Clark achieved global impact following his first Grammy Award® in 2014, winning Best Traditional R&B Performance for the track “Please Come Home” from his Warner Records debut album Blak And Blu, and seemingly never left the road. 2015’s The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim wrought hard-won international acclaim as a critical force to be reckoned with. Throughout 2019, Clark ascended to greater heights with the release of This Land – his third full-length studio album which bowed at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking his third consecutive Top 10 debut. The album and single of the same name attracted acclaim from the likes of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and more. He has performed on Saturday Night Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Good Morning America, CBS News Sunday, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Howard Stern Show, WTF with Marc Maron, and more. Clark’s domestic tours became instant sell-outs and his international profile found him topping bills at legendary festivals around the world and venues including the Hollywood Bowl, along with multiple appearances in stadiums supporting and sharing the stage with The Rolling Stones. Most recently, Clark won three more Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for “This Land,” and Best Contemporary Blues Album for This Land. Clark also performed his award-winning single “This Land” backed by The Roots at the 2020 Grammy Award ceremony and released their version of the track. Countless collaborations have been recorded with Stevie Wonder, Andra Day, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Foo Fighters, Nas, Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, Eric Clapton, Gustavo Santaolalla, Booker T. Jones, and many more. To date, Clark has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and won four. Clark has unveiled his fourth and most compelling body of work to date, titled JPEG RAW, released in March 2024 via Warner Records.
The Crosby Collective in collaboration with Jim Road is a like minded community of Grammy-nominated musicians, celebrated artists, close friends, and accomplished creatives who come together to create timeless sonic experiences that feed the soul with feelgood music.
The brainchild of Bay Area musician, Jason Crosby, and Media Executive/Producer, Joe Poletto, The Crosby Collective pushes the outer limits of musical exploration and expression while creating a live atmosphere that charges the spirit through a vibrant current of phonic movement and innovation.
The Crosby Collective’s latest releases blend rock and roll’s most iconic songs and artists in a “mashup” of harmonic bliss through pairing tracks culled from The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers, The Beatles, and several other historic musical standouts. Comprised of some of the world’s greatest “jam” musicians, The Crosby Collective seamlessly molds the melodies, notes, riffs, and lyrics we know and love into an entirely new musical identity.
Equipped with its core group of musicians and artists, as well as several other esteemed players and collaborators, The Crosby Collective is setting out to spread their message of community, creativity, and peace to concert halls and music venues across the country.
Often referred to as “The Hendrix of the Sahara”, Vieux Farka Touré was born in Niafunké, Mali in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Touré, who died in 2006. Ali Farka Touré came from a historical tribe of soldiers, and defied his parents in becoming a musician. When Vieux was in his teens, he declared that he also wanted to be a musician. His father disapproved due to the pressures he had experienced being a musician. Rather, he wanted Vieux to become a soldier. But with help from family friend the kora maestro Toumani Diabaté, Vieux eventually convinced his father to give him his blessing to become a musician shortly before Ali passed.
Vieux was initially a drummer / calabash player at Mali’s Institut National des Arts, but secretly began playing guitar in 2001. Ali Farka Touré was weakened with cancer when Vieux announced that he was going to record an album. Ali recorded a couple of tracks with him, and these recordings, which can be heard on Vieux’s debut CD, were amongst his final ones. It has been said that the senior Touré played rough mixes of these songs when people visited him in his final days, at peace with, and proud of, his son’s talent as a musician.
Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound. Headed by Snarky Puppy’s multi-Grammy–winning percussion duo of Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, featuring an expansive roster of next-level musicians—representing members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake, and more—the band is pushing funk music into the future, building on the pioneering foundations laid out by the likes of James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone and infusing their fresh take with Afrobeat, hip-hop, psychedelia, world folklore, and more.
As one of the most sought-after vocalists on the West Coast, Elliott Peck has made a name for herself lending harmonies to everyone from Phil Lesh and Bob Weir to Jackie Greene and Lukas Nelson. As a member of the band Midnight North, she’s appeared on bills with the likes of Bonnie Raitt and The Infamous Stringdusters and slayed festivals from Lockn’ to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. In 2012 she began participating in many lines ups of Phil Lesh & Friends, and toured nationally with Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band from 2017-19. Now, with her mesmerizing solo career, Peck is stepping center stage, ready to prove she’s a talent more than worthy of the spotlight on her own.
Paradise co-produced the album with her band and over the past year has rolled out 4 singles and videos from the record. The project ranges in genre from the Americana influences of Lucinda Williams to the dreamy psychedelic qualities of artists like Mazzy Star. From sea shanties to cowboy ballads, Paradise paints the canvas with all of her colors on “Over The Hill.”
Flamingos in the Tree formed in a college dorm in Reno, Nevada. Daniel Escovar had been writing and releasing music as a solo artist searching for musicians to help make the music come to life. After hearing a guitar through a door, in his dorm hall, Daniel found multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Spencer Thomas, who lived just across the hall from him. The two songwriters began working together to write songs. Soon after, Spencer mentioned he had been jamming with drummer, Jarvis Humlick at a music club organized at their school. After trying to host rehearsals in his dorm room Daniel received a series of noise complaints and the three could no longer play music where they resided. Infuriated and deprived of their emotional and artistic outlet, the three looked to the church across the street for a space to rehearse. They were granted a spot in the basement, one of the main locations where their debut Album ‘sunsets that i had w u’ was recorded and produced. Later, multi-instrumentalist James Pizzo contacted Daniel in search of a band. Amazing the group with his musical style, skill, and dedication he was the last vital addition to the creative project known as Flamingos in the Tree. The four smooth indie rockers have relocated to the Bay Area to continue their musical journey together.
It was here in Mill Valley, California where Meels discovered her voice amidst the towering redwoods. Her music, blending small-town charm with the majesty of nature, traces her journey from the woods to New York City, establishing her as a fresh voice in indie folk. Meels' debut album, "Tales from a Bird's Bedroom," is set for release on June 27th and is a portal into her world, a vibrant patchwork of experiences. Her songwriting weaves nostalgia, nature, and intricate human connections, transcending mere songs into stories and confessions. Meels articulates these moments with wisdom beyond her years. In a world where the term 'artist' is overused, Meels embodies its essence. She is overjoyed to be playing her hometown festival !!
Students in the Rock Band program at Marin School of the Arts are provided with unique opportunities to learn, create, and perform. As part of the MSA curriculum, students engage in self-directed and collaborative musicianship while being given instruction in songwriting, music theory, and instrumental techniques. The Rock Band program at Marin School of the Arts currently consists of six bands.
Nile Rodgers is a composer, producer, arranger and guitarist and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement awardee, Apple Music Producer-in-Residence and Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman.
As the co-founder of CHIC, Rodgers pioneered a musical language that generated chart-topping hits like "Le Freak”, the biggest selling single in the history of Atlantic Records, and sparked the advent of hip-hop with "Good Times."
His work in the CHIC Organization including “We Are Family” with Sister Sledge and “I’m Coming Out” with Diana Ross and his productions for artists like David Bowie (“Let’s Dance”), Madonna (“Like A Virgin”) and Duran Duran (“The Reflex”) have sold over 500 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide while his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk (“Get Lucky”), Daddy Yankee (“Agua”), and Beyoncé (“Cuff It”, “Leviis Jeans”) reflect the vanguard of contemporary hits.
Since 2012, Monophonics has steadily built a reputation as a consistent band with a unique sound. Well crafted songs and records are matched by an energetic live performance. A heavenly signature style: Pure timeless heavy soul and warm textures of psychedelic rock. This is a band that revels in the past, taking you back to the stylings of the late 60s and early 70s, while always keeping its feet positioned in the present, looking ahead to the future.
Nancy Russell, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Sister Nancy was one of 15 siblings; her brother Robert, known to her family as Dickie, found fame as Brigadier Jerry. The latter began chanting on Prince Norman’s sound system before settling with Jahlove Music. While the Brigadier’s reputation as the number one cultural DJ flourished, by her mid-teens, Nancy was occasionally performing on the sound system. Winston Riley was the first producer to take Nancy into the recording studio in 1980 for her debut, ‘Papa Dean’. The tune was a success and Nancy’s career began in earnest. She performed at Reggae Sunsplash, which was transmitted globally. A notable appearance on A Dee Jay Explosion saw Nancy performing ‘Chalice A Fe Burn’ and ‘Boom Shacka Lacka’. With Winston Riley in 1982 her debut One Two was released, featuring the title track, ‘Aint No Stopping Nancy’, ‘Bam Bam’ and ‘Only Woman DJ With Degree’. She also recorded a classic rendition of ‘King And Queen’ with Yellowman. With producer Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes, she recorded ‘A No Any Man Can Test Sister Nancy’, ‘Bang Belly’ and another Yellowman combination, ‘Jah Mek Us Fe A Purpose’. She continued appearing live in the dancehall where she often performed alongside her brother on the Jahlove Music Sound System. The sound toured internationally to rave reviews, including a celebrated session at Brixton Town Hall, London, where both Jerry and Nancy made their debut performances in the UK.
Straight out of East L.A. and led by multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer-songwriter Joseph Quiñones, Thee Sinseers feature a full brass section led by Eric Johnson (Tenor sax), Steve Surman (Bari sax) and Joseluis Jimenez (trombone). The line up also includes sweet harmonies and a tight rhythm section consisting of Christopher Manjarrez (Bass), Francisco Flores (Guitar), Bryan Ponce (Guitar/vox), Luis Carpio (Drums/vox) and Adriana Flores (Vox). Together they are a part of a community of musicians who are tying together the nostalgic and the classic with the innovative and the new to bring a unique sound to soul music.
A love letter to your feet from the dance floor, Mission Delirium is an invitation to revel in heart pounding drums and face-melting brass. Let your hair down, get delirious and shake your... If it moves you, MD plays it: Bollywood, Balkan, Brazilian, Ethiopian, Tango, Afro-pop, Middle Eastern, Salsa and more- all served with a unique twist of San Francisco. This All-star big brass band is ready to party!
Wreckless Strangers is a collective of six friends and musicians carrying the torch for San Francisco’s grand rock ‘n’ roll tradition. Their unique stew of “Bay Area Gumbo” melds the contemporary blues stylings of Bonnie Raitt and Boz Scaggs; the songwriting sensibilities of Sons of Champlin and Fleetwood Mack; the swashbuckling Americana of the Lost Planet Airmen and Peter Rowan; and the funk of Sly Stone and Tower of Power with a dash of Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane for flavor and unpredictability. With soaring harmony vocals and burning instrumental improvisation framed in concise and poignant original songwriting, Wreckless Strangers seek to honor and carry forth the brand of free-spirited musical fun and adventure that defines the Bay Area.
IRIEFUSE is a San Francisco Bay Area based dub-rock reggae band that has been fortunate enough to bring their energetic and unique performance to some of the largest and most respected reggae festivals in the country.
After cutting his teeth on open mics around the Bay Area, San Francisco songwriter Matt Jaffe was discovered by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads. Together, they produced his first album at the age of 16, cementing Matt's dedication to music. Soon, he formed a band, dropped out of college, and has not looked back.
Since then, Matt has cowritten with Chuck Prophet and Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s, crisscrossed the country opening for Blues Traveler and Alejandro Escovedo, and recorded half a dozen albums alongside luminaries of the Bay Area music scene. Inspired by the great lineage of rock n' roll, he marries literary lyrics with the undeniable urge to dance.
Matt has served as musical director for experimental theater, collaborated with poets on genre-bending spoken word, and curated residencies among fellow songwriters. Having had seizures since 2015, Matt also uses his music to unite local and national epilepsy communities. Matt has just released his sevent album, Gone Enough to Miss, and is in the process of finishing its followup for release in 2025.
The Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco, or LJYE, is a performing group of talented musicians ages ten to 18. They play Latin jazz classics and original compositions at a level that has landed them gigs at the San Jose Jazz Festival, the KCSM Jazz Festival, KGO Radio, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, SF Museum of Modern Art, Paramount's Great America and the world-renown jazz club, Yoshi’s.
