Chanticleer has a new music video!

Anyone who knows me, knows I love records and cds and recorded music of all varieties. During our shelter-in-place reality here in San Francisco, I have been spending lots of quality time practicing my…

Some new soul and pop jams (and jazz and other stuff) for your weekend...

M. Ward - What a Wonderful Industry

M. Ward is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who sits somewhere in the indie/americana world with a tendency toward a throwback aesthetic…

Wooo! This is a great week for new music. Don’t take my word for it. Press play...

Neko Case - Hell-On

I love Neko Case. She makes beautiful music, sometimes esoteric, but always tremendous songwriting, arranging, singing, production. Basically, everything…

Some Brit-pop, some French-pop, some jazz, some funk, and so much more…!!!

Snow Patrol - Wildness

I joined the masses in discovering Snow Patrol with their 3rd album, but major-label debut, Final Straw, fifteen years ago. This British alt-pop…

"World" music, jazz, and folk inspirations for your mid-May...

Bombino - Deran

One of the brightest highlights of the week is Bombino, a Tuareg musician from Niger. Bombino is a masterful guitar player, he sings entirely in his native Tuareg…

Dreamy vocals and minimalism rule the week...

La Luz - Floating Features

Despite being from Seattle, La Luz has a sound straight out of southern California with bits of spaghetti western surf guitar and loose, dreamy vocal harmonies.

Beach House …

Throwback inspiration dominates this week...

Gaz Coombes - World’s Strongest Man

Coombes was front-man for the now-defunct Brit-pop band Supergrass. This is his third solo album since 2012, and it’s fantastic. I hear occasional bits of Radiohead and even a…

Janelle and some other (seriously) great music. 
But Janelle...

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer

Excitement barely begins to describe my anticipation for this release. If you haven't read my recent post about Janelle Monáe, that'll answer a few questions. In…

Janelle Monáe releases her newest album this Friday, and I'm so excited about it, I felt compelled to post a primer, so that it doesn't eclipse my entire NMF post this week. Though, I hope it will deserve to.

The…

A spectacular jazz/chamber music collaboration, phenomenal country music, and some pop music to round out your weekend activities...

Edward Simon - Sorrows and Triumphs

I'm excited about this record.
Edward Simon is an extraordinary Venezuelan jazz pianist who now lives…

Mission San Jose in Fremont, CA

Chanticleer

Chanticleer just finished our run of concerts at a few of the California Missions. I took the photo above just after our show in Fremont last month. We wrapped up this set with…

This month's monumental playlist! 
Have some great music...