Yoshi Kato

The Japanese musical icon speaks with SFCV about why she stayed away from the Golden State for so long.

Julia Keefe is bringing her Mildred Bailey Project, devoted to one of the first ladies of jazz, to the Bay Area this week.

The SF International Arts Festival may not have big-name headliners, but it has audacious and eclectic artists aplenty.

The English ensemble is showcasing its communal ethos on tour in California this week.

The pianist has partnered with contemporary chamber group yMusic in a genre-defying collaboration.

Musicians are expanding the Gershwin favorite to represent a more diverse understanding of America.

By expanding the boundaries of how sacred spaces are used, the historic institution serves not just congregants but the whole community.

The unpredictable composer and arranger appears on the West Coast with her curiously mixed ensemble, m_unit.

The avant-garde icon will team up with favorite collaborators for a series of concerts at the Great American Music Hall.

Jazz artists follow the lead of the classical world in finding new sources of patronage.