FRIDAY, MAY 8<\/p>\n
ROCK<\/p>\n
DANNY SERAPHINE<\/p>\n
Hailed as the \u201cfather of jazz rock\u201d by Rolling Stone magazine, Danny Seraphine knows about the rock \u2019n\u2019 roll industry. As the drummer for Chicago, Seraphine hit his stride before the band even released their debut album, Chicago Transit Authority. He would later go on to help write some of Chicago\u2019s biggest hits and fan favorites like \u201c25 or 6 to 4,\u201d \u201cSaturday in the Park\u201d and \u201cHard to Say I\u2019m Sorry.\u201d Seraphine left the band in 1990. However, rock never forgot him, and in 2016, he and Chicago were inducted into the Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Hall of Fame. Today, Seraphine travels with his band, CTA, delivering classic Chicago tunes for a new generation. \u2013 MAT WEIR<\/p>\n
INFO: Fri, 7:30pm, Yoshi\u2019s<\/a>, 510 Embarcadero, Oakland. $54-$99. 510.238.9200.<\/p>\n FRIDAY, MAY 8<\/p>\n JAZZ<\/p>\n FILIPINOS SOUNDING EVERYWHERE<\/p>\n May is Asian American\/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Berkeley\u2019s Jazzschool is honoring it with its Friday Salon Series, starting with an evening of Filipino musicians. The tapestry of music from the Philippines includes Indigenous instruments like the huge, two-stringed boat-lute, gong music, a distant cousin of Indonesian gamelan, alongside Asian, Spanish and Latin American influences, leading to the genre called OPM (Original Pilipino Music). These threads are interwoven today with pinoy jazz and P-pop. Live performance will pair with a panel of musicians describing how their multi-ethnic culture is reflected in their music. \u2013 JH<\/p>\n INFO: Fri, 7:30pm, Hardymon Hall at The Jazzschool<\/a>, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley. $10. 510.845.5373.<\/p>\n SATURDAY, MAY 9<\/p>\n COUNTRY<\/p>\n DON BURNHAM & THE BOLOS<\/p>\n Part of a series of farewell concerts before Western swing stalwart Don Burnham relocates to Wellington, New Zealand, this Bolos show rounds up a passel of stellar players, some of whom have been riding with Burnham for nigh on five decades. A product of the 1960s Berkeley folk scene, the guitarist and vocalist ended up leading the Western swing orchestra Lost Weekend while he explored a wider repertoire with the Bolos. With a 10-piece combo that includes veteran bassist Bing Nathan, pedal-steel guitarist Charlie Wallace, Doc Stein on dobro, Jeremy Cohen on fiddle and highly versatile reedman Ernie Mansfield, Don Burnham is riding into the Antipodean sunset with his boon companions. \u2013 ANDREW GILBERT<\/p>\n INFO: Sat, 8pm, The Back Room<\/a>, 1984 Bonita Ave., Berkeley. $20-$25. 510.654.3808.<\/p>\n SATURDAY, MAY 9<\/p>\n JAZZ<\/p>\n RYAN ANCHETA QUARTET & CHRIS TRINIDAD\u2019S CHROMA TONIC<\/p>\n This double bill features a rising player and a veteran mover-and-shaker. Trumpeter Ryan Ancheta is a member of the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars who\u2019s honing a sound inflected by hip-hop and funk. His quartet features pianist Kevin Person, bassist Alan Jones and drummer Jaeden Baclay. Bass-guitarist Chris Trinidad has been a major force invigorating the Asian-American jazz movement over the past decade, often showcasing older players who laid the scene\u2019s foundations in the 1980s. His band, Chroma Tonic, includes Naima Shalhoub on vocals and keys, Scott Oshiro on flute and quantum electronics, Alex Heigl on guitar and effects and Cy Thompson on trap set and percussion. \u2013 AG<\/p>\n INFO: Sat, 8pm, Hardymon Hall at The Jazzschool<\/a>, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley. $25. 510.845.5373.<\/p>\n SATURDAY, MAY 9<\/p>\n CLASSICAL<\/p>\n LARA DOWNES AND FRIENDS<\/p>\n Honored by NPR\u2019s Performance Today as Classical Woman of the Year, Downes\u2019 work encompasses but also sweeps the boundaries of classical music aside in numerous collaborations, as a recording artist, and with projects she has created that celebrate American history and artists of color. Downes will be joined by singer Judy Collins, poet Tarriona \u201cTank\u201d Ball, the quartet Invoke\u2014viola-mandolinist Karl Mitze, cellist Geoff Manyin, violinist Zach Matteson and violinist-banjo player Nick Montopoli\u2014and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. Spanning more than a century, the music includes popular and classical music that makes no secret America is a complicated country, and in its people exist good and evil, courage and timidity, ugliness and beauty, and more. \u2013 LOU FANCHER<\/p>\n INFO: Sat, 8pm, Cal Performances<\/a> at Zellerbach Hall, 101 Zellerbach Hall, #4800, Berkeley. $33-$135. 510.642.9988.<\/p>\n SATURDAY, MAY 9<\/p>\n CELTIC<\/p>\n SAN FRANCISCO SCOTTISH FIDDLERS<\/p>\n See men in skirts, lots of plaid and hear more than 70 musicians crank out Scottish and Irish tunes on fiddles, cellos, guitars, piano and percussion. Since 1986, the troupe has blessed folks in the Bay Area with Celtic music that is anchored in exquisite fiddle playing. From dance-worthy or singable music to intensely moving ballads, what makes the group memorable is in part the complexity of the performers, who range broadly in age and include recognized award-winning artists and rising stars. Caroline McCaskey is the group\u2019s new music director and leads the program. Expect the action at The Freight to be more than just toe-tapping, and remember to bring a hanky for those tear-jerking tunes. \u2013 LF<\/p>\n INFO: Sat, 7pm, The Freight<\/a>, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley. $49-54. 510.644.2020.<\/p>\n SUNDAY, MAY 10<\/p>\n MATH ROCK<\/p>\n DAZZLING KILLMEN<\/p>\n Originally formed in 1990, St. Louis\u2019 Dazzling Killmen are a musical treat for the ears. Their broken style of playing different time signatures, combined with grinding noise, speaks to just how far ahead of their time these guys were. And to add the cherry on top, they accomplished in only four years a wall of sound that is as equally mesmerizing as it is anxious. By 1994, they released their second and final full-length, Face of Collapse, and just as the name implies the band collapsed soon after. Now, they are newly reformed and will play their music for the first time in 30 years. \u2013 MW<\/p>\n INFO: Sun, 7pm, Thee Stork Club<\/a>, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. $20\/adv, $25\/door. 510.859.8709.\u00a0<\/p>\n SUNDAY, MAY 10<\/p>\n REGGAE<\/p>\n PROTOJE<\/p>\n Few artists capture reggae\u2019s shape-shifting nature as clearly as Protoje. Rooted in Jamaica\u2019s storied tradition but nostalgia-resistant, he treats reggae as a living, protean form that happily absorbs hip-hop, soul, jazz and contemporary production. Part of the island\u2019s reggae revival, Protoje mixes social critique and reflective intimacy without losing the genre\u2019s familiar, grounding pulse. On his \u201cReggae Invasion\u201d tour, Protoje is bringing his rock-solid new album, The Art of Acceptance, to more than 10 countries. \u2013 SONYA BENNETT-BRANDT<\/p>\n![\"music](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/music-in-the-park-stevie-b.gif\")
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