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An international Singer songwriter Expose with Geva Alon, Krystle Warren, and Steven Taylor-Ramirez |
Thu, Aug 28 9:15 |
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An international Singer songwriter Expose with
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Geva Alon is one of the most versatile and accomplished Israeli singer-songwriters of the last decade. He was born in a small Kibbutz (Then still a socialist commune-like community) close to the ruins of Caesarea. He wrote his first song at the age of 14 and took the guitar seriously, practicing countless hours as a kid. As the founder & leader of "the flying baby" – probably the most powerful rock trio Israel has ever produced – he became known as an extraordinary & inventive guitar-player, capable of both hot-fierce fret-work solos and long slow moving jams into the unknown. But Alon is more then that – a gifted songwriter, he wrote all the lyrics & music to the band's songs. As a singer he possessed a haunting & surprising vocal register - sometimes comparable to early Neil young.
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Best of the Bay Award Winners Mushroom, The Moore Brothers and Matt Baldwin |
Fri, Aug 29 9:15 |
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Best of the Bay Award Winners
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Indie Rock and More with Pebble Theory, Silver Griffin, Hey Young Believers |
Sat, Aug 30 9:30 |
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The Starry Plough Presents The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey |
Thu, Sep 4 9:30 |
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The Plough Welcomes The ORIGINAL Crooked Jades, The Stripmall Ballads, and John McKelvy |
Fri, Sep 5 9:30 |
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The Plough Welcomes
and Cover: 9 Founding members of Internationally renowned San Francisco-born old-time band The Crooked Jades JEFF KAZOR, LISA BERMAN AND TOM LUCAS reunite after 6 years to play this one special show with Crooked Jades alumnus ERIK PEARSON performing string band favorites from their back catalogue and featuring the hauntingly beautiful Kazor/ Berman harmonies. | |||
The Plough Welcomes Dogwood Speaks, Brod Rob, and The Knockout Brothers |
Sat, Sep 6 9:30 |
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The Plough Welcomes
Cover: 8 The time has come again to introduce the world to someone new. Someone who isn't afraid to push the boundaries of music. Someone who dares to be different. Someone who wether you love or hate, you definately will not forget. That someone, is Dogwood Speaks. As the face of music has changed over the years, so too has the sound. The future of music is here. No limitations. No boundaries. No rules. With a past laden in hip hop roots, Dogwood Speaks journeys beyond genres with a soulfully provocative sound. While leaving a budding rap career behind, Dogwood has taken with him the essense of his hip hop ubringing and meshed it with the spirit of the true western soul. "Cadillac Land" is his offering; a heartfelt album filled with tales of passion, triumph, pain, and glory. Together with Noble House producer extraordinaire Gennessee, Dogwood has honed and crafted his own signature style. Reminiscint of when Otis Redding was sittin' on the dock of the bay, Dogwood tells the story of the common man's quest to overcome the daily struggles of the world today while bringing to life a candid reality through song. The first single "Where U From?" which is already gaining notoriety through local airwaves and fans alike,is the first step in the experience that is...Dogwood Speaks. Cadillac Land. Come take a ride.
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Gold Robot Records Presents Lady Genius, The Parish, and Sweetie |
Thu, Sep 11 9:30 |
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Gold Robot Records Presents
East Bay Based Gold Robot Records Proudly Presents Cover: 8 Gold Robot Records is an independent record label based out of the East Bay in California. Our focus is 7-inch vinyl releases that incorporate art into the whole process of making an archival object which showcases the talents of the musicians, artists, designers, and printmakers involved in the project. | |||
World Flamenco Funky Badassness with Locura!, Sol Jibe and Maracatu Luta |
Fri, Sep 12 9:30 |
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World Flamenco Funky Badassness with
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A very Special CD release with Dylan Champagne (CD Release), Joni Davis, Val Esway and El Mirage, and Michael Hamm |
Sat, Sep 13 9:30 |
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A Starry Plough Bluegrass Special Edition w/ The Gibson Brothers Band and Homespun Rowdy |
Thu, Sep 18 9:00 |
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A Starry Plough Bluegrass Special Edition w/
The Gibson Brothers Band (2 sets!) Cover: 10 From the front porch of the farm house they grew up in outside the town of Ellenburg Depot, New York, Eric and Leigh Gibson could see a place called Lyon Mountain. It was famous for two things: iron ore mining and town baseball. It was from these elements, and their geographical source, that The Gibson Brothers drew the inspiration for their April 2008 Sugar Hill release, Iron & Diamonds. Lyon Mountain is part of the Adirondacks, the northernmost portion of Appalachia. Most people don’t equate upstate New York with farming, mining, Appalachia, or traditional music, but it’s all there. Though the brothers never mined iron, they did play baseball on the Lyon Mountain Miners team, and they shoveled snow and more on their family’s dairy farm just a few miles from the Canadian border. And at the age of 12 (Eric) and 11 (Leigh), they picked up a banjo and guitar and began their musical journey. Eric says, “Our father and mother had instruments around the house. A guy was teaching banjo and guitar up at Dick’s Country Store and he gave us a tape of Sweet Temptation and Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall.” They began singing after their minister suggested it and they also began listening to the great duo sounds from the past. Leigh remembers, “When I heard Buck Owens and Don Rich singing, it really clicked for me.” Then they discovered the Louvin Brothers, the Delmore Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys, the Everly Brothers, and the Stanley Brothers. It was a tradition waiting for them. In the early 1990s, they formed a bluegrass band with Eric on banjo, Leigh on guitar, Junior Barber on dobro, and Junior’s son, Mike, on bass. Mike is still with them and is regarded as a third brother. In the coming years they recorded three well-received albums and won the 1998 IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year award. In 2005, the brothers signed with Sugar Hill Records. Their first release with the label, Bona Fide, went to #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited album chart and placed high on the Americana and Billboard charts as well. Two more releases followed -- Long Way Back Home and Red Letter Day. These albums solidified the brothers’ reputation as singers, players, and songwriters. Now, with this new release, Iron & Diamonds, Eric and Leigh have taken their place on the American jukebox. The Gibsons have made a conscious effort to co-write most of the songs on this album. And by using their own band and a single microphone for their duet vocals, you hear exactly what you hear in a live show: a tight ensemble that plays to the song, toneful and nuanced lead and duet harmonies, and songs that can move you to tears or to the dance floor. But they’re also aware of how a collection of songs should be selected, arranged, recorded, and ordered so that it creates a complete listening experience. They start with a Tom Petty song, “Cabin Down Below,” that jumps out of the speakers like some runaway rockabilly hit.
It’s followed by the title track, “Iron & Diamonds,” about the miners and ballplayers from Lyon Mountain. The chorus shows just how steeped in baseball the brothers are, but it also cuts to the core of the miner’s experience. Around the horn, a can of corn, Great duos are powerful not because the individuals sound similar to each other, but because they have something unique in each voice that complements the other. In the case of the Gibson Brothers, it’s Leigh’s warmer tones and Eric’s high-lonesome intensity that create a great double-stop fiddle sound, a blending of experience and emotion that all great brother duets have. Their decision to record their vocals together really paid off. If you want to hear a song that could easily pass for an Everly Brothers hit, listen to “Lonely Me, Lonely You.” And the Steve Earle song “The Other Side of Town,” sounds like it was written specifically for the Gibsons. “Picker’s Blues” is one of the few bluegrass songs that actually gets to the truth about life on the road. And “One Step Closer to the Grave” echoes the great bluegrass songs of sin and salvation. The Gibsons never flinch from the truth that a song reveals, and the listener feels that too. Every word seems necessary and just right. The Gibson Brothers’ band includes Mike Barber on bass, Clayton Campbell on Fiddle, and Rick Hayes on Mandolin. And for this recording, former Gibson Brothers’ dobroist Junior Barber makes a guest appearance, and their sister Erin sings on the concluding gospel song, a Bill Carlisle gem, “Gone Home.” All the players on this album have spent time on the road with the brothers, have learned how to play to the song and to the vocals, and it shows. The playing can be loving or fiery according to the songs’ demands. With Iron & Diamonds, the Gibson Brothers have given us their music straight-up -- no pretence, no guile -- just great songs, a seasoned band, and brother vocals that go right to the heart. | |||
The Starry Plough Welcomes Berkeley Ledgends The Patrick Winningham Band, Glider, and Aiden Hawken |
Fri, Sep 19 9:15 |
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The Starry Plough Welcomes Berkeley Ledgends
The Patrick Winningham Band, and Cover: 10.75 adv (.75 is service charge), 15 door Please note, there will be no paper tickets issued for online sales. All tickets will be will call and admission will be granted at the door. Please bring a copy of your paypal receipt and a Photo ID. THIS IS A 21+ Show! IF YOU BUY A TICKET AND ARE not 21 Years of Age, you will not be granted admission. NO EXCEPTIONS. THERE are NO Refunds on Tickets and Presale Tix are non transferrable. · Patrick Winningham, famous brother of Mare Winningham, started the Patrick Winningham Band in San Francisco in 1984. Their musical styling’s are drawn from westerns, Gram Parsons and Townes Van Zandt. The bands biggest moment was when they were chosen to play a big role in the 1986 hit movie “St. Elmo’s Fire.” The Patrick Winningham Band broke up in 1993 when the bands lead guitar player (Dan Vickrey) and keyboard (Charlie Gillingham) player left the band to join Counting Crows on their first tour after the album “August and Everything After” forever changed the music scene. | |||
Roots Reggae and More with Joseph Israel and Lafa Taylor |
Sat, Sep 20 9:30 |
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Ambient, Rock and More with The Blind, Walty, and The Soft White Sixties |
Thu, Sep 25 9:00 |
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The Plough Welcomes Or, The Whale, The Mumlers, The Porchsteps |
Fri, Sep 26 9:30 |
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The Plough Welcomes
and Cover: 10 Or, the Whale is the band that if ever caught off guard by an onstage power outage would say, “Fuck it,” pull in tighter, and play and sing harder and louder than you’d hoped for in the first place.
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Roots Rockabilly with The Revtones, Los High Tops |
Sat, Sep 27 9:30 |
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Roots Rockabilly with
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Hey Rock N Rollers! The RevTones are an Original Rock N Roll Rockabilly Trio from The San Francisco East Bay Area,CA. Ghost Train and Red Tree Road are two of our originals written by our very own Randy Schmidt. We are currently playing the Northern California club circuit and have opened for "The Chop Tops"a few times,"Devil Doll,"And "The Go-Getters."And Performed at Billetproof 2007' in Antioch,Ca.
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First Thursday Latin Funk Dance Party with Space Heater and TheSonando Project |
Thu, Oct 2 9:00 |
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First Thursday Latin Funk Dance Party with
Space Heater and Cover: 10$, 8$ w/student ID Welcome to the first installment of the Starry Plough Latin Funk Dance Party. This ain't no Salsa Party, its a funk party, and the Bands are top notch. Presented by Oye Productions the first thursday Latin Funk Dance party will feature the funkiest of Latin Influenced bands in the bay are guaranteed to make you move them hips till last call. The Sonando Project offers a unique and fiery blend of modern jazz and Afro-Caribbean traditions. Their musical landscape incorporates Afro-Cuban folklore and Brazilian Jazz flavors along with rumba and timba-esque dance grooves into a modern improvisational context. The band is currently performing their intriguing interpretations of the music of Stevie Wonder. The music showcases intricate arrangements of Stevie's beloved songbook filtered through an Afro-Caribbean Jazz lens. The result is a contagious sound that is sure to please Jazz, Latin and R&B connoisseurs alike. The world-class musicians of The Sonando Project are saxophonist & flutist Darren Smith, pianist Bob Crawford, bassist Sam Bevan, drummer David M. Flores and conga player/percussionist Patricio Angulo.
Spaceheater – a combination of the inspired melodies and harmonies of woodwind artist Evan Francis and the rich, noisy machine funk of producer Bill Mitsakos. Their 2005 release, “The Record” was created in San Francisco; presenting flutes, saxophones, and clarinets over a bed of thumping beats and percussion, creating a lush sonic adventure for the mind and body!
The Record - reaching number 20 in iTunes’ top 100 best selling electronic albums shortly after its appearance in August of 2006 (a joint release of Alpha Pup Records and Daly City Records), it has appeared in playlists and Top 10 charts. It’s often held the #1 spot on independent radio stations across the US, Canada, New Zealand and Europe.
“'The Record' is easily the best album I've heard this year. It's so effortlessly hip, funky, interesting, and fun simultaneously. It's a joy to listen to and a joy to play on the radio." -Seth Samuels, Jazz Director WOBC FM Oberlin
Collaborations - on stage and in the studio, Spaceheater has worked with some of today’s most esteemed artists, including vocalist Abstract Rude and electronic musician Daedelus. Francis, who hails from Los Angeles, has found himself in a wide variety of musical performances with artists such as Billy Higgins, Dr. Art Davis, John Clayton, Prince Buster, Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé (including a Tonight Show appearance), Sheila E., and is featured on recordings by Christina Aguilera and Mike Keneally.
“The music on this record and in our live shows evolved organically in the San Francisco bay area, where unexpected musical fusions are commonplace. For live performances, I bring in friends to expand Spaceheater to a quintet, adding another horn player, bass, drums, sampler, turntables… they’re all soulful musicians who interpret the music very much to my liking.” - Evan Francis, on Spaceheater
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Calamericana.org Presents First Friday Twang Party with Royal Deuces, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit , and Big Mistake |
Fri, Oct 3 9:30 |
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Calamericana.org Presents First Friday Twang Party with
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit Cover:8 CalAmericana Presents will produce roots Americana shows at the Starry Plough on the first Friday of every month beginning on October 3rd. These shows will feature a variety of oldgrass, newgrass, western swing, honky-tonk, alt-country, rockabilly and music from in, out, around and between the worlds of twang. | |||
HOE, The Shelly Doty X-tet, and Befor and After |
Sat, Oct 4 9:30 |
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The Plough Welcomes The Stairwell Sisters |
Sat, Oct 11 9:30 |
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The Plough Welcomes
Support: TBA Cover: TBA Producer Lloyd Maines recalls hearing The Stairwell Sisters for the first time: “I happened upon this tribe of | |||
The Plough Presents BrightBlack Morning Light, and Meara Feathers' Avocet |
Thu, Oct 16 9:30 |
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A night fit for Budweiser n Chicken Wire with The Whoreshoes, The Barefoot Nellies and The Mighty Crows |
Fri, Oct 17 9:15 |
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A night fit for Budweiser n Chicken Wire with
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East Bay BeatBox Rock Star Forrest Day and Harry and the Hit Men |
Thu, Oct 30 9:00 |
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ANNUAL MURDER BALLADS BALL Lineup TBA |
Fri, Oct 31 9:30 |
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ANNUAL MURDER BALLADS BALL
Come to our murder ballads ball at your own RISK! Linup: TBA Cover: TBA | |||
The Plough Weclomes the Return of Izabella and 2Me |
Fri, Nov 21 9:30 |
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