Bessie Smith

Tonight: Local Chanteuse Emily Jane White Channels Cat Power

SF Weekly Best Albums Of 2007 : Jennifer Maerz Rounds Them Up

MP3 of the Day: Odetta

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

In memory of Odetta, the beloved folk singer who died at age 77 of heart disease on Tuesday, our MP3 of the Day today is her version of a great song, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." The track is available for streaming at Last.fm, alongside a good little selection of her repertoire (whi ... More >>

Jazzmatazz

Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Recordings

Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

White No Lie

Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

Best CDs of 2007

Cecil Taylor and the 13th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

From Cormac McCarthy to Chan Marshall

Emily Jane White's evocative storytelling

Clap Your Hands, Say "Ole!"

The gypsy heart of "Lamento"

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Orpheus Descending

One of Tennessee Williams' great but problematic tragedies lacks urgency

Our Man Flynt

Thirty years of naked truths

Dali's Folly

A Gala presentation

The Filth and the Fury

The Hemlock gets down and dirty

Cookin' at the Cookery

A legendary Chicago blues singer revived onstage by a tremendous belter

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A legendary Chicago blues singer revived onstage by a tremendous belter

House Of Tudor

Day Glo Abortions; Sunshine; Nina Simone

House Of Tudor

T-Model Ford; Paul Jones; Robert Belfour; Blue Room Boys; Dropkick Murphys

Stage Capsule

T-Model Ford; Paul Jones; Robert Belfour; Blue Room Boys; Dropkick Murphys

Night & Day

T-Model Ford; Paul Jones; Robert Belfour; Blue Room Boys; Dropkick Murphys

The House of Tudor

T-Model Ford; Paul Jones; Robert Belfour; Blue Room Boys; Dropkick Murphys

Nuthin' But a She Thing

T-Model Ford; Paul Jones; Robert Belfour; Blue Room Boys; Dropkick Murphys

Night + Day

T-Model Ford; Paul Jones; Robert Belfour; Blue Room Boys; Dropkick Murphys

Hard Travelin'

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Black Beauty

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Recordings

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Night+Day

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Night+Day

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Night+Day

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Night+Day

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Night+Day

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Night+Day

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

Dive Bar Time Bandits

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

(New Reason to Arrive Early) Openers: The Hot Moon

​"Openers" is a new column here at All Shook Down in which we will dig up some of the best opening bands in San Francisco each week and tell you why it's worth showing up early to catch them. Our ambition is to uncover music that you aren't familiar with and would otherwise probably eat a burrito ... More >>

On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in the Haight

The juke at Aub Zam Zam​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what ... More >>

R.I.P. Etta James, Blues Queen with San Francisco Roots

​ By JESSICA HILO Etta James, the incomparable force behind such hits as "At Last" and "Tell Mama," winner of six Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards, died Friday morning in Riverside, Calif. after a lengthy battle with leukemia and dementia. She was 73. James was an integral member of ... More >>