Erykah Badu

Bonobo Mixes Electronics and Live Musicians at the Warfield, 5/3/13

By GARY MOSKOWITZ Bonobo Erykah Badu aka DJ Low Down Loretta Brown (DJ set) El Ten Eleven Friday, May 3, 2013 The Warfield Better than: Watching a DJ fiddle with Serato or Ableton. Electronic dance music, when paired with live instrumentation, can have disastrous results: a tenor sax player, wear ... More >>

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The High Five: Great New Songs from Janelle Monae, Best Coast, Laura Mvula, and More

Welcome, time-crunched and over-stimulated music fan, to All Shook Down's High Five -- a place where Byard Duncan wades through the shit to find you the hits. Well, five of them, anyway. It's not too much of a stretch to say that this week's selections are united by their meticulous construction. W ... More >>

T.I. Previews His New Album Trouble Man in San Francisco

When T.I. took a seat on a couch at S.F.'s Studio Trilogy last night to show guests the short film that accompanies his forthcoming album Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head (due Dec. 18), he had no idea that he was sitting underneath a photograph of Marvin Gaye, whose own album of the same name was part ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

The Upsetter: The Perils of Liking the Flaming Lips

[Editor's note: The Upsetter is a new weekly column exploring music news and pop history from a perspective that is both bewitched and bothered. Here, Andrew Stout will explode the old clichés of rock journalism to make room for some new ones.] My wife, who three years into our marriage fell in lo ... More >>

Nevermind Badu vs. Coyne: Here Are the Top Five Greatest Band Feuds

Uh-oh. Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips unleashed the wrath of Erykah Badu this week by releasing a video for their collaboration, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," without getting her approval first. Which was kind of important, since the video features crazy close-ups of all (and we do mean ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

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Live Review: Erykah Badu Unleashes Cerebral Funk at The Warfield

​ Erykah Badu Dec. 9, 2011 The Warfield Better than: Badu's engaging performance at Outside Lands back in August. Erykah Badu is a skilled recording artist, but she flourishes and thrives on stage. The live setting is also where the depth of her musical involvement is revealed to be total. ... More >>

Erykah Badu's Coolest Wigs, Headpieces, and Hair Things of All Time

livepict.com​Erykah Badu brings her band the Cannabinoids to the Warfield stage on Friday (Dec. 9) and, given her past history, you'll forgive us for being excited about something superficial in addition to the actual music. Her appearance at Outside Lands back in August was phenomenal, so we' ... More >>

Weekend Party Preview: Thundercat at Low End Theory, Creep at 120 Minutes, A Month of Funk, and More

Creep performs at 120 Minutes on Friday.​ Halloween might be over, but did you know there's a much more subtle holiday on the way? No, not Thanksgiving -- I'm referring to the end of daylight savings time this Sunday. It's the only time of the year when Californians are allowed an extra hour o ... More >>

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DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, aka Erykah Badu, to Spin at Mezzanine

Drew Williams/Dallas Observer​Interplanetary wonder Erykah Badu, who will be in town to perform at Outside Lands on Aug. 12, will help local promotion outfit Ankh Marketing celebrate its 7-year anniversary the same night, performing a DJ gig under her alias Lo Down Loretta Brown.

Outside Lands Announces Local Food and Wine Lineup w/ Flour Water, Ritual Coffee, More

Christopher VictorioBecause this will make you hungry.​ Outside Lands has always made an effort to bring in highlights of the local food and wine scene to festival goers. Every year the offerings get a little bigger, and this year's festival is no different. For its return to a three-day forma ... More >>

Outside Lands 2011: Phish, Muse, Arcade Fire, Black Keys, Deadmau5, and More

Three days of this for 2011!​As promised, Outside Lands' avatar Ranger Dave announced the lineup this morning for the festivals fourth incarnation, to be held August 12-14, 2011. Your headliners: Phish, Muse, and Arcade Fire. Also playing: the Black Keys, Deadmau5, MGMT, Girl Talk, Decemberists, a ... More >>

Our SXSW Party: Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu, Wild Flag, and More

​And so we join the SXSW deluge: Village Voice Media, the parent company of SF Weekly, yesterday announced the details of our annual SXSW party: We'll deign to spare you any unfortunate lyrical references to the Wu-Tang Clan but it is headlining. Other eyebrow-poppers you'll want to check out ... More >>

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Friday Night: How Could Erykah Badu Possibly Seem Exciting After Janelle Monae?

Tom FergusonErykah Badu​Erykah Badu Janelle Monae @The Paramount Theatre, Oakland June 17, 2010 Better than: Watching old Michael Jackson videos on repeat. (Well, maybe not.) There were seats all the way up to the front of the stage at the Paramount last night, and at first they seemed silly: A ... More >>

The Gays Win in the Battle of Erykah Badu Parodies

Erykah Badu knows one way to get bloggers excited--by taking off all her clothes for her "Window Seat" video, spurring rumors that she's gonna get arrested, and causing Dallas cops to consider tougher laws to prevent future streakers from stripping naked for the sake of art. If the police are really ... More >>

Monday Morning Hangover: Mardi Gras & More

There was a lot going on this weekend, so let's just get on with it, shall we? The lovely ladies of Hubba Hubba Burlesque pulled out all the stops for a their Mardi Gras celebration at DNA Lounge, and we were there to document it all.Calibree Photography​

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Last Night: Nneka at Red Devil Lounge

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

Track of the Day: DJ Mr.E in a Badu, Sade Sandwich

​DJ Mr. E serves up some smooth grooves with his Erykah Badu vs Sade mix, an hour and 20 minutes of sexy lady tunes that moves like a quiet storm through your headphones.  

The Return of the Coup

EKAphotographyBoots Riley at Outside Lands, 2009​ It's been a minute since Oakland's legendary hip-hop group the Coup last played its hometown - nine years in fact, according to frontman and primary songwriter Boots Riley. In that time, the group has played SF and Berkeley -"We did a kind of ... More >>

Mos Def and Erykah Badu

Mos Def Adds Oakland Date

​ Tickets are almost gone for the September 3 Mos Def/ Erykah Badu show at Davies Symphony Hall--they sold like the proverbial hotcakes. But fear not, O fans of the Mighty Mos. A second date, September 4, has been added at Oakland's historic Paramount Theater, giving Def disciples an additional o ... More >>

Mos Def and Erkyah Badu Davies Hall Show Announced

Baduizm: Erykah Badu​ If you missed your first chance to see hip-hop take over the normally-staid Davies Hall--home of the San Francisco Symphony, don't fret. Ankh Marketing and Guerilla Union (promoters of Rock the Bells) has just announced an upcoming performance by the mighty Mos Def and the di ... More >>

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Masterminds Finalist Jasmin Zorlu

This Thursday SF Weekly will be hosting Artopia, an art show at Project One featuring the 10 finalists in our annual Masterminds contest. That night, we'll award $2,500 grants to three lucky artists. In the meantime, we'll be previewing the works of the works of the finalists here on All Shook Dow ... More >>

Raphael Saadiq at the Fillmore in March

You can't bring up neo-soul without bringing up Raphael Saadiq. He's definitely earned a reputation as one of the best R&B/soul artists of our time, having produced classic tracks with Tony! Toni! Tone!, the Roots, Erykah Badu, and Joss Stone, to name a few. Saadiq's latest album, The Way I See ... More >>

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