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4/20/2010 Live music w/ The Hoptown Elders

barback — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:54:44 +0000

Hoptown

Live music w/ The Hoptown Elders
When: Tuesday, April 20
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
The Hoptown Elders
http://www.myspace.com/hoptownmusic
Hoptown are from San Francisco Bay Area. It is the brain child of bassist/songwriter Roy Elder. The band began in 2006 as a musical collective of musicians who share a common interest in roots music. Through the course of a year the musicians collaborated with Roy in the studio to forge a sound using both electric and acoustic instrumentation.

3/2/2010 Live music w/ Fleeting Trance

barback — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:49:56 +0000

Fleeting Trance

Live music w/ Fleeting Trance
When: Tue Mar 2
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Fleeting Trance
http://www.myspace.com/fleetingtrance
Music from whatever corner of the world that we hear, Family, Friends, environment, etc. lots of Love to the San Francisco/Oakland & greater bay area music scene.

2/28/2010 Live music w/ Emily Bonn

barback — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:08:21 +0000

Emily Bonn

Live music w/ Emily Bonn
When: Sun Feb 28
Time: 7pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Emily Bonn
http://myspace.com/emilybonnmusic
Emily Bonn & The Vivants perform original foot stompin’ tunes about riots, hollers and hopping train cars. Largely inspired by the energy of old-time dance tunes, honky-tonk country and western swing, The Vivants play their own brand of American roots music, shining up dusty melodies with modern arrangements.

2/16/2010 Live music w/ Fleeting Trance

barback — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:44:47 +0000

Fleeting Trance

Live music w/ Fleeting Trance
When: Tue Feb 16
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Fleeting Trance
http://www.myspace.com/fleetingtrance

http://fleetingtrance.com/
Fleeting Trance is the songwriting & recording project of Manasseh Bernal. Fleeting Trance is currently based in Oakland, California and can be seen fairly often in bay area clubs and occasionally on tour. The current line-up consists of drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, pedal & lap steel guitar. Manasseh began playing guitar & writing songs in 1996 and started playing out in 1998. Fleeting Trance released it’s debut CD entitled “17″ in May of 2009 and is due to release it’s second C.D. in January 2010.

“Named for the number of tracks, 17 is classic folksy, bluesy americana. What listeners might not expect is the occasional reggae influences that show up on some songs. The addition of reggae is a nice touch, and fits well with the band’s overall sound. Lyrics are entertainly messed up.”
Kirsty Evans East Bay Express 1/20/2010

2/3/2010 Live music w/ Fred Odell

barback — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:09:01 +0000

Fred Odell

Live music w/ Fred Odell
When: Wed Feb 3
Time: 8pm
Cost: $5
Details:
Fred Odell
http://www.fredodell.net/
“Walking the twin paths of lone troubador singer- songwriter and Crazy
Horse/Byrds-esque classic rock, Fred Odell’s music is rooted firmly
in the soil of Americana with touches of pop and blues, performed
with undeniable soul, power and conviction” – Richard Joyner

1/19/2010 Live music w/ Wee The Band

barback — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:23:32 +0000

Wee The Band

Live music w/ Wee The Band
When: ue Jan 19
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
Details:
Wee The Band
http://www.myspace.com/weetheband
By the power vested in Wee… Time to be happy!

1/9/2010 Live music w/ Jack O’ The Clock

barback — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:35:10 +0000

Jack O' The Clock • photo by Carly Hoopes

Live music w/ Jack O’ The Clock

When: Sat Jan 9
Time: 7-9pm
Cost: FREE
Details:

Jack O’ The Clock bio:
http://www.jackotheclock.com
http://myspace.com/jackotheclock
Jack O’The Clock brings a quietly giddy sort of energy to the possibilities that spring up where American folk songwriting meets experimental music. The group’s sound, a jangly mix of concert-hall agility, acoustic rock drive, and junk shop scouring, is characterized by innovative arrangements for combinations of instruments you are not likely to have heard elsewhere made possible by the vastly varied musical experience and multi-instrumentalism of its five members, who have played everything from new music to art metal to fingerstyle folk to free improvisation, sometimes in the same concert. Jack O’ The Clock’s recordings go beyond the group’s live sound to incorporate bits of on-location percussion, found sounds, clandestinely recorded monologues, citynoise, and all manner of insects and birds, as well as a number of guest musicians and singers.