“In the early ’90s, San Francisco was very kind to young rock musicians cutting their teeth,” recalls Storm Large (her real name), who returns to her old stomping grounds for shows at Feinstein’s early next month. Belting it out and vamping it up as the front woman of Flower SF, Storm and Her Dirty Mouth, […]
“From eight years old, I wanted to be a nightclub singer,” recalls the willfully eccentric Holly Penfield, a native of Orinda. Now a fixture on the London cabaret scene, she will play a rare U.S. engagement at Feinstein’s at the Nikko on May 4 and 5. “I took ukulele lessons and then guitar when my […]
Caroline Reid, proud proprietress of her own ridiculous niche in the world of entertainment (Airline Comedy), appears as her alter ego,the fierce and fearsome flight attendant Pam Ann, this weekend at Feinstein’s at the Nikko. Constantly honing and refreshing her observational routines during the 50 to 80 flights a year she takes to get to […]
Singer-songwriter Matt Alber, a San Francisco favorite and former member of Chanticleer, will perform at Feinstein’s at the Nikko on April 13 and 14. But while he’s been hard at work on a new recording, Alber’s mind is focused elsewhere for the time being. A couple years ago, in his new hometown of Portland, Alber was introduced […]
When Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot performed in San Francisco back in 2011, he played to crowds of more than 2500 each night singing the role of the bullfighter Escamillo in an SF Opera production of Carmen. So this coming weekend presents a rare opportunity for Bay Area music lovers as Szot plays two extraordinarily intimate […]
WINNING THE DOLLY DOUBLE As we noted the other day on our Facebook feed, Betty Buckley, who thrilled audiences in four engagements at Feinstein’s at the Nikko over the past few years, has landed the lead in an upcoming national tour of the record-shattering Hello Dolly! revival. Buckley’s Dolly will play the Golden Gate Theatre from […]
In two special pre-Mardi Gras shows at Feinstein’s at the Nikko this Friday and Saturday, the Bay Area’s own Brass Mafia will get the Mardi party started with a gumbo of New Orleans jazz, classical sounds (Brandenburg brass anyone?), and horny takes on pop. How many hit radio songs can you pick out in the […]
“A lot of what makes a great jazz city is having a real mix of different kind of people who end up working together and influencing each other,” says Adam Theis. “It’s got to be big enough to have this great variety of musicians, but intimate enough that they end up interacting with each other.” […]
If you were developing a new, liberal-leaning television comedy with the goal of capturing today’s zeitgeist, you’d probably include plots that hinged on hot button topics like non-gendered restrooms and workplace sexual harassment; you might try to get a movie star in your cast to help attract viewers; you’d include meme-worthy elements, bound to go […]
When Linda Eder performs her first concerts of 2018 this coming week at Feinstein’s at the Nikko, she’ll be marking 30 years of national renown. It was 1988 when Eder first brought her crystalline tone and three octave range to living rooms from coast-to-coast in a winning 12 week run on television’s Star Search competition. […]
