Ellie Fortune Live at Li Po Lounge in San Francisco (6 MP3s)
Megan Sullivan
Scroll down for 6 free MP3s of Ellie Fortune's live performance at Li Po Lounge.
Maybe the thing I love best about Ellie Fortune is how his musical conduct precisely embodies One Night Music ideals. He's always freely and generously giving things away. At his shows, his CDs are available by donation. He has free promotional, hand-stamped matchbooks and will offer you as many as you like. And before his new release Matriarch was available on iTunes, LaLa, Rhapsody and Amazon, he passed out flyers linking to a free download of the entire album. You can still download "The Echo" -- a haunting standout of floating vocals and perfectly punctuating drums -- from Ellie Fortune's page on Bandcamp.
One Night Music Featured in San Francisco Examiner
Ian Andersen
Lauren Byrne chronicles her introduction to and experience with One Night Music in a new piece published in the San Francisco Examiner on February 7. She met with founding member and producer Elia Vargas at a coffee shop in San Francisco and ended up following our production crew to the filming of Michael Musika and The Devotionals, which took place on Saturday, December 30 in San Francisco. Check out this great article that gives a sneak peak into what a session looks like for One Night Music. Below is a short video that Lauren captured on her iPhone of The Devotionals performing part of their session.
Read the full article One Night Music: Because of the Internet
All My Pretty Ones Performs Live At Pirate Cat Radio in San Francisco (5 videos)
Ryan Andersen
All My Pretty Ones brings luscious harmonies and practiced instrumentals to indie folk music.
I hadn't heard of All My Pretty Ones when Elia asked me to come by Pirate Cat Radio Café to film them performing live for his radio show Tiny Antenna Have Large Receptors back in October, 2009. Now, after editing their videos for this blog post, I am a huge fan. Dare I even prophesize that the band is going places? A cliché phrase indeed, and one that I allocate sparingly, but it seems to be a succinct way to explain the greatness that I'll call AMPO. The best part is that should this prophecy be fulfilled it will be a result of their meticulous music making, not necessarily a desire to go places - a noble attribute indeed.
Ingrid Serban Performs An Aria For a Small One Night Music Audience
Ian Andersen
Ingrid Serban says she began her music career at the age of two. That can only mean that Ingrid was born to sing, and this video leaves no doubt. At age six she started studying piano and by fourteen she was formally studying voice. Today, among her many other musical endeavors, Ingrid lends harmonies to the music of Forest Sun, who recorded a session with One Night Music back on November 25th, 2009. As Forest and I communicated prior to his session, he mentioned he would be bringing Ingrid along. To the delight of the small audience gathered that afternoon, she performed an aria after Forest's session and left us captivated and speechless.
We felt lucky to hear Ingrid perform O Mio Babbino Caro (Oh my dear papa) -- an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918) by Giacomo Puccini -- in the green, overgrown backyard as the sun was setting in San Francisco. Something about the lighting and the mood, and the way her voice carried through the towering trees and apartments around us made the performance seem almost surreal. To say the least, it was a fitting way to cap off what was a fantastic afternoon of music.
As you'll see and hear in the video, Ingrid has a voice made for solos. It's grand, lovely, and gentle at the same time -- no surprise given her study and training in music. More information about Ingrid can be found on the biography section of Forest Sun's website.
Audible, Edible: Middle Maki Music, and San Francisco
Elia Vargas
Every city and every community has its hidden gems. On the onset of any new grand discovery my first thought is, "wonderful, incredible, amazing," and then immediately to follow, "of course!" That is to say, "of course this wonderful thing that I didn't know about was here." I simply had to find it, to know that the world could align in such ways.
Such was my feeling when I happened upon Elizabeth Maki and her family/band Middle Maki. Before I had my own radio show at Pirate Cat Radio, I worked as an intern for Baghdad By the Bay, a very good program at Pirate Cat that hosts many up and coming San Francisco bands. Ups to Rick, the host; he taught me some things. While working under him as the "stupid intern" I scheduled Middle Maki for an interview. The twin set, Elizabeth and her brother Spencer, joined me in the studio to guide me through their influences and thought processes. The full band consists of Elizabeth Maki (banjo, vocals), Spencer Maki (guitar), Anna Levitt (fiddle), and Jack Kodros (bass).
Backpack Live at Pirate Cat Radio in San Francisco
Ryan Andersen
"When I call you up, you say what's up and I say 'I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.'"
'Twas a lovely July day in San Francisco. I was staying with my lovely Ildiko in the heart of the mission and a stone's throw from the Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, the unlicensed community airwaves that are home to the voices of anarchists like Diamond Dave and out-of-control music enthusiasts such as One Night Music's own Elia Vargas. If you are fortunate enough to take a step into the Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, you will be treated to vegan donuts, the freshest cup of coffee you've tasted in weeks, and general sense of community. If you are in the mood for eavesdropping, your ear will surely fall upon the ramblings of the latest anarchist opinions eminating from the corner table, and if you have a curious eye, you are welcomed to watch a live radio broadcast in the works through the large studio windows that seperate the auditory magic from the ear-piercing espresso machine.
Elia was contributing his time in the studio at Pirate Cat, so I thought I would stop by to say hi and to use his computer. Santa Barbara band Backpack was in San Francisco to play a show later that night. It turns out that the current DJ was in need of a live music guest. So Elia called up Backpack and invited them to stop by Pirate Cat to grace the cafe/studio/airwaves with an impromptu performance. I happened to have my handheld Vado HD handy, and this is what I caught.
A full One Night Music session featuring Backpack will come to One Night Music in the coming months! Keep an eye out!
16th & Mission Open Mic - Poetry in San Francisco
Elia Vargas
Mission & 16th - poetry in San Francisco, oh, there is poetry in San Francisco. Pigeon wings, and chalk exhaust. Poetry in the streets, poetry in the night, poetry in the faces of the passer-by. Neon lime, and short red skirts. There is poetry at the 16th and Mission Bart station. Ukuleles, and little piano players. Ordinary people stop on Thursday nights after Food Not Bombs to shout and sing, to read and recite. There are common smells, recognizable odors, and inflamed olfactory systems. Homeless people, drunk people, old and young people neutralized by the shadow and grime. Standing united by the great equalizer, the grand leveler of night and sidewalk and street-side-stench. 16th and Mission Open Mic is alive and beautiful on Thursday nights.
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