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Live Review, 5/11/12: S.F. Symphony Looks Back at the City's Colorful Past in 'Barbary Coast'

San Francisco Symphony: Barbary Coast and Beyond Friday, May 11, 2012 Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Your grandparents' (but maybe not your great-great grandparents') symphony. When you hear there are gonna be banjo pickers and fiddlers on the stage, you tend to expect a high-lonesome hoedown o ... More >>

What Is Dad Rock, Exactly? One Dad's Opinion

billcosby.com​ In a segment from a season 1 episode of "The Cosby Show," the sitcom's namesake delightfully illustrates how pop music can function as a generational wedge. "I thought it had come down the hallway," Bill Cosby says in reference to the deafening music playing on daughter Sondra's ... More >>

Jazz Mafia Founder Adam Theis on the Group's 10-Year Anniversary

Bill EvansJazz Mafia, with Adam Theis front and center.​Tonight at Mezzanine, Jazz Mafia celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a special concert featuring rappers Lyrics Born and Lateef (as Latyrx). Jazz Mafia was founded in San Francisco a decade ago by composer and multi-instrumentalist Adam T ... More >>

Jazz Mafia Tuesdays at Coda Are No Longer (Sniff)

Bill EvansJazz Mafia​Had we known about this earlier, we would have given you some advance notice. Since we didn't, you're just going to get a somber posthumous note: Jazz Mafia (who left us shuddering at All Shook Down on Sunday) have ended their decade-long run of Tuesday night shows at Coda. Th ... More >>

Deceased S.F. Rock Photographer Jim Marshall: A Great F**king Interview

Jim Marshall -- used with permission​San Francisco's Jim Marshall is a man who, literally, shot thousands of rock stars. And it wasn't a good thing -- it was a great thing. He caught Janis Joplin backstage with that little bottle of SoCo. He was the chief photographer at Woodstock. He shot Bill Ev ... More >>

Notes on Brass, Bows and Beats @ Yoshi's

Bill EvansIt's the Symphony: Brass, Bows, & Beats​A few thoughts from the Jazz Mafia's Brass, Bows & Beats show at SF Yoshi's (which plays again tonight and tomorrow): • Holy shit, that's a lot of people on stage! (an unofficial head count numbered about 30 musicians). • B, B & B ... More >>

New Grown Kids Radio Station Connects the Beats

Belio GomezLast week Pirate Cat Radio (online and at 87.9 FM) added a new batch of crate diggers to its collective with the Grown Kids Radio show. These dudes (Cyclyst, Diversify, Spinnerty, Brown Majic, and E da Boss) are already on to some sweet, party-rocking mixes, merging together jazz, hip-hop ... More >>

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll -- and It's MINE. S.F. Photographer Sues Bill Graham Archives to Get Back His Famed Shots

San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall, who snapped this iconic shot of Johnny Cash, has fired off the legal equivalent of the Man In Black's one-finger salute to the owner of Bill Graham Archives.After a man's shot his thousandth musician, you'd figure he'd see some time in court. That's the case ... More >>

Mexican six-string superheroes Rodrigo y Gabriela

San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall, who snapped this iconic shot of Johnny Cash, has fired off the legal equivalent of the Man In Black's one-finger salute to the owner of Bill Graham Archives.After a man's shot his thousandth musician, you'd figure he'd see some time in court. That's the case ... More >>

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San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall, who snapped this iconic shot of Johnny Cash, has fired off the legal equivalent of the Man In Black's one-finger salute to the owner of Bill Graham Archives.After a man's shot his thousandth musician, you'd figure he'd see some time in court. That's the case ... More >>

San Francisco Chamber Jazz Quartet|Steve Heckman Quartet

SFCJQ|Live at Yoshi's

Best Jazz Joint

SFCJQ|Live at Yoshi's

Survival of the Phat-est

Pianist Jacob Aginsky fosters the new jazz evolution by embracing electronica and other musics

Kind of Code Blue

Is jazz dead? Local experts search for signs of life.

A Frustrating Mess

Beulah leader Miles Kurosky's dark nights lead to pure pop sunshine

Shine a Light

The Shimmer Kids Underpop Association may be ready to go aboveground

Margo Guryan

Take a Picture (Oglio)

Pop Philosophy

Hip hop show in memory of Ken Hamilton; music in Matt Gonzalez's office

Space Is the Place

Jazz pianist Matthew Shipp explores tradition and the territory beyond

Brad Mehldau

Places (Warner Bros.)

Bad to The Bone

With an unorthodox take on classic rock, The Bone has become the Bay Area's newest radio sensation

Chucho Valdes

Live at the Village Vanguard

Pulling Up Roots

Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

Night & Day

Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

Hear This

Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

House of Tudor

Since 1995, pianist Omar Sosa has guided and supported the Bay Area's Latin jazz scene. Now he's leaving.

Deuces Wild!

When it comes to improv, two's a charm

Sit-Down Sampler

When it comes to improv, two's a charm

The Dark Prince of City Hall

First Larry Bush was a politician. Then he was a journalist. Then he was a politician. So now as editor and publisher of CitiReport, a hard-hitting journal with a private agenda, what the hell is he?