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Category: Worthy of a Shout-Out

There’s a lot going on in the Bay Area, and the big publications have a lot of culture to cover. This is the spot to highlight deserving shows that haven’t gotten publicity elsewhere.

Bay Area MusicPosted onMarch 5, 2013January 12, 2015

You Really Ought to Go See Kate Kilbane Perform Her Pop-Rock Opera Based on a Gruesome Greek Myth

It was worth the price of admission just to watch the girl, maybe 9 years old, in the front row—her mouth agape, her eyes filled with wonder—bewitched by the story of a young woman struggling to control both the powerful magic and emotions roiling inside her.

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Bay Area MusicPosted onAugust 19, 2011January 12, 2015

Worthy of a Shout-Out: Cotati’s got a squeezebox festival, Rohnert Park never sleeps at night

What impresses me about the Cotati Accordion Festival, other than its mere existence, is its diversity. Bands of all genres that prominently feature accordion are invited to perform.

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Bay Area MusicPosted onJune 24, 2011January 12, 2015

The streets of Laurel District belong to the musicians during the Summer Solstice Music Festival, according to some new hotshot writer for Oakland Local

I’ve started freelancing for local nonprofit news site Oakland Local, and my first story for them went live on the site today. It’s just a…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onMarch 18, 2011January 12, 2015

Worthy of a Shout-Out: Look upon the mighty Chris Thile’s virtuosity and despair with Punch Brothers at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco

There’s so much going on in the Bay Area in any given week, there’s bound to be some show that failed to get any publicity…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onMarch 11, 2011January 12, 2015

Worthy of a Shout-Out: Pack it up, pack it in, help House of Pain begin reunion tour with show at The Fillmore in San Francisco

I’m re-naming this little feature, because the old name seemed a bit condescending toward the professionals covering music for actual publications in the Bay Area,…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onFebruary 11, 2011January 12, 2015

How’d They Miss THAT?: The Builders and the Butchers construct, slaughter folk-rock at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill

It’s perfectly understandable. There’s so much music happening in the Bay Area in any given week that there’s bound to be at least one concert…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onJanuary 28, 2011January 12, 2015

How’d They Miss THAT?: Lou and Peter Berryman put the joke in folk with Saturday show at Freight & Salvage

It’s perfectly understandable. There’s so much music happening in the Bay Area in any given week that there’s bound to be at least one concert…

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Bay Area MusicPosted onJanuary 14, 2011January 12, 2015

How’d They Miss THAT?: The Infamous Stringdusters spread bluegrass jams tonight at The Independent in San Francisco

It’s perfectly understandable. There’s so much music happening in the Bay Area in any given week, and the mainstream and alternative publications have so much…

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