Local Music http://kalw.org en Today’s Local Music: Bhi Bhiman http://kalw.org/post/today-s-local-music-bhi-bhiman <p></p> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:01:14 +0000 Steven Short 27310 at http://kalw.org Today’s Local Music: Bhi Bhiman Today’s Local Music: Brad Brooks http://kalw.org/post/today-s-local-music-brad-brooks <p></p><p>The singing and piano playing you’re hearing comes from <a href="http://www.bradbrooksmusic.com/">Brad Brooks</a> of San Francisco. He’s performing tomorrow, May 14, at the <a href="http://www.bazaarcafe.com/calendar/">Bazaar Cafe</a> on California Street in San Francisco. He joins Allyson Paige, who has a Songwriter Residency there. Music begins around 7pm.</p><p> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:41:51 +0000 Steven Short 27105 at http://kalw.org Today’s Local Music: Brad Brooks Today's local music is the Piedmont Children's Choir http://kalw.org/post/todays-local-music-piedmont-childrens-choir <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click on the link to hear the voices of The Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir. You can hear the high school sections of the choir in a jazz concert, planned for tomorrow May 9th at La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley. Music starts at 7:30pm. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> Wed, 08 May 2013 19:06:04 +0000 Steven Short 26882 at http://kalw.org Today's local music is the Piedmont Children's Choir Today’s Local Music: Picture Atlantic http://kalw.org/post/today-s-local-music-picture-atlantic <p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">If </span><a href="http://pictureatlantic.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Picture Atlantic</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, the band you’re hearing now, were a wine, you might detect “notes of Coldplay.” That band was a big influence on Picture Atlantic’s founder, and their sound carries over to this band. They’re playing Thursday, May 9, at </span><a href="http://www.rickshawstop.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Rickshaw Stop</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap; "> in San Francisco as part of </span>PopScene<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap; "> Club Night. Music starts about 9:</span>30pm<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">.</span></p><p></p><p> Mon, 06 May 2013 17:51:39 +0000 Steven Short 26762 at http://kalw.org Today’s Local Music: Picture Atlantic Local Music: Major Powers and the Lo-Fi Symphony http://kalw.org/post/local-music-major-powers-and-lo-fi-symphony <p></p><div><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Does this music remind you of Queen? That’s not by accident. But&nbsp;</span><a href="http://lofisymphony.com" style="line-height: 1.5;">Major Powers and the&nbsp;Lo-Fi&nbsp;Symphony</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;isn’t a tribute band; they’re the inventors of what they call Adventure Rock.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">It may surprise you that all of this sound comes from a trio, and the trio is from Crockett, California.</span></p></div><p></p><div> Thu, 02 May 2013 23:18:39 +0000 Steven Short 26630 at http://kalw.org Local Music: Major Powers and the Lo-Fi Symphony