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A chance meeting with a Bay Area drummer spawned a new set of songs for Johnson, which she shares in a string of shows this month.
The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists aims to redress historical imbalances and further integrate America’s orchestras.
The company is betting on Bulrusher, Eisa Davis’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play as set by composer Nathaniel Stookey.
Ever more detailed information on how the human brain reacts to music is fueling novel kinds of performances.
The bandleader’s brand of West African music, celebrated around the world, is going strong in a California tour led by his son.
Tireless conductor Alondra de la Parra has dreamed up the Festival Paax GNP, and it’s splendid.
Genres blend and blur at the annual experimental music festival in Berkeley.
With the discovery of master tapes for the original Peanuts TV specials, one of America’s most underrated jazz figures gets the spotlight.
