BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130519T215225CEST-6471CcDnGj@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130519T190525Z DESCRIPTION:SANDI THOM:\n\nFor a while\, most people still recalled her as the precocious next-generation talent that produced one of the defining hi ts of the internet age\, &lsquo\;I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair).&rsquo\; \; This talented singer-songwriter has come a lon g way in the years since then. As Sandi now says\, &ldquo\;The strange thi ng about having the kind of success I had\, people think they know you. In fact\, people don&rsquo\;t know me at all.&rdquo\;\nThat is all about to change\, however\, with the release of Sandi&rsquo\;s superb new album\, F lesh and Blood. Recorded at Nashville&rsquo\;s legendary 16 Tons studio\, with celebrated Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson in the production hot seat\, the fourth Sandi Thom album is\, she says\, &ldquo\;the first albu m I&rsquo\;ve done that is really all about me.&rdquo\;\n\nIt&rsquo\;s a s ound that combines the blues-rock raunch of belting opening track &lsquo\; Help Me&rsquo\; with the balladic\, country-flavoured charm of &lsquo\;In The Pines&rsquo\;\; that shows how to funk it up\, as on the strutting\, c lavinet-led &lsquo\;Stormy Weather&rsquo\;\; and that knows how to break y our heart\, as with the movingly climactic finale track\, &lsquo\;Lay Your Burden Down.&rsquo\;\n\nFeaturing a core studio band led by Black Crowe R ich Robinson\, drummer Steve Gorman and fellow Black Crowe and widely trav elled session star Audley Freed on guitar\, respected Nashville stars Mike Webb (keys/Dobro) and James Haggerty (bass) complete the lineup along wit h special guest appearances from acclaimed singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte Marie and famous Rolling Stones collaborator\, saxophonist Bobby Keys.\n Says Robinson: &ldquo\;Sandi really stretched herself and made a bold new album. Her songs are honest and very strong. Her vocal abilities are showc ased really well\, as is her guitar work\, and harp playing. Sandi&rsquo\; s a well-rounded musician and she made a great record. It was a joy to wor k with her.&rdquo\;\n\nLegendary producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin\, Jo hn Hiatt\, Journey) also mixed two tracks\, &lsquo\;When The Sun Comes Cra shing Down&rsquo\; and 'Big Ones Get Away'. &ldquo\;Her writing is fantast ic\,&rdquo\; says Shirley\, &ldquo\;and her singing is wonderful on two gr eat songs. &lsquo\;When The Sun Comes Crashing Down&rsquo\; has everything it needs to be a hit!&rdquo\;\n\nThen there is the intriguingly titled &l squo\;I Love You Like A Lunatic\,&rsquo\; based on her &ldquo\;life-changi ng&rdquo\; love affair with superstar blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa. The c ouple have been together three years now\, living and loving on and off th e road. Like a modern-day Johnny Cash and June Carter story\, &ldquo\;my l ife just turned crazy\,&rdquo\; says Sandi. &ldquo\;Yet that&rsquo\;s what everybody wants\, that insane kind of love that utterly consumes you.&rdq uo\;\n\nLike David Bowie and Elton John\, who also enjoyed early one-off h its before finding their true niche as musical artists\, Sandi feels that Flesh and Blood is her coming of age album. &ldquo\;All I ever want to do is write songs that connect with people. And with this album I&rsquo\;ve f inally found a place where I can make the very best music I can achieve. T he people that only know me from &lsquo\;Punk Rocker&rsquo\; won&rsquo\;t recognise me on this album. But they are going to find out.&rdquo\;\n\nSan di Thom is not who you think she is. She&rsquo\;s something else. Written by world renowned rock journalist and author Mick Wall. Sandi Thom's websi te\nFRANCESCA LEE:\n\nFrancesca Lee - "\;Paper Hearts"\; Music Vid eo from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.\nConfiding narratives and striking melod ies illustrate the songs of Francesca Lee. Layered and lustrous\, the musi c on her new full-length release\, The Pieces Left\, radiates from an orga nic center colored by electronic shadings and beats. As sonic light breaks through the opaque mist of a dense soundscape\, the sound mirrors the dra ma of her locale: San Francisco\, home to generations of visionaries. &ldq uo\;Nothing is more dreamlike than the adventure of walking in this city\, &rdquo\; she says. &ldquo\;I look out my window to see people in the stree t\, a bus moving\, a couple fighting on the corner\, a homeless man. The i nspiration for the album comes from what I visualize everyday.&rdquo\; In addition to crafting the recordings\, Francesca has been headlining wit h her band The New Believers at high profile NoCal venues like Yoshi&rsquo \;s\, Café\; Du Nord and her home base\, \;Hotel Utah. Selected for inclusion for the KFOG Local Scene 6 CD\, Francesca was featured in a live broadcast and interview from San Jose on the station&rsquo\;s Morning Show to celebrate the station&rsquo\;s Local Music Month where she was gr eeted by a line of fans familiar with her song &ldquo\;Maybe Today&rdquo\; from its regular radio rotation. Additionally\, she was featured in a liv e performance and an on camera interview on KOFYTV 20 Cable 13 in San Fran cisco and selected as an artist for &ldquo\;Born To Play Live Acoustic&rdq uo\; for Gap\, Inc.\, when the retail giant hosted live music in 700 store s nationwide. Attracting cross-cultural audiences is her trademark: the mi x of acoustic roots and electronic edges that she titles &ldquo\;Introspec tive Dream Pop&rdquo\; resonates to a wide spectrum of listeners including artsy indie kids and fans of serious songwriting. Francesca Lee's website DTSTART:20130207T200000 DTEND:20130207T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:SANDI THOM plus Francesca Lee END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR