Category Archives: music

if you can hear it and it does not grate your ears, ambient or intentitional with a story melody or not, major and minor chords, the community rather than the industry if possible; if not the answer then a pretty good guess, and the people who live it; basie miller satchmo and the king of all sir duke

Redemption songs by earthwise, spring 2024

Just added: DJ Sep, Lytton Plaza, Saturday, May 4, 3 pm (after May Fete parade) Spaghetti featuring Jim Campilongo, Scott Amendola, Sam Reider, Matt Muntz, Lytton Plaza, Friday, May 10, 6pm Mark Lettieri, Mitchell Park bowl, Friday, May 24, 6 … Continue reading

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‘Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chamber’, August 5, 2023 – April 5, 2024, by Earthwise

  Caroline Davis, Jayla Chee, Maya Kronfeld, San Francisco Mime Troupe, David Boyce, Rabiah Kabir, Sam Burton, Good Cheap Fast duo, John Andrews, Seraph Brass Band, Lisa Mezzacappa, Tuck & Patti, Delbert Anderson, Roberta Lea, Allison Miller, Adam Levy, Rob Reich … Continue reading

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Freddy Jones Band at Lytton Plaza

As the man says: FRIDAY JUNE 9 LYTTON PLAZA PALO ALTO, CA Freddy Jones Band will perform a free concert at 7 pm, presented by Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto. I made an attempt to reach former KFOG jocks Rosalie … Continue reading

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I hear dead horses

  Dead Horses by Golden Sky or vice versa: This song plays ten spins per day at a cafe in Palo Alto but so low that I heard it 100 times before I caught “golden sky” and could find it … Continue reading

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Al Downing vs Big Al Downing

Terry was listening to Terry Gross interview Donna Summer, and I have Dave Thompson book about I feel love Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, and how they reinvented music. I noticed reference to “i’ll be holding on” by Big Al Downing … Continue reading

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Earthwise tops 30 shows for 2nd consecutive season: free concerts in three Palo Alto parks announced

DON’T CALL THEM FRISCO: Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express announce an Earthwise gig at the Mitch Bowl, Sunday July 30, 2 pm, the first in a four-part free series this summer featuring jazz, funk, rock, and commedia dell’arte. To … Continue reading

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30th year presenting concerts as Earthwise

Jenny Scheinman, violin, Todd Sickafoose, bass, Scott Amendola, drums and effects, performing as Damn Skippy, Mitchell Park Community, March 4, 2023: soundcheck Jazz and folk at seven public facilities in Palo Alto Earthwise spring summer series 2023* Phoebe Hunt, Lytton … Continue reading

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Mule variations

OK you can delete this if it’s too tangential or self referential or if I am just persona non grata on these pages: [Palo Alto Weekly, column about dinosaur exhibit at Palo Alto Children’s Museum, by Diana Diamond; in fact … Continue reading

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Earthwise 2022 year in review

Zoh Amba, sax; Jordan Glenn, drums at Mitchell Park Community Center, November, 2022 (in order of appearance) Caroline Davis Quartet – a, a, a (residency) Dan Bern – b Or Bareket Quartet- b  Axon Orchestra- b Matt the Electrician – … Continue reading

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I am a golden god?

Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen; Council: as Polonius; and his son Laertes, Hamlet, cum aliis including Voltemand and Cornelius, but also Mark Kozelek, the Strokes, Steve Miller, Casey Likes, Beth Custer, Weird Al, R0bert Plant, ghosts of … Continue reading

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