Review + Photos: Cosa Nostra Strings at the “Pod Patio”
Cosa Nostra Strings (photo: Jon Bauer) Here and there around the Bay Area, shows are still happening — with some obvious changes to the usual live-music experience. Here's what it was like for our photographer Jon to experience Jazz Mafia's Cosa Nostra Strings' new "Pod Patio" series, performed in a backyard in Oakland and livestreamed to YouTube. This week featured Lilan Kane on vocals. Seats for you and your pod at future concerts will be raffled off weekly — keep an eye on Jazz Mafia's Instagram for more info.
Photos: Cosa Nostra Strings and T Sisters at Swedish American Hall
T Sisters (photo: Jon Bauer) Part of the Jazz Mafia, the Bay Area's own Cosa Nostra Strings performed at Swedish American Hall this past weekend with fellow Bay Area folk rockers T Sisters. Our photographer Jon Bauer was at the show and captured the great gallery below that you can check out for a heaping helping of some local talent.
Photos: The Shotgun Wedding Quintet and Cosa Nostra Strings perform a live recording at 25th Street Recording Studio
The Shotgun Wedding Quintet and Cosa Nostra Strings (photo: Jon Bauer) Last week saw the Jazz Mafia organization headed by Adam Theis arrange to have members of The Shotgun Wedding Quintet and Cosa Nostra Strings perform a live studio recording for a small audience at 25th Street Recording Studio. The event was put on by local Oakland company DoubleOone at a setting that captures a very unique live show, where the music is performed a few times to get the right take while still being a performance all in its own right. Our photographer Jon Bauer has these photos from the night to [...]