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Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with his supercharged live shows and his incendiary recordings (beginning in 1957 with a Willie Dixon-produced single on the Cobra label). Guitar Shorty's BARE KNUCKLE, produced by famed songwriter and bassist Wyzard (a member of Mother's Finest who has toured with Stevie Nicks and others), burns with heavy blues-rock fire from start to finish, putting Shorty's infectious energy and guitar pyrotechnics on full display. The track ?Please Mr. President? (Bare Knuckle), written by Shorty, Wyzard and Bruce Iglauer, received a 2011 Blues Music Award nomination for Song of the Year.

GuitarOne declares, "Be prepared for a mighty surprise if you have never heard Guitar Shorty rip?lethal licks and heavyweight blues-rock grooves."

For more information see www.guitarshorty.com

Don Arbor at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.

Don Arbor is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, and award-winning video artist, with a knack for timely subjects and catchy tunes. "Everyone Comes from Somewhere" (https://youtu.be/7AAAHX5w7S0) by Don Arbor, is a welcome song for present-day Dreamers and the immigrants of the past, including Don's own ancestors. In a recent LA Progressive interview, "Everyone" was hailed as An Anthem From the Sanctuary State (https://www.laprogressive.com/sanctuary-state/). It garnered over 16,000 views in the 6 weeks since its February 2018 release. ?Everyone Comes from Somewhere? has already garnered Gold Awards for Original Song and Music Video from the International Independent Film Festival, and an Award if Recognition from the Best Shorts Competition.

Don's songs have been compared to such varied performers as Glenn Frey, George Harrison, Steely Dan, and even Green Day. In 2017, Don's single, "It Should Have Been Me," was inspired by hearing about a great trip his wife, Jill, had taken many years ago, with an ex-boyfriend. It's a catchy, upbeat take on the common theme of living in the present with the one you love. "It Should Have Been Me" climbed steadily to #11 on the FMQB charts by early March.

Don's CD, "Salam Pax (Peace)," was praised for Don's "softly dramatic and honey warm vocals... Throughout it all, Arbor's vocals seduce and evoke a myriad of emotions." (https://goo.gl/zsZFp4) The "Salam Pax (Peace)" video won the award for Best Music Video at the Berkeley Video and Film Festival.

From The Daily Show & Netflix?s The Standups: Comedian Gina Yashere! (and Acquaintances)

A one-night comedy show produced by Bay Area comedian and comedy producer, Lisa Geduldig, of Kung Pao Kosher Comedy.

The show will feature internationally-acclaimed comedian, Gina Yashere, and her opening acts, Shea Suga and Karinda Dobbins. Lisa Geduldig will MC.

Tickets (Advance $25/Door: $30):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-the-daily-show-netflixs-the-standups-comedian-gina-yashere-tickets-44050542358

Gina and Lisa are thrilled to be working together again. Gina performed at The 10th Anniversary of Funny Girlz: A Smorgasbord of Women Comedians in 2008, and they co-produced Gina?s Live DVD comedy taping of Laughing to America at Brava Theater in San Francisco in 2012.

BIOS:
Gina Yashere, who was born to Nigerian parents and raised in London, previously worked as an elevator engineer. She has been a stand up and TV star in the UK for many years now, with appearances on such iconic TV shows as Live At The Apollo and Mock The Week, as well as creating and performing popular comedic characters on The Lenny Henry Show.

Gina broke onto the American comedy scene with her appearances on Last Comic Standing, where she made it to the final 10, and then never went home!

She went on to be named one of the top 10 rising talents in the Hollywood Reporter and is also known in the US for being the only British comedian to ever appear on Def Comedy Jam, as well as for her hilarious appearances on The Tonight Show, Crashing, @Midnight on Comedy Central, her one-hour stand up special, Skinny B*tch on Showtime, and now as the British Correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Trevor Noah!

Gina's 3rd stand up special, Gina Yashere: Ticking Boxes, filmed at the iconic 02 Brixton Academy, London, in front of over 2000 of her fans, and was sold to NBC owned, Seeso TV in the US, in 2017. She has since shot a 4th stand up special for Netflix, which will be released March 20th.

Gina is also an in-demand voice artist and has voiced characters in various animations, including Keisha in the cult hit, Bromwell High, and Gravelle in the latest movie from the makers of Wallace & Gromit & Chicken Run, Early Man!

Gina has performed for audiences not just in Europe, the US and Australia, but she is in fact, a highly sought after comedian in Asia, making numerous sold out appearances in Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. It?s a wonder she found the time to pick up her 4th award in a row for ?Best Comedian? at the recent Black Entertainment & Comedy Awards (UK).

Gina has performed numerous times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and Toronto. Feature films appearances have included Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Mr. in Between; she has also appeared on the West-End stage in The Vagina Monologues. Gina currently resides in New York and tours non-stop around the world. http://www.ginayashere.com
https://www.facebook.com/ginaisfunny

Videos:
Gina Yashere: Live at The Apollo
https://video.ayola.tv/watch-british-nigerian-comedian-gina-yashere-breakdown-what-its-like-to-have-african-parents

Centric TV All Stars Comedy Special
https://vimeo.com/93304525

Opening for Gina will be:
Shea Suga hails from Phoenix, where she was influenced by a family of entertainers and show promoters, each of whom deserve their own reality show. At age 10, she made her way to Richmond, California with her huge family, and she is now acclaimed as one of the Bay Area?s most loved and closely followed comediennes. Shea?s favorite character, Motha Gertha, is alive and well as a 64-year -old church granny who battles demons and is addicted to glitter and bling. Motha Gertha is loved throughout churches, comedy clubs, schools and corporate businesses all over the Bay Area. After launching her stand-up career in 2005, Shea opened for comedian Luenell just two weeks later. Shea has made it to the finals in numerous comedy competitions and took 2nd place in the ?U Better Be Funny Competition? in 2008 in Phoenix. Since then, she has hosted and featured for headliners such as Sinbad, Sheryl Underwood, DL Hugley, Tommy Davidson, Bruce Bruce, Earthquake, and Lavell Crawford.
https://www.facebook.com/ComedianSheaSuga

Karinda Dobbins is a Detroit-raised, San Francisco-based stand-up comic and actor. Bitch Magazine said Karinda is one of "Six Hilarious Female Comedians You Don't Know Yet - But Should". She has opened for Dave Chappelle, Trevor Noah, Hari Kondabolu, Margaret Cho and toured with W. Kamau Bell. She has performed at Bridgetown Comedy Festival and Comedy Central's Collosal Clusterfest. Karinda made her primetime national television debut on NickMom Night Out. She produces a bi-monthly political comedy show in Oakland called The Resistance. https://karindadobbins.socxs.com/Home

Lisa Geduldig is the creator, producer, and MC of a variety of Bay Area comedy shows including the intergalactically-acclaimed annual 3-day event Kung Pao Kosher Comedy (Jewish comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant) in San Francisco. The show celebrated its 25th Anniversary last December. Lisa produces two monthly Bay Area comedy shows: Comedy at Ashkenaz! in Berkeley on the second Thursday of the month and Comedy Returns to El Rio! on the third Thursday of the month at El Rio in San Francisco?s Mission District. That show has been running for 10 years. She moonlights as a bilingual (Spanish-English) publicist. http://www.KosherComedy.com ? http://www.SFPublicist.com

Link to Freight & Salvage show page:
https://www.thefreight.org/event/1666151-comedian-gina-yashere-berkeley

FAQs:
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
No minimum age. But the show is not recommended for kids. It's up to parental discretion.

What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
https://www.thefreight.org/visit

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
lisag@KosherComedy.com

Is seating reserved?
No, all seating is General Admission.

Can I buy tickets at the door?
Yes, if there are tickets left, they'll be available at the door as of 6pm on the night of the show. (We'll let you know.)

The Hansen Button is at it again for a night of funky rock at the Back Room!

Uli Jon Roth coming to Cornerstone on June 14, 2018!

A full set of Electric Sun for the first time in the US in 35 years, followed by a full Scorpions set, including a multi-media show.

Cornerstone
2367 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 214-8600

Tickets + Info: http://www.cornerstoneberkeley.com/event/1547693-uli-jon-roth-berkeley/

Doors: 7:30 pm. Show: 8:30 pm.
All Ages.
$24

Chances are, if you are anywhere near the Detroit music scene, you?ve heard of the influential hip hop trio that makes up Slum Village. The group was founded in the early 90?s by 3 childhood friends: Baatin, T3, rapper and producer J Dilla, who all grew up together in the Conant Gardens neighborhood of Detroit, MI. After leaving Pershing High School, the trio began to forge a path into the Detroit underground hip hop scene and quickly found themselves steadily gaining popularity, where they originally went by the name Ssenepod.

In 1991 the group changed their name to Slum Village recording their first album ?Vol. 1?, in Dilla?s basement and RJ Rice Studios, it was critically acclaimed in the Detroit underground scene, later finding its way into the hands of A Tribe Called Quest?s own Q-Tip, who played it for some of hip hop?s elite, such as Busta Rhymes, Questlove, and D?angelo.

Slum Village will be performing at Cornerstone on Friday, June 29, 2018.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 11 at 10AM here: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1680792?utm_medium=bks

Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm
Tickets: $25 in Advance / $30 at the door

Cornerstone
2367 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 214-8600

WeR Back and this time with a unique night!

We have an awesome line up ready to make you all dance for the whole night.

Shark Punch
https://sharkpunch.bandcamp.com/releases

The Millards
https://soundcloud.com/themillards510

GrooView
https://www.grooview.org/

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