We saw Poncho at Yoshi’s on Sunday. The last time I saw him was in Vancouver. The performance was ok. He was very fun and witty but may be he was tired (this was his last show in the bay area) or the crowd wasn’t as responsive as he expected. Anyhow we had a great time. Sushi at Yoshi’s was fantastic and I loved our quick walk in Jack London Square.
March 17th at Gallery One in SF. For more information visit Beyond Persia website.
A must see. May 4th at Herbst Theatre.
Lazy, fun weekend with good friends and Beck’s concert at Yahoo!
In 2000 a group of musicans in Oakland created the idea of music analysis. What they do is that they capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level categorizing them into musical attributes or “genes”.
So what does it do for you?
You can go on their website (Pandora), enter the name of an artist or album you like and they create a radio station for you. It is free, with commerial or $36/year without commerical. You can create up tp 100 radio station. The catch is that you can’t specifically play a song or skip too often.
For instance they analyse Niaz music as follow:
“Based on what you told us so far we’re playing this track because it features indian influences, middle eastern influences, a smooth female vocal, a thru-composed chorus and a tight kick sound.”
Awakening
September 11 at 8pm
A musical meditation on the fifth anniversary of 9/11
Featuring music from Turkey, Afganistan, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, India, Germany, Canada, United States, Argentina, Sweden and Finland.
Wednesday, Sept 27
World renowned Finnish accordionist and her fiery ensemble.
Freight & Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St. Berkeley, CA
tickets: $19.50
