Holly Near has been singing for a more equitable world for well over 40 creative years. She is an insightful story teller through her music, committed to keeping the work […]
Two incredible acts join forces for one amazing show! The Musers are Sonoma County’s “free-range” folk group: Megan McLaughlin on guitar and mandolin; Anita Sandwina on vocals and guitar, Tom […]
House concert filmed in Boston during the civil rights fight for desegregation of the city schools. Artists include: Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry […]
" … you would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in […]
With the intuitive sense and emotional depth of a filmmaker, California native David Luning looks deeply into the human condition in his music, exploring its shadowy recesses and its brilliantly […]
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For great harmonies and tasty instrumental licks, Taylor Mountain band would be great for your future music event. We are a group of seasoned singers and multi-instrumental musicians. We play acoustic roots to western styles and are quite danceable: a great selection of traditional fiddle, bluegrass, country, swing, and folk. We have many hours of […]
The world-class musicians in Big Richard initially convened in 2021 for a festival date. The quartet showed up to the one-off like it had been together for years, bursting with jaw-dropping virtuosity; playfully irreverent stage banter; stunning four-part harmony vocal interlace; imaginative arrangements; a refreshingly eclectic repertoire; and a healthy dose of lady rage. Quickly […]
During the Great Depression, San Francisco-native Sidney Robertson carried out a remarkable ethnomusicological survey—the WPA California Folk Music Project. From 1938 to 1940, with support from the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration, the University of California, Berkeley and twenty staff handpicked from the California relief rolls, Robertson recorded and documented the diverse musical traditions in […]
An Evening of American Roots Music Wednesday 10/22/25 7:00pm Glaser Center 547 Mendocino Ave. Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Purchase Tickets HERE (struggling musicians! use coupon code Band25 for $10 off ticket price) Can’t make it to the concert? Please Donate & Send a young musician to camp! No donation is too small and all proceeds […]
"Hardly-Strictly Irish" duo Cady & Murphy blend lush, acoustic country-folk and traditional Irish music on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bodhrán, and harmony vocals. Ambient or forefront, custom-tailored sets for events with live music in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Poor Man’s Whiskey is an Americana band originating in the San Francisco area in 2001. The music is rooted around the songwriting talents of Josh Brough and Jason Beard (who met in 1993 at the University of California, Santa Barbara). Poor Man’s Whiskey’s live show and sound is a blend of high octane old time/bluegrass […]