Singer songwriter Harper Simon, who describes his music as “psychedelic country and rock”, has released a new video of his single, Berkeley Girl. It’s the tale of a woman from our fair city who has “the style of Paulette Goddard and a smile like Joan Fontaine”. But, just as in the television show Parenthood, Berkeley [...]
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Music for everyone at Downtown Berkeley MusicFest
The first man to play the first show at Freight & Salvage in 1968 will be the kickoff headliner event for the Downtown Berkeley MusicFest, a nine-day extravaganza of music. Phil Marsh, described as a “folk-to-country-to-blues troubadour” will reunite with the Energy Crisis band for a performance Friday August 20 at 8 pm the newly-remodeled [...]
Phish delights fans at the Greek Theater
More than 8,500 people streamed into the Greek Theater on Thursday for the first of Phish’s three concerts. When the shows were announced, tickets sold out in about five minutes. They originally cost $50 but are in such high demand now that some are selling on the secondary market for $750. It looks like it [...]
Passion for music underpins harpsichord maker’s craft
The front room of John Phillips’ West Berkeley workshop on Grayson Street is crowded with an Italian-style harpsichord in for repairs from Virginia and a French-style instrument, waiting to be delivered to its new owner in El Cerrito. In the next room, his assistant, Janine Johnson, is working on another French harpsichord which was commissioned [...]
Music amid the redwoods at UC’s Botanical Garden
If listening to folk music in a beautiful natural setting sounds like you’re kind of thing, you might want to check out UC Botanical Garden‘s summer music series which runs every Thursday evening until July 29 in the garden’s Redwood Grove Ampitheater. Tonight’s Garden Grooves event is a singer/songwriter night featuring Ed Masuga, That Blasted Hound and Chloe [...]
Music for summer: Second year for concert series
A local concert series has kicked off its second season in the Westbrae neighborhood and offers the opportunity to enjoy free music, food and socializing on lazy summer weekends. The Westbrae Garden Concert series, which take place on Saturday lunchtimes in the garden next to the Bagel Shop and Toot Sweet on Gilman Street at Santa Fe [...]
Be puzzled by The Residents tonight at BAM
The Residents are performing in the Berkeley Art Museum’s L@TE program tonight at 7:30 p.m. If you know who The Residents are, the rest of this post is superfluous. If you don’t, read on. Here’s how The Resident’s FAQ tries to explain things: 1. Are The Residents a band, or what? A. I guess I [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 5.4.10
UC Berkeley restricts names of student organizations [WatchBlog] Senators call for release of three imprisoned Cal grads in Iran [Oakland Tribune] Cal Performances kicks off new season with Fall Free for All [UC Berkeley] Closing arguments begin in case of killed UC Berkeley student [Oakland Tribune] Photo: Foggy morning by Jef Poskanzer/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
The Berkeley Wire 4.30.10
Three swastikas found at Clark Kerr campus [J Weekly] Berkeley Arts Festival runs through May, kicks off tomorrow [BAF] Berkeley provides cycling model for city of Glendale [Glendale News Press] The lie detector was created in Berkeley: A look back [California Magazine] Police alert: Credit card fraud on the rise in Berkeley [BPD] Photo: “And [...]
Berkeley Playhouse’s Oliver is delightful
I’ve rhapsodized previously about the stellar plays put on by Berkeley Playhouse, and I am pleased to say that its current production of Oliver is wonderful. The show features 30 kids, mostly from schools around Berkeley and Oakland. Nandi Drayton is wonderful as Oliver, and Katie Corbus is great as the Artful Dodger. “As the [...]
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