Icssoma Farm of Sebastopol will stage a benefit concert for its horse rescue efforts on Tuesday, March 15. Rock singer and two-time Grammy-nominee Matthew Santos will star at the show, which starts at 7 p.m. at Kodiak Jack’s, 256 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma. Ian Thomas also will perform. [...]
Bottle Shock, a Sonoma County quintet with an Americana flavor and a style of its own, will perform at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at the Auburgine Vintage Eporium and Cafe, 755 Petaluma Ave. Sebastopol. The party will celebrate the release of the band's new CD, "Edge of [...]
It seems only right and proper to celebrate the St. Patrick's Day season with a show staged by director Kate Kennedy at Murphy's Irish Pub in Sonoma. "The Beauty Queen of Leenan," by Martin McDonagh, plays Murphy's at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8; Friday, March 11, and 7 [...]
Ryan Thomas Schmale, a 21-year-old singer and songwriter from Santa Rosa, will perform next Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Club Du Nord in San Francisco. Schmale is a member of the band That Ghost, which will release its fifth CD, "Songs From Out Here," on March 1. The [...]
It's a big cosmos, but Petaluma will be at the center of it on Friday, Feb. 11, when Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe plays the Mystic Theatre. Tiny Universe features Denson on vocals, saxophone and flute, Brian Jordan on guitar, Chris Littlefield on trumpet, John Staten on drums, Chris [...]
Always on the lookout for bands with fresh, inventive names, we've got a new one for you: Papa Grows Funk. The New Orleans jazz, jam and funk band will play Sunday, Jan. 23, at the HopMonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. Admission: $15 in advance: $20 day of [...]
Doug Jayne, co-owner of the Last Record Store in Santa Rosa and leader of the whimsical band, Laughing Gravy, has a local following all his own, partly based on his earlier band, Stupid White People, his annual tributes to Gram Parsons and other adventures. To celebrate the release [...]
The Brothers Comatose will host a hometown hoedown at Slim’s, 333 11th St., San Francisco, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2. The Brothers Comatose is an Americana, bluegrass and roots music quintet that includes four Sonoma County natives. Singer and guitarist Ben Morrison, and his brother Alex, on [...]
Operating on the theory that there's nothing more potentially appealing than a really nice accordion, some Bay Area women musicians, three of them from Sonoma County, have put out CD. And a 2011 pin-up calendar, now on sale at Copperfield's Books. They call themselves The Accordion Babes. Studio [...]
What is art? Whether it’s oil on canvas or actors on stage, dancers on their toes or comedians doing stand-up, Press Democrat staff writer Dan Taylor covers the fine and lively arts in Northern California. Meet the people, go behind the scenes and get ahead on what’s coming up.