Where Music Meets Imagination – The Story Time Band

Where Music Meets Imagination is a joyful, family‑friendly benefit concert for the Berkeley Public Library’s literacy and learning projects featuring The Story Time Band and presented by the Berkeley Public Library Foundation. The event blends storytelling, music, and movement to promote early literacy, creativity, and community connection. The Story Time Band is a proud homegrown […]

Olas Perdidas

Olas Perdidas is a mesmerizing new band that fuses the vibrant, rhythmic traditions of Son Jarocho from Veracruz, Mexico, with the cinematic, evocative sounds of spaghetti Western music. Blending the lively strums of the jarana and requinto jarocho with the haunting twang of guitars and dramatic flair of Ennio Morricone-inspired compositions, Olas Perdidas creates a […]

Voyagers: Derek Gripper & Alam Khan

This project unites sarod player Alam Khan, son of the late maestro Ali Akbar Khan, with celebrated South African guitarists Derek Gripper and Guy Buttery, building on a foundation of improvisational discovery. Gripper and Buttery’s signature guitar styles provide a rich, flowing foundation for Khan’s breathtakingly expressive sarod. It’s an unlikely yet perfect fusion that […]

Bioneers Concert: Garth Stevenson & Destani Wolf

Bioneers is delighted to be able to present a uniquely diverse musical showcase of two extraordinary performers. Opening this remarkable double-bill is Garth Stevenson, a renowned musician, composer and eco-activist who has appeared on some 50 albums, collaborated with leading musicians from all over the globe, and counts among his mentors the legendary biologist Roger […]

Sing Out: A Singalong! Songs of Freedom Justice and Hope

Join OLLI at UC Berkeley for Sing Out: A Singalong! Songs of Freedom Justice and Hope — a high-octane celebration of the anthems that defined a generation’s fight for a better world. Belt out dozens of classics by greats like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and others, plus get a kick out […]

Dobet Gnahoré

Dear fans of worldclassmusic.live! Mel here, your intrepid promoter and presenter of amazing music from around the world. We regret to inform you that we’ve run into a visa delay for Dobet Gnahore. I wish I could say it’s surprising but I won’t dwell on the malicious and damaging caprice of the regime. Consequently, we are stuck in a […]