Bay Area Musician

Around the Bay

On this show we take a virtual drive around the Bay Area in counter clockwise fashion.

We begin in Oakland with Tower of Power, legends in the world of soul and funk. Their piece Soul Vaccination kicks things off with a big bang. Mosey on up to Berkeley with the Counting…

Ellen Seeling on Women in Jazz

This post is incomplete. We will add the actual blog very soon. In the meantime, here’s the full personnel list of the Montclair Women’s Big Band!

Bay Area Musician: KC Turner

Bay Area Musician Season 2 starts today, 6–7pm on KZSU 90.1FM and kzsu.stanford.edu/live

Tune in at 6!

Playing through

The legendary Graham Nash dropped in on one of the late shows recently and sat down to play one of his hits “Just a Song Before I Go.”

He has been playing this song for 40 years, performed it, no doubt, a thousand times. But on this night, live on network television in front…

Grammy-Winning Bay Area Musician: Rob Hotchkiss

This show aired Friday June 9, 4–5pm PT on kzsu.stanford.edu/live and on KZSU 90.1 FM.

Let’s get serious

When hearing the term “Bay Area Music” you might be likely to think of Santana, Michael Franti, Counting Crows, Green Day, Doobie Brothers. Fun tunes, groovy bands.

This week, we take a look at some more “serious” music from the Bay Area.

Guerrilla Composers Guild Part II

This week we conclude our discussion with Nick Benavides, administrator for the Guerrilla Composers Guild (GCG) in San Francisco. The GCG is an organization dedicated to supporting composers of contemporary classical music and finding artists to perform the new…