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Music by Date
Apr 1 ~ Eilen Jewell - Americana-driven brand of country music, $21, 7:15p, Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol, 707-823- 1511, seb.org/event, sccc@seb.org
Apr 2 ~ Lovefest in Peacetown - Live acoustic music and dance bands, drum circles. Family Friendly. Free. 2p - 6p, seb.org/event/3530855-first- sunday-love-fest
Apr 15 ~ Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul With Genevieve - Funky hip-hop renditions of the ABC’s and 1-2-3’s. Tickets start at $25 12p. Weill Hall 1801 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park. gmc.sonoma.edu/event/3189938- disney-s-choo-choo-soul-with- genevieve
Play jazz live, learn new tunes, and meet other players. Free, 2nd Wed., 7 - 9pm, Aqus Cafe, 189 H St., Petaluma, 707-778-6060, aqus.com/ event/the-aqus-jazz-project-open-jazz- jam-2017-04-12/2017-04-12/
Apr 15 ~ Danny’s Songs- Italian Baroque opera to Australian folk songs to show tunes. $ 9 for seniors and students, and $12 general, 8:00p, Curtain Call Theater, 20347 Hwy. 116, Monte Rio, 707-869-9957
Apr 20 ~ Ryhthm Rangers - Seven piece band that covers the range of American roots music, blues, rock, country and western swing. $15, 7p - 9:30p, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, cloverdaleartsalliance.org/
Apr 22 ~ Student Jazz Combo Competition and Concert - High school musicians compete 1st annual Student Jazz $10; Students: Free, 10-5p, Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, 800- 838-3006, healdsburgjazzfestival. org/about-the-student-jazz-combo- competition/
A Little Jazz, A Little Swing, A Little Love. Apr 23: $15, 4p, Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, Apr 29 & 30: $15, 4p, Raven Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg, healdsburgchorus.com/
had no intention of going out and playing like I have been,” Dave Hamilton says, kicking o our February interview. Born (in 1947) and raised in Santa Rosa, his migrations have taken him as far as Windsor,
where he has resided for the past 26 years.
Hamilton describes the genres he plays as “a little ragtime and finger-pickin’
blues, folk, bluegrass, Americana, traditional country,” adding “Country’s not country anymore. To me it’s plastic, not genuine, more pop-oriented.”
April 12 ~ Petaluma Open Jazz Jam
About half Hamilton’s songs are originals. “I’m infatuated with songwriters. I love lyrics with wit and cleverness.” A primary theme of his compositions is history, especially concerning the American westward movement. This interest stems from his time attaining a degree in History from Stockton’s University of the Pacific. “I use what I learned there in writing songs,” he says.
Apr 6 ~ Petaluma Celtic Music Session
Hamilton’s first “gig,” singing as an eight-year-old, occurred at what is currently the Rio Nido Lodge. The resort, at the time, included a dance hall, a bonfire, an ice cream parlor,
Players of Irish music welcome. Free, 1st Thurs. 7-9p, Aqus Cafe, 189 H St., Pet. 707-778-6060, aqus.com/event/ celtic-music-session/2017-04-06/
hiatus from public performance, while brushing up on his guitar playing. Hamilton’s main in uences, he says, are Bob Dylan, John Prine, and Jesse
Winchester. In 1978, he began taking guitar lessons from John Brandeburg of the long-running local band, The Perfect Crime. Brandeburg insisted his students play publicly or stop taking lessons from him, leading to Hamilton’s performing at an open mic at Santa Rosa’s John Barleycorn’s.
Apr 23& 29 -30 ~ Healdsburg Chorus
“I was nervous, but people liked it,” Hamilton says. He continued to return there while playing other clubs and writing new songs. This led to his first paying gig, also at John Barleycorn’s. Among other venues back then, Hamilton recalls performing at Bodega’s old schoolhouse, used in the film “The Birds.”
“I think I have something to give to people in my songs and how I present them,” he says, while describing his relationship with an audience as “sort of symbiotic. I like connecting with people.”
Apr 28 ~ Alan Reid & Rob van Sante
The mid-‘80s found Hamilton playing with a band called the Valley of the Moonshiners, before joining the Sonoma Mountain Band from 1993-2015. In 2009, he started his current band, playing solo, duo, or trio formats. Mostly he’s on guitar, with occasional forays into banjo and ukulele.
Scottish traditional music; with humor. $20, 8p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct., Occidental, 707-874-9392, occcidentalcenterforthearts.org
Hamilton has won awards from the West Coast Songwriters Association, including Best Song and Best Performance several times. He co-hosts their third- Wednesday events at Petaluma’s Aqus Café.
Apr 29 ~ Hermitage Piano Trio - Repertoire from traditional to contemporary. $30. - 7:30p Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct., Occidental, brownpapertickets.com/ event/2593838
Platypus Theatre joins Santa Rosa Symphony $17 2p, Weill Hall, Green Music Center at Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, 707-546-8742, srsymphony.org/
He’s working on his third CD now, on which he plans to add female backup vocalists. As to future goals, Hamilton mentions having someone else record one of his tunes.
Occidental’s Barley & Hops, a self-described local hangout in the redwoods, housed in a converted Victorian, is a regular site to catch Hamilton. Live music prevails there several nights a week.
Apr 30 ~ Presto Mambo Family Concert
If requested, Hamilton may play a verse of “Davey Crockett,” but don’t count on it.
davehamiltonfolkamericana.com/music/ for more shows.
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Apr 6 ~ Tiffany Austin Quartet - Classic swing to contemporary R&B in the manner of Robert Glasper or Jose James $15 members/$20 non-members, 7p. The Jazz Club, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707- 894-8500, cloverdaleartsalliance.org
Apr 8 ~ Tim O’Brien - American, Irish and Scottish music. Tickets Start at $25.00, 7:15p, Sebastopol Community
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Apr 8 ~ Alan Pasqua - Solo Piano - Shelton House Concert – Sebastopol- Blend of jazz standards and original compositions played in his Bill Evans style. Bring a dessert, hors d’oeurve, or beverage to share. $25.00, 7p Shelton House Concerts, 625 Sexton Rd., Sebastopol, 707-829- 6718, concert@sonic.net
Apr 8 ~ Laughing Gravy: Gram Parsons & Beyond- Originals and topical covers plus tribute to country/rock icon Parsons. $15 in advance/$20 at the door, 8 -10p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707-874-9392, occidentalcenterforthearts.org
Apr 9 ~ Four Shillings Short - Medieval and Renaissance music to Indian ragas on over thirty instruments including hammered dulcimer, mandolin, Renaissance woodwinds, bouzouki Indian sitar, pennywhistles and recorders, banjo, guitar and vocals. $12 General / $5 Students / Kids Free, 4-6p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, 707-874-9392, occidentalcenterforthearts.org/,
Apr 9 ~ SonoMusette- French chanteuse, gypsy-jazz guitar, piano, bass,drums $15-$30. 7:30p, Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. cinnabartheater.org, 707-763-8920