed one of my original songs Tangled in the Barbwire on the main ballroom stage Friday night to positive reviews. Met a lot of really cool people and also had fun at the late night impromptu jam sessions. Robbie Robertson, singer songwriter from The Band, gave an insightful talk discussing his career and his work with Bob Dylan and director Martin Scorsese. Dave Stewart was also on one of the songwriter panels.
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
AES Convention, San Francisco
Legend Rupert Neve
Attended the 121st Audio Engineering Society (AES) convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. (AES) convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The convention showcases pro audio and recording studio products. The legendary Rubert Neve, creator of the highly revered Neve mixing consoles, was in attendance and displaying his new line of channel strips.
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Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Composed opening & closing music as well as sound effects for the short film ‘What Do Your Really Think’ for the 48 hr. Film Project. The debut screening of the film was at the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco on June 29th, 2006. The film was produced by Leena Prasad and edited by Will O’Brien.
Listen to the tracks from the movie.
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