Jeff Kaliss

Perrier will join host vocalist Pamela Rose in serving up a musical offering to what she calls the “Wild Women of Song,” among them Alberta Hunter and Peggy Lee. It’ll be a warm and delicious run-up to Thanksgiving.

The fearless violinist broadens her reach, commissioning new works and keeping up a lively Web presence.

Legendary pianist McCoy Tyner expounds on his six decades of music-making, and swinging alongside other jazz greats.

Bluegrass, banjos, and country-and-western play to happy multitudes in Golden Gate Park.

The founder (and funder) of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival talks about the banjo, his financial career, and musicians he loves to pluck strings alongside.

The jazz festival, loaded with talent and star power, makes the day of SFCV’s intrepid reporter.

The indefatigable jazz cat, with deep roots in the Beat Era, gears up for performances in San Jose.

A unique teaching institution turns out to be presenting one of the Bay Area's most diverse music series dedicated to exploring music from around the globe.

A unique collaboration between a Cape Verdean singer and a jazz arranger makes room for a string quartet in a story of cultural exchange.

Steve Reich’s tribute to those who died at Ground Zero involves prerecorded speech and evokes emotions of sadness and transcendence.