FEATURED ARTIST
Jazz Mafia
"If Adam Theis were compressed into a pill we all could swallow, we'd suddenly see our ability to work expand in four dimensions, allowing us to accomplish more than we ever dreamed possible"
San Francisco Chronicle
ALL ARTISTS
Jazz Mafia "If Adam Theis were compressed into a pill we all could swallow, we'd suddenly see our ability to work expand in four dimensions, allowing us to accomplish more than we ever dreamed possible" - David Rubien, San Francisco Chronicle
Zion I
"While these brothers are still operating on the low, their production and vocals are wound tighter than a Bay Watch bathing suits…the whole thing is hot. Hot to death." - MTV News
Double Image
Remember that great concert you wished had been recorded for posterity? Well, Double Image is it.
-Scott Albin, JazzTimes
Little Cow
"Hungary’s hottest export since gulash" - Funkhaus Europa
Kneebody with Theo Bleckmann
“This is an unexpected meeting of two like minded iconoclasts playing the music of one of America's greatest maverick composers. New york's "local cult favorite" theo bleckmann and l.a.'s "future of instrumental music", kneebody”- NBC New York
Happy Apple
"A steamroller, something like a cross between Ornette Coleman's mid-60's group and the Minutemen." - New York Times
Lenka Dusilova
As a Universal Records Recording Artist she won two Angel Awards (Czech Grammies) for female singer of the year and album of the year for her latest album, Mezi Svety, produced by Ben Yonas.
James Harries
"James Harries is a British singer-songwriter with...a golden voice"
-Sax Magazine, Germany
The Plastic People of the Universe
Many bands sing about revolution. PPU actually inspired it. "The show began. It was theatrical spectacle, poetic." - Guardian.co.uk
Felonious
"Felonious combines rap vocals and live instrumentation with a flair that distinguishes it from the average roots-redux." - Rachel Swan, East Bay Express
Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels
"A distinctly refreshing combination of sunny, sensuous and eminently danceable Latin jazz grooves." – The Washington Post
Parno Graszt
"They do not use sources of Gypsy music, they are the source itself."
– Songlines
Kneebody
"An update of the rugged, exploratory early fusion of Weather Report and Return to Forever"-New York Times
Crystal Monee Hall
Ms. Hall’s music recalls the sepia-toned memories of her southern childhood. "She smoothly combines the sounds of folk, gospel, jazz and blues... I was moved beyond words. I could feel her every desire." - Michael McElroy, Grammy Nominated Musician
Paula West
With a particular dusky soulfulness, West has captured the hearts of critics and audiences alike from coast to coast.
Shotgun Wedding
Quintet
"What separates this quintet from the rest is the hugeness of its sound, which is layered with horns, strings, and woodwinds for a Nelson Riddle/Lalo Schifrin orchestral vibe." -SF Weekly.
Shayna Steele
Shayna has always kept her roots firmly planted in her love for R&B and Soul. "I love this music because it really is that simple and real for me."
Joe Bagale
This 25-year-old Oaklander's distillation of vintage soul, funk, and R&B has a patently modern sensibility: it refuses to settle in one sound and can feel as gritty as it does slick. -East Bay Express
Forrest Day
He is a beatmaker, songwriter, sax-player, and singer. His band is one of the hottest groups regulary touring the west coast.
