This week, they're few, but satisfying...

Each week, I try to sort through the upcoming new releases to find things that I think might be interesting to listen to. The last few weeks have had a plethora of choices and…

A few highlights from the week: A New Zealander, a Columbian-American, a Muslim American, some San Franciscans, some jazz, a few tributes, why I started dancing my butt off, and more...

Rafiq Bhatia - Breaking English

This is an instrumental…

For those short on time, the condensed version:
Fewer than half of California public schools provide arts education.
Have you ever benefitted from exposure to the Arts in school? Did you want to??
Click here to tell your CA Representative…

The Transfer, Blues, Cuba, Brit-Pop, Indie-Rock, Country, and a few wild experiments.  Tunes for your weekend...

Ben Harper + Charlie Musselwhite - No Mercy in This Land

Ben Harper has long relied on the Blues as a foundation for his…

Woo...there's so much here. Rock, Jazz, country, R&B, swing, Electronic. Another big release day in the music world. Let's begin with Mr. White...

Jack White - Boarding House Reach

There have now been a few generations of guitar heroes since…

To celebrate my 20th week of celebrating new music, I present to you: new music...

Meshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquism

There comes a time in the life of a popular song when newness fades, and it either becomes an unquestioned thread…

...In which country meets soul, Bach meets jazz, jazz meets Common, Byrne meets optimism, and I attempt to analogize classical music to hip-hop beats. What?

David Byrne - American Utopia

Is David Byrne unofficial king of avant-garde artpop? Probably. And…

Saturday afternoon in North Beach

A brief recap from Friday
(or how today's youth can inform and inspire):

Chanticleer held its annual Youth Choral Festival here in San Francisco on Friday. It's a twelve-hour day comprised of a handful of…

In case you're interested...
Here's a playlist of my favorite tracks from albums covered in last month's New Music Friday posts. I hope you enjoy! And let me know if you have different favorites.

This week only!! More titles than ever before!!
(I hope you read that with the appropriate obnoxious voice-over voice.)

Mt. Joy - Mt. Joy

This is the debut album from a band out of Philadelphia. If Mumford and Sons had…

An African legacy, a jokester, a formidable debut, and some more folksy things...

Lo Moon - Lo Moon

I begin this week's New Music with a needle drop. I knew nothing about this band before I pressed play, and I…

Many talented women making powerful music, San Franciscans help out a New Yorker, and a record producer shares the chill vibe of his studio...

Laurie Anderson / Kronos Quartet - Landfall

In 2012, Laurie Anderson lost a great deal of…