Los Idolos Del Pueble (the Idols of the Town) play a benefit concert for the Mexican Heritage Corporation at the Rep on Feb. 24.
Articles by Cat Johnson
Trio Nobilis plays at Le Petit Trianon Theatre on Feb. 20 as part of the San Jose Chamber Music Society’s 25th season.
Pagoda Lounge in San Jose hosts two rising stars of the new breed of soul music. Andy Allo and Mara Hruby play Friday, Feb. 18.
The Bay Area’s own Lavay Smith is a modern day chanteuse. She performs with her band at the Sunnyvale Theatre on Feb. 12.
Classical guitar has a new French master. Floria Larousse has played in several continents and now he’s on his way to San Jose. Larousse plays the Historic Hoover Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 12.
The ultimate tribute to Pink Floyd recreates the psychedelic images and lasers at the Montgomery Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 5.
They helped usher in ska’s third wave in the States. The Toasters play the Blank Club on Wednesday, Feb. 2.
It all started with a simple design. In 2009, Mike Millares created an “I Heart SJ” T-shirt, on which the heart took the shape of a shark’s mouth. He printed up 30 or so of the shirts and gave them away for free. They were so well received that he started selling them out of his backpack and eventually approached stores about carrying them. He found, however, that the cut they were offering him didn’t cover the time that he put into making them and that he could make a lot more money selling them himself; but he needed a storefront.
Oakland’s preeminent hip-hop collective drops the beats and rhymes at the Avalon Nightclub on Friday, Jan. 28.
The Suzanne Vega Trio plays the Carriage House at the Montalvo Arts Center on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
