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Grace Stetson on February 16, 2022
Good things come to those who wait. Originally scheduled to perform in 2020, Ricardo Montaner takes the stage at the San Jose Civic this Thursday. The Argentine-Venezuelan singer-songwriter is best known for his timeless Spanish-language ballads, songs of pining love like “Me Va a Extrañar” and “Dejame Llorar,” and the recent “La…
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Alec Adams on February 16, 2022
While helpful for listeners, the names we use to sort music into genres are often restrictive to the artists themselves. “It’s kind of maddening,” says Tiffany Austin, whose work has varied from R&B to jazz to gospel. “How can you divide the music that comes from the same diaspora, the same spirit?”…
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Elliott Sky Case on February 9, 2022
Vyacheslav Gryaznov is a busy man. Over the last two decades, he’s performed internationally as a soloist, played with the Russian Philharmonic, authored several arrangements and piano transcriptions and recorded three studio albums. Steinway Society hosted his West Coast debut in 2016, and Saturday’s warm welcome back includes works by Mozart, Mahler…
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Alec Adams on February 9, 2022
No instrument creates an aura of intimacy like the ukulele. The delicate instrument demands audiences listen closer than normal, and its rich history and depth of tone are a wonder to behold in the hands of a true master. Daniel Ho is that kind of dude. The Hawaiian legend is a recurring…
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Grace Stetson on February 9, 2022
With a career spanning seven decades, Judy Collins doesn’t clown around. This Friday and Saturday, the New York-based singer-songwriter brings her long-recognized talent to Montalvo Arts Center for two special performances, playing a blend of folk, pop and country from her dozens of albums. Though she is perhaps most known for her…
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Alec Adams on February 9, 2022
For bands with a theatrical bent, an aura of mystery goes a long way. Douglas Von Irvin’s Carnival, a band whose members are largely disguised by hospital masks and skulls, dives right into this philosophy, drawing fans into their musical intrigue and matching it with an energetic stage show. They also have…
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Jay Edgar on February 9, 2022
Hailing from Washington, DC, and now residing in San Diego, Luke Andy draws on the influences of underground hip hop, Brazilian bass and tech house to create slick, fun, high-tempo dance music that has turned up clubs and festivals across the country. After years of making waves in the underground tech house…
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Addie Mahmassani on February 9, 2022
Martha Redbone is a gem of an artist, multifaceted and rare. Honoring her ancestral roots in the Cherokee and Choctaw peoples of Appalachia and the Black community of the American South, the Afro-Indigenous singer has enthralled audiences with her innovative sound since her early 2000s breakthrough. With an eye (and ear) toward…
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Jay Edgar on February 2, 2022
In the overcast, yearning early days of February, there isn’t a much better style of music to fit the mood than shoegaze. While the fuzzy distorted guitar and distant lovelorn vocals of pioneer bands like My Bloody Valentine and The Veldt began in the ‘90s, SJ indie rockers Chilindrina keep the melancholy…
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Grace Stetson on February 2, 2022
The South Bay Guitar Society starts its 2022 season with a bang, hosting just the right classical virtuoso guitarist for the job in Johan Smith. The Geneva-based guitarist is the 2019 winner of the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist competition, and was also hailed in 2017 as the year’s “Classical…
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