“Sexy shack-shaking music” from HowellDevine – Arhoolie recording artists! The first blues act signed by this crucial record label in 27 years! And now Arhoolie — home to Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell and the zydeco king, Clifton Chenier — has been picked up for distribution by the Smithsonian. The world is HowellDevine’s oyster… or mudbug… They’re a juggernaut of rural blues, evoking the ghosts of the Mississippi delta and bringing those ghosts howling right into the now. A rollicking present day experience in deep communion with an archetypal past reality. Joshua Howell (slide guitars, harmonica, voice) Pete Devine (drums, washboard) Joe Kyle Jr. (bass) Read all about ’em! Click here!!!  

Lida Parent was born in Inglewood,  in Southern California, and raised in nearby Chatsworth.   She writes: I began writing when I was 9 years old.  I learned it was a creative way I could connect my feelings to people.  My imagination took me to a live painting of opportunity.  I enjoyed reading literature, and began writing poetry at the age of 19. I loved what balance it gave to my words and the beauty poetry instilled. During my twenties,  I met with a group of 9 poets at a coffeeshop in Winnetka,  Ca.  They became close friends and introduced me to my first open mics and poetry readings,  where I began to embrace the art of performing.  In 2013, I completed a course the Community Literature Initiative,  and became a published author at the end of the year.  In 2015, by first book of poetry was relesed entitled,  “In Love and…

Rick Brown, trombone; Steve McQuarry, piano; Carl Herder, bass, and Vinnie Rodriguez, drums

  Grant Levin leads a quartet, featuring Tony Peebles on sax with Giulio Cetto on bass and Jeff Minnieweather on drums. $10 cover.

Don’t miss Grant Levin on piano and Joe McKinley on bass this Saturday afternoon. One day, these duo dates will go down in the annals of the San Francisco jazz scene as legendary.

Henry Hung (trumpet) assembles a hardy crew of jazz electronica habitués to explore the smoldering rubble that remains after last night’s Klaxon Mutant Allstars show. The band is called Amplifier, and the personnel includes Marcus Stephens (sax); Ian McCardle (keys); Giulio Cetto (bass); Jeff Marrs (drums).