Khruangbin loves music, Oakland loves Khruangbin Dylan Medlock November 13, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Few musicians exude the admiration and joy for underappreciated world music like Houston instrumental trio Khruangbin. The group takes their name from the rough Thai translation for “airplane” and started p...
Ibeyi brings girl power to the Fillmore Makaila Heifner April 17, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Upon my first arrival at The Fillmore on April 13th, I noticed a “WOMEN RULE” t-shirt and listened as couples and groups around me spoke Spanish, French, and English. It seemed like a fitting way to start I...
Saharan soul sweeps UC Theatre Conner Smith April 4, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Music moves. Mind-body binaries begin to melt away, hands form foreign structures in the air above heads, and blood begins to course through veins with a different weight. The Saharan sounds of African rock gro...
Oakland Swoons for Rising Appalachia Conner Smith November 18, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Stringing together all of the most desirable elements of Appalachian Folk, 90's Hip-Hop, Southern Soul, and World Music, Rising Appalachia had the New Parish howling (literally) for more on Friday night. ...
