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April 17, 2024
Shemekia Copeland — Soul Truth-Teller
Widely considered today’s Queen of the Blues, Shemekia Copeland is back playing shows this year, bringing her songs and vocals to fans around the country.
April 10, 2024
Donny McCaslin returns home
Donny McCaslin plays in many different jazz clubs and other venues all over the world. But Kuumbwa Jazz Center...is the place that inspired him...
April 3, 2024
Andy Frasco Shows His Grown-up Side
Could it be that Andy Frasco is maturing? He returned to touring this winter, and fans can expect Andy Frasco and the U.N. to bring the party on stage...
April 3, 2024
The Gospel According to Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
A Rev. Billy C. Wirtz concert is a history lesson wrapped in a rollicking, laugh-riot live show...
March 27, 2024
Los Straitjackets
Modern-day kings of instrumental surf music Los Straitjackets are touring to celebrate their 30th anniversary. The masked quartet comes to Moe’s Alley March 29.
March 27, 2024
Omar Sosa Plays Kuumbwa
Omar Sosa is dedicated to making music that promotes worldwide peace. Sosa studied percussion and marimba, later adding piano.
March 25, 2024
Marnie Stern
Marnie Stern’s debut album is a jagged, overwhelming listen, with dazzling guitar pyrotechnics. The New York Times named her very first release as that year’s most exciting album. Performing Tuesday, March 26, at Moe’s Alley
March 20, 2024
World Festivals Here
Guest soloist, Gaeun Kim will perform during this wide-ranging concert that brings together in a single performance festival music inspired by Japan, Russia, and one of the masters of the Romantic period of European music.
March 20, 2024
Get The Skinny
Last year Skinny Lister released their sixth studio album, Shanty Punk. It’s 11 tracks range from beautiful–like the lamentful yet inspiring “Broken, Bruised & Battered”--to the blistering like “Unto The Breach.”
March 13, 2024
Wolf Jett’s Album Release Party at the Kuumbwa.
The mysteries, tragedies and beauty of living in the mountains, infuse the spirit of Wolf Jett’s songs.
March 13, 2024
Melissa Etheridge looks back to move ahead
“One Way Out” opens with the title track, a cut that blisters with smoldering guitar riffs, filthy harmonica runs and a sinewy groove.
March 6, 2024
Jess Williamson Awakening
Jess Williamson finds comfort as the outsider and strength in the "other" on her current album, Time Ain’t Accidental, an often brutally poignant chronicle