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May 14, 2013 • With Christian Tumalan, piano Braulio Barrera, percussion/vocals Colin Douglas, drumset Abe Gumroyan, bass Alexa Weber Morales, percussion/vocals Friday, June 28, Noon-1 pm 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612 Kaiserroofgarden.com FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Produced by Entire Productions Presented by SCO, The Swig Company
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May 11, 2013 • I’m afflicted or blessed, depending on your point of view, with the quest for the meaning of life. Maybe it has to do with my moods. I’m always trying to find ways to stay productive and/or keep my head above water. Running long distances makes me happy, but for some reason I procrastinate it (I’ve...
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May 10, 2013 • I don’t watch much TV (no really, I don’t! Do I protest too much? Ha!). Being a self-employed, gigging songwriter/musician, I don’t have cable for both financial and productivity reasons. But there’s a new network TV show that I adore: ABC’s Nashville. In hopes of making the case for scheduling a second season for this...
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May 5, 2013 • At 11 am today I’ll be talking with Betsy McNair for her show Breakfast in Bed on KZSC 88.1 FM, promoting our Cinco de Mayo gig TONIGHT, 7 pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA! The website for the station is www.kzsc.org, and the FaceBook page for the show is Breakfast in Bed on KZSC....
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May 4, 2013 • I started barefoot running about a year ago, trying to work around a pesky IT band injury. After hurting myself in a marathon, I changed my stride. First, it changed in such a way that transferred the injury to my opposite hip — even when I was sleeping. Then I began reading about avoiding heel...
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May 3, 2013 • Here I am playing my song Love and Rage on piano today… The song was inspired by my trip to Louisiana, New Orleans and Mamou (catch the reference to cypress knees). Listen & buy the version produced by multi-Grammy nominee Wayne Wallace here!
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Apr 25, 2013 • What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo (Sunday, May 5th, 2013) than with Northern California’s best-loved Latin divas? The Azúcar Quintet, with featured guest vocalist Alexa Weber Morales, is a mesmerizing multicultural ensemble of women serving the very best of salsa and Latin jazz! Leave it all on the dance floor! 7 PM ~...
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Apr 18, 2013 • I was feeling very San Francisco, frighteningly SoHo, awfully hipsterish. The multi-act show was packed, the fashionable audience sat in rapt attention. An aerialist was suspended above the band at one point. Later, a singer-songwriter told stories while a slide show splashed art up on the stage backdrop. I’d been hired to perform with one...
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Apr 17, 2013 • Episode 1: Reviewed in brief: The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle The Big-Ass Book of Bling by Mark Montano The Anatomy of Story by John Trudy The Renegade Writer by Linda Formichelli & Diana Burrell Don’t Shoot: The End of Violence in Inner-City America by David Kennedy...
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Mar 31, 2013 • Tonight, Pacific Mambo Orchestra plays the San Francisco Salsa Festival! 10 pm at the WestinSan Francisco Market Street. Amazing championship dancing accompanied by 20 piece orchestra? Yes! Tomorrow evening we’ll be at the Sausalito Seahorse, 5 pm, where you’ll find a salsa crowd dancing to live music every Sunday. Also, check out the latest review...
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Mar 3, 2013 • Sunday afternoon, I’ve been invited to host the vocal jazz jam at 5 pm at the Oakland Public Conservatory, 1616 Franklin Street! This is where the lovely miss Valerie Troutt hosts 1st Fridays jams and where the amazing James Gayles’ series of paintings of Bay Area jazz musicians is hosted (and yes I’m one of...
