EKAphotographyAcoustic Yogi: Michael Franti
Nothing's more peaceful than yoga. And nothing's more powerful than music. If that sounds like an appealing combination to you, then you'll want to be at the appropriately-named Green Ballroom of the SF War Memorial & Performing Arts Center on June 6 for a full day of - you guessed it - yoga and music, with proceeds benefiting the free Power to the Peaceful concert in Golden Gate Park.
The day begins with a morning yoga session (bring your own
EKAphotographySay Hey: Michael Franti
Digital downloads continue to become a larger and larger part of the music industry's overall sales. A good example of this is Michael Franti, whose iTunes Top Twenty single "Say Hey (I Love You)" recently passed the 120,000 mark - making it the biggest-selling single of his career. The song also currently stands at #1 on Media Base's Hot AC Indie Label Chart and #3 on the Indie Label Chart.
"Say Hey (I Love You)" is a song about life's journey," Franti sa
EKAphotographyGet Well Soon, Mike
Our thoughts and prayers go out to musician Michael Franti, who was hospitalized last week for a ruptured appendix and had to undergo emergency surgery. The timing was especially poor, as it forced Franti's band Spearhead to bow out of four scheduled concert appearances, including the Wanderlust Festival in Lake Tahoe and the Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
In a press statement, Franti said "It's with deep emotion that I will not be able to perform over the ne
EKAphotographyMichael Franti at 2008's PTTP
Watch out, Outside Lands and TIMF! Power to the Peaceful--Michael Franti's annual free party in Golden Gate Park--has announced the lineup for this year's throwdown, which is expected to bring between 50 and 75 thousand people. The featured artists this year are not only one of the strongest PttP bills to date, but stack up well against the big-time acts at the other, non-free, music festivals happening later this fall in San Francisco.
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EKAphotography copyright 2007. all rights reservedSoul on a Roll: Martin Luther
Is there life after neo-soul? The R&B subgenre, which enjoyed immense popularity in the late 90s-early 00s, long ago outlived its usefulness. The name--conceived, reportedly, in a marketing meeting by then-Motown CEO Kedar Massenburg--never quite fit the diverse range of musicians under its banner, and tended to box them into a stylistic niche which the artists themselves reportedly hated.
Case in point: SF
EKAphotography copyright 2009. all rights reservedVoodoo Child? Vieux Farka Toure
It would be somewhat of a disservice to Vieux Farka Toure to call him the Jimi Hendrix of Malian music. Though he's definitely an innovator and an amazing player--sometimes given to playing behind his back, as Hendrix did--and has updated African music much like Jimi gave the blues a psychedelic facelift, Toure belongs in his own box. The last time he played the Independent, he held the crowd in rapture for
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