The RootsDavies Symphony HallBetter than: Sitting still for an orchestraLocal music history was made last night as the Roots performed the first-ever hip-hop concert at Davies Symphony Hall as part of SFJAZZ's Spring season. The Philadelphia-bred, Grammy Award-winning group plays in your living room almost every day if you own a television set; they're the house band for the new Late Night With Jimmy Fallon program, which airs five nights a week on NBC. It's a hardcore commitment for the Roots,
dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy fucking guano, Batman! Guerilla Funk's Hard Truth Soldiers Tour --which lands at Mezzanine May 2 with all the force of an anti-pirate sniper shot--can actually make such a claim and come off as credi
Hard Truth: T-K.A.S.H. in AustraliaThough the postponement of the Hard Truth Soldiers Tour--featuring acts signed to Paris' Guerilla Funk label, along with national artists like Pete Rock, dead prez, Planet Asia, Immortal Technique and Kam--was disappointing, that hasn't deterred the indie label from releasing new music.
Yesterday, May 12, the new album from Paris/Boots Riley protégé (and KPFA radio host) T-K.A.S.H. was released. I've yet to hear the album--maybe my review copy was also po
Karriem Riggins
Yoshi's original Oakland spot was the place to be last night. Loads of scenesters were in the house, from ABB records honcho Beni B to KPFA's Weyland Southon to SF's beloved DJ RasCue to hip-hop professor Dawn-Elissa Fischer to photographer/videographers Brian Cross and Eric Coleman. The occasion? The Karriem Riggins Virtuoso Experience, featuring pianist Mulgrew Miller and a very special guest, legendary DJ Pete Rock. Having stayed for both the 8 and 10 pm performances, I can r
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