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Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
J.C. Hyke's Songwriter Serenade: Live Music Showcase in Arcadia
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Songwriter Showcase at The Octopus Literary Salon - June 21 in Oakland
Nothing like hopscotching across the country over the past couple weeks to appreciate the Bay Area and all it's amazingness that much more. I love travel and I love the return ...and I love love love that I'm sharing a show with three FABULOUS SF Bay-based songwriters - Aireene Espiritu, Claudia Russel and Paige Clem- next Wednesday June 21 at The Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland. These women are all on fire creatively (and there will likely be a special guest or two sitting in). Mark your calendars and join us.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Hot Water Sessions/ #FolkFightsBack Benefit for Women in San Francisc May 18
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 18, The Hot Water Sessions 2017 travel to San Francisco, for a Hot Water/#FolkFightsBack for Women benefit performance at The Lost Church at 8pm (doors 7:30pm).
Today is the last day to get adv. ticket prices - only $10. Jump in!
Tickets at http://ticketf.ly/2ncnT8L
Seating at The Lost Church is first come, first served. We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show.
Online sales are active until 9:30pm the night of show (unless sold out). You can purchase tickets right at the door using a card via your phone and the above Ticketfly.com link. That old-fashioned cash is also accepted, of course.
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Folk Fights Back is a musician led organization that seeks to raise money and awareness for critical issues during the Trump presidency.
Today is the last day to get adv. ticket prices - only $10. Jump in!
Tickets at http://ticketf.ly/2ncnT8L
What are the Hot Water Sessions?
It's a luxurious soak in the sultry sounds of Americana brought to you by the combined forces of songwriters and sirens Aireene Espiritu, Deborah Crooks, and Yours Truly, Michele and features mighty man friend Kwame Copeland.
"Folk singer-songwriter Aireene Espiritu works in the elemental substance of vernacular American music with an uncanny ease. Whether blues, hillbilly, soul, folk or R&B...[she] demonstrates masterly command of each."- Jonny Whiteside, Los Angeles Times
"California songwriter Deborah Crooks’ is simply too original to be a singer who will be known as someone who sings like…like no one. She changes gears seamlessly and in regards to Lucinda [Williams], Deborah may have a wider pallet of styles than even Lucinda." - John Apice, No Depression
"She’s a celebration. No matter your mood, you’ll walk away with a smile. It’s cheaper than therapy." Tony DuShane, San Francisco Chronicle
With a sound infused with 60s pop, shadowy torch songs, and touched by by Americana Roots-Rock, it is truly Michele Kappel’s own brand of music.
Seating at The Lost Church is first come, first served. We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show.
Online sales are active until 9:30pm the night of show (unless sold out). You can purchase tickets right at the door using a card via your phone and the above Ticketfly.com link. That old-fashioned cash is also accepted, of course.
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Folk Fights Back is a musician led organization that seeks to raise money and awareness for critical issues during the Trump presidency.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Hot Water Tour 2017: Soak in the Sounds of Sultry Americana withAireene Espiritu, Deborah Crooks and "Yours Truly, Michele"
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Excited about the "Hot Water Sessions" I'm doing with Aireene Espiritu and Yours Truly, Michele in May! Join us in some great venues in Niles, San Francisco, Suisun City and/or Alameda:
Hot Water Sessions 2017 Kick-Off Party at
The Mudpuddle Shop
Donations welcomed. Limited seating, RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/1860826930831504/
Hot Water Sessions @
$10 advance/ $15 day of show. A #FolkFightsBack Benefit event! Advance tickets recommended: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1459109
Hot Water Sessions @
$20 RSVP to boatysattva @gmail.com
Barkissimo is located in the heart of downtown Suisun City, across the grand plaza from Main Street. Bring a home made dish to share with the community.
Hot Water Sessions @
Donations welcomed. In the beer garden.
Hot Water Sessions @
A Private House Concert
ALAMEDA, CA
$20. Limited seating, RSVP to baystationband@gmail.com
More about the artists:
Aireene Espiritu
"Folk singer-songwriter Aireene Espiritu works in the elemental substance of vernacular American music with an uncanny ease. Whether blues, hillbilly, soul, folk or R&B...[she] demonstrates masterly command of each."- Jonny Whiteside, Los Angeles Times
Deborah Crooks
"California songwriter Deborah Crooks’ is simply too original to be a singer who will be known as someone who sings like…like no one. She changes gears seamlessly and in regards to Lucinda [Williams], Deborah may have a wider pallet of styles than even Lucinda." - John Apice, No Depression
Yours Truly, Michele http://michelekappelstone.com/
"She’s a celebration. No matter your mood, you’ll walk away with a smile. It’s cheaper than therapy." Tony DuShane, San Francisco Chronicle
With a sound infused with 60s pop, shadowy torch songs, and touched by by Americana Roots-Rock, it is truly Michele Kappel’s own brand of music.
Friday, March 10, 2017
March 15, 2017: Original Songwriter Showcase at The Octopus Literary Salon, featuring Bob Hillman, Maggie Forti & Peter Whitehead
I'm hosting another run of songwriter shows at The Oakland Octopus Literary Salon this year, kicking off what will be a quarterly event, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 7pm. March features three great artists: Bob Hillman, Peter Whitehead
and Maggie Forti. Don't miss it! The entry ($5-10 suggested) is a steal, plus the Octopus is cozy, has delicious and nutritious food and drink.
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
March 15, 2017 7pm
2101 Webster Street
Oakland, CA 94501
Oakland, CA 94501
all ages, $5-10 suggested
[NBC] Peter Whitehead: Anything You Want to Do Is Going to Work Eventually from Oresti Tsonopoulos on Vimeo.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Summer Sailstice is This Weekend June 18-19
Ahoy! Bay Station is playing 2pm -3:30pm 'poolside' at the Encinal Yacht Club as part of this weekend's Sailstice in San Francisco (Sailstice is a national happening!). It's a free event with all sorts of boat stuff happening. Be there, there being Alameda, CA, this Saturday, June 18 11am-6pm
Encinal Yacht Club
1251 Pacific Marina
Alameda, CA 94501
Boat Building Contest I New EYC Lifejacket Pool Plunge l Visit Historic Schooner 'Alma' I Historic Classic Sailing Vessels I Plein Aire Paint Out l Small Boat Racing l Exhbitors l Entertainment All Day l Sailboat Rides l Seminars l
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Thursday June 9: A Night of Americana at The Ivy Room
This week's fun: Thursday, June 9 at the Ivy Room in Albany, Bay Station shares a with Kate Burkart and Nate Jones & The
Sloe Sippers, it's going to be a fine night. Three bands, $7, good
vibes; hope to see you there!
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
Bay Station (full band) at The Ivy Room
with Nate Jones & The Slow Sippers, Kate Burkart Band
858 San Pablo AveAlbany, CA 94706
510-524-9299
Show starts at 8pm; Price: $7. Bay Station plays at 10:30
Friday, June 3, 2016
San Francisco International Arts Festival: Peter Whitehead's Mini Music Marathon
One of my favorite SF artists, musician/composer/songwriter Peter Whitehead is doing something really cool as part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival which wraps up this weekend, a mini music marathon! For eight hours, Peter will hold down Gallery 308, now filled with his instruments, and improvise with invited collaborators all afternoon and early evening.
Musical Mini Marathon with Peter Whitehead
EIGHT HOUR MUSICAL MINI MARATHON JUNE 4 12 NOON - 8PM
FORT MASON BUILDING A GALLERY 308 TICKETS www.sfiaf.org $20 in advance, $25 at door. One ticket good all day, re-admission allowed.
Whitehead will remain on the stage throughout the performance with
guests joining him every hour for half hour collaborations.
GUEST SCHEDULE:
12.30 -1.00 David Samas - Instrument builder,collector - various unusual items & voice
1.30 - 2.00 Bart Hopkin - Renowned instrument builder and author - unique invented instruments
2.30 - 3.00 Daryl Henline - Composer, choir master - Voice, various instruments
3.00 - 3.30 David Molina - Multi instrumentalist, composer, builder
3.30 - 4.00 Patti Trimble - Bay Area Poet and writer.
4.30 - 5.00 Sudhu Tewari - Redesigned electronics, springs, looping, effects, noise.
5.30 - 6.00 Norman Rutherford - Viola da Gamba, bass clarinet, sonar and other instruments
6.30 - 7.00 Sarah Shelton Mann - Legendary SF Choreographer, teacher, performer, writer - readings, dowsing
7.30 - 8.00 Stephen Kent - Didgeridoo virtuoso, multi instrumentalist and radio host.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
San Francisco Arts Festival: "HERE"
Several friends are featured in the San Francisco International Arts Festival taking place today through June 5. This weekend CALI & Co and Matt El bring there HERE show to Cowell Theater.
CALI & CO dance/
Matt EL
with guest collaborators
Kyoungil Ong and
Sooyeon Lyuh (USA, Korea)
HERE
Friday May 20, 7:00pm
Saturday May 21, 9:30pm
Sunday May 22, 2:30pm
Duration: 80 minutes (both companies)
Shared bill with Dana Lawton Dances
Cowell Theater
Tickets: General Admission
$20 in advance, $25 at door
HERE captures the rapture of existence through a new piece de resistance by CALI & CO dance/Matt EL music with guest collaborators Kyoungil Ong/Ong Dance Company and Sooyeon Lyuh. HERE is a rare, creative amalgamation of identity and culture through traditional Korean dance and music with American modern dance and rock music. Coursing shadow and light through its structure, HERE seeks to highlight the beauty and soften the pain of existence.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Bay Station "Go Out and Make Some" Tour Recap
I wrapped up the Bay Station Duo Go Out and Make Some Spring Tour with Kwame Copeland a couple days ago. Wowza. Over the past three+ weeks, we drove more than 6000 miles to play 22 shows in 15 states (including two double-days, one radio station, and (at least) one former brothel). We crossed the Mississippi River multiple times, skirted the base of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, and landed in the Mojave Desert. We ate tacos in New Mexico, hush puppies in Louisiana and fresh fruit pie wherever we could get it. Along the way, we happily gained a sense of the local music scenes in Nashville and San Antonio, connected with fellow touring artists in Dallas and Atlanta, and resumed old friendships in Austin and Chapel Hill. It was great to share our music with new ears, and get that much more inspired. Travel to different corners of the US is simply eye-opening.
Indeed, we experienced a sampler plate of what half the country has to offer: it's good, bad and ugly, red and blue. We were treated with the South's trademark charm while being constantly reminded of its oppressive and violent history. We talked to committed and aggrieved voters in Arizona, played the "only blue county" in Kansas, and were subjected to the gamut of political billboards in Missouri and Texas.
Mostly, we felt very fortunate to have music as our compass through such varied terrain, as it led us toward many warm-hearted and generous souls. I now feel much like I did when I finished a ride on the Big Dipper during childhood summer excursions to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: "when can we go again?"
While I figure that out, we’ve a whole bunch of fun shows lined up around the San Francisco Bay Area during the next few weeks. Find my schedule and Bay Station's, at our sites:
www.deborahcrooks.com
www.baystationband.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Songwriters in the Round at The Octopus Literary Salon March 16, 2016 with Annie Bacon, Maurice Tani, Matt Langlois and Deborah Crooks
Annie Bacon
www.anniebacon.me/
Matt Langlois
http://welcomemattsf.com/
Maurice Tani
www.mauricetani.com/
host Deborah Crooks
www.deborahcrooks.com
The Octopus is a literary salon,* re-interpreted in the 21st Century to engage and entertain readers, writers, musicians, artists of all ages in Uptown Oakland, California. The Octopus Literary Salon includes a most excellent café with delicious food, beer & wine, a small-scale specialty used and new bookstore (we sell used records too!), and a space for public readings and discussions as well as other literary spontaneity and, of course music performance.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Songwriters in the Round at Oakland's The Octopus Literary Salon, January 20, 2016
Melissa Phillips (with James DePrato)
www.melissaphillipsmusic.c
Michael McNevin
www.michaelmcnevin.com/
Paul Griffiths
www.paulgriffithsmusic.com
host Deborah Crooks
www.deborahcrooks.com
The Octopus is a literary salon,* re-interpreted in the 21st Century to engage and entertain readers, writers, musicians, artists of all ages in Uptown Oakland, California. The Octopus Literary Salon includes a most excellent café with delicious food, beer & wine, a small-scale specialty used and new bookstore (we sell used records too!), and a space for public readings and discussions as well as other literary spontaneity and, of course music performance.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Bazaar Stock #8 December 5 at Bazaar Cafe
December 5, 2015 10am-10pm
Bazaar Cafe
5927 California St
San Francisco, CA 94114
I'm pleased to be a part of Bazaar Stock #8, when KC Turner Present 36 (!) local musicians at SF's venerable and loved songwriter haven, Bazaar Cafe. Free and all ages, a tip jar will be passed with 100% of the proceeds to be donated Music in Schools Today. I play at 3pm and encourage you to come for as much of the event as you can! It's going to be be a great display of original music.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
May Second Saturdays at Jingletown Jazz Room
We'll be playing at 5pm.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Songs From The Fog: 18 Songs Inspired By The Bay Area : A Compilation of Nine Bay Area Songwriters
I'm very pleased to be included on this compilation of Bay Area songwriters, a project spearheaded by two masters of the songwriting form, Maurice Tani and Jim Bruno. On Wednesday, March 25, most of the participating artists are gathering together for "an old San Francisco-style, underground evening of song" at Doc's Lab in North Beach.
"What makes San Francisco a mecca for musicians and songwriters? It’s hard to say. Maybe it’s the desire to follow in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady. But since the beginning of the modern musical era, songwriters as diverse as Jerry Garcia, Sly Stone, The Jefferson Airplane, Green Day, John Fogerty have called the Bay Area “home.”
The Golden Gate still inspires songs from the hearts and minds of its talented inhabitants. And we’ve combed the bars, backrooms, coffeehouses and open mics to find an outstanding group of nine new and established Bay Area tunesmiths and bring them directly to you."
SONGS FROM THE FOG: A compilation of 9 Bay Area Singer Songwriters.
Featuring:
Jim Bruno
Deborah Crooks
Carol Denney
Paul Griffiths
The Keller Sisters
Claudia Russell & Bruce Kaplan
Mick Shaffer
Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora
KC Turner
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Heartbreak Hell in Berkeley: Celebrate Valentine's Day with Sad Songs & Soothsaying
A benefit for BASCIA: Bay Area Suicide and Crisis Intervention Alliance Doors 7, show 7:30-10. Event will end at 11.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Coming up Friday: Alameda Songwriters Roundup, Friday, January 30, 2015, 7pm
Please join me this Friday in Alameda for night of original songwriters playing in the round,
featuring some of my favorite Bay Area songwriters.
Alex Walsh, Amy Obenski, Dan Seidel, Deborah Crooks, Johnny Nash and Paige Clem LIVE
1303 High St,
Alameda, CA 94501
$5-10 sliding scale. High St. offers a full dinner and beverage menu. Kids welcome. Call for a dinner reservation! 415 355-7888
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Picking Up Good Vibrations at the Integratron
The desert of course, has long attracted artist and seekers of all manner: homesteaders after free lands, outdoors-folk in search of a tricky rock problem, naturalists and scientists assembling clues, Mystics and madmen and one combination of many of the above, George Van Tassel (1920-1978), creator of the Integratron. Located in Landers, on an energetic vortex, the Integratron is a "one-of-a-kind 38-foot high, 55-foot diameter, all wood dome designed to be an electrostatic generator for the purpose of rejuvenation and time travel."
It's composition is also "based on the design of Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials."
Uh, sign us up!
The Integratron is open to the public a couple "no reservations weekends" a month, and fortunately for us, our timing worked. We drove up the road 20 minutes to the site, lucking into a just-added, earlier-than-scheduled sound bath at 10:30am, when the gates opened Sunday morning. Within minutes, we were laying on the floor with 40 other people in the top story of the domed building. After everyone got settled with their blankets and mats, a gentleman played large crystal bowls for 25 minutes, sending variously oscillating sound waves, in frequencies perceptible and beyond perception, pulsing through our bodies. I didn't see any aliens, but I can't say it wasn't great. After the last bowls sounds, Hearts of Space type music was played for the remainder of the hour in what became a sort of sound-induced savasana. I felt better after than when I'd arrived, still cramped from the travel and sleeping in a new place, and emerged from the dome feeling as bemused as healed, an altogether good thing.
The grounds of the site were an equally relaxing playground of general good vibes, complete with a hammock garden, cantina, a place to cast your dreams and water stations. Reminded me of Fairfax and Goa and Sedona rolled into one.
Still. we were up for more sound vibrations later in the day, albeit of a more traditional kind, and drove another 30 minutes to Pioneertown where Pappy & Harriets was hosting its Sunday evening Music Service. A weekly, well-curated jam led by a band composed of the venue's favorite musicians and guest artists, the service was a unabashed celebration of LA Country Rock. More than ably covering songs by the likes of Gram Parsons, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Rondstandt and Tom Petty, the musicians were hot and the crowd hungry. Noneother than Bay Area native Bart Davenport, in fine form, happened to be the week's musical guest, and more than rose to the challenge, rocking his telecaster and otherwise destroying every song he led. Good stuff. People dancing, people eating, another dose of high quality good vibrations.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Deborah Slater Dance Theater piece 'Private Life' premieres at ODC Theater, December 11-14, 2014
My words, not music, are providing the text for the bulk of Deborah Slater Dance Theater piece 'Private Life' which premieres at ODC Theater, December 11-14, 2014.
'Private Life' explores the unique bonds, loyalties and rifts born of the contradictions of the military experience set on a human scale. Private life — military and civilian — implies an intimacy based on the sharing of exclusive knowledge, experience and shared codes of conduct. How do our private beliefs about morality, honor, etc. lead us to conduct ourselves, and how does this conduct steer us toward or away from one another?
DSDT's 'Private Life' at ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street SF CA 94110
December 11-14, 2014
8 pm shows Thursday - Saturday, 2 pm show on Sunday
'Private Life' explores the unique bonds, loyalties and rifts born of the contradictions of the military experience set on a human scale. Private life — military and civilian — implies an intimacy based on the sharing of exclusive knowledge, experience and shared codes of conduct. How do our private beliefs about morality, honor, etc. lead us to conduct ourselves, and how does this conduct steer us toward or away from one another?
DSDT's 'Private Life' at ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street SF CA 94110
December 11-14, 2014
8 pm shows Thursday - Saturday, 2 pm show on Sunday
Monday, November 17, 2014
KCDC Rides Again: Full-band show in Alameda 11/22 at High Street Station Cafe
KCDC in Alameda! FULL band Saturday, NOVEMBER 22, 2014, - 7:00pm-10pm
1303 High St Alameda, CA 94501 USAMichael Valentine opens. Call to make a dinner reservation: 510-995-8049 Price: $10
http://kcdcmusic.tumblr.com/
“That the two musicians can create excellent songs is [not only] proved in abundance through songs like the ballads “Jesus And The Jed,” “Gone Missing,” “Oh Oh” and “Love Some More,” but also by the uptempo charged and handsome guitar riffs on songs such as “Put Away the Year,” “Sweep Out the Dust,” “What To Say (Come Here)” and the album title track “Your Own Reaction.” …we’d love to hear more quality music from this duo on record.” — Rootstime
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
High Street Station
KCDC in Alameda!
-
7:30pm
1303 High StAlameda, CA 94501
USA
415 3557888
Price: $10
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
High Street Station
KCDC in Alameda!
-
7:30pm
1303 High StAlameda, CA 94501
USA
415 3557888
Price: $10
KCDC, the band, makes it debut performance in Alameda!
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
High Street Station
KCDC in Alameda!
-
7:30pm
1303 High StAlameda, CA 94501
USA
415 3557888
Price: $10
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