Tuning up the live music
Who’s playing where:
Thursday, Feb. 9
Josh & Nelson Kraft
7:30 p.m. Olde Sonoma Public House. 938.7587.
Friday, Feb. 10
Jess Petty
The jazz vocalist brings his smooth pipes (he also plays trumpet and fluglehorn) to the Left Bank-ish Centre du Vin lounge. 7 p.m. Ledson Hotel. 996.9779.
Wayne De La Cruz
A staple of the Northern California jazz scene and beyond, the keyboard player – an ace at the Hammond organ – is joined by John Hoy on guitar & Kent Bryson on drums.
Presented by the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society. 7 p.m. Plaza Bistro. 996.4466.
The Tonewoods
Home-grown Sonoma county trio plays and harmonizes acoustic Americana, British, and classic folk tunes. 8 p.m. Murphy’s Irish Pub. 935-0660.
JMB and the Big O
Two prominent names on and around the music scene, James Berry and Oscar Mooneyhan, take the stage. 7:30 p.m. Khatmandu Corner, 287-7109.
Jeff Campbell
Americana and rock from young singer-songwriter out of Philadelphia. 9 p.m. Hopmonk Tavern. 935-9100.
Saturday, Feb. 11
Steve Lucky and Carmen Getit
The duo, he on piano, she on guitar and vocals, are the boogie-woogie backbone of the band the Rhumba Bums. Expect jumping tunes, hot licks and some humorous interplay. Presented by the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society. 7 p.m. Plaza Bistro. 996.4466.
Deirdre Egan and Devra Wolf
Coffeehouse divas explore jazz, rock and pop. 7:30 p.m. Khatmandu Corner. 287-7109.
The Whutknotts
After 20 years on regional music scene, Doug Adamz (guitar, harmonica and fiddle), Don Rich (guitar) and Larry Carlin (bass) are a well-oiled machine of rock, bluegrass and County country. 8 p.m. Murphy’s Irish Pub, 935-0660.
Roem Baur
The 19-year-old Texan found his voice in church and high school choirs, studied opera and toured South America as a music actor. In 2011, he locked himself in a 100 year-old church sanctuary with a grand piano, a pawnshop guitar and a string quartet. Nine nights later he emerged with “The Thief,” an album that debuted at the South by Southwest music festival to much acclaim. 9 p.m. Hopmonk Tavern. 935-9100.
Sunday, Feb. 12
Denise Perrier and Swing Fever
4 p.m. $30 at Readers’ Books or 373-0700. 574 First St. E.
Monteverdi Consort
“Soulmization: Climbing the Stairway to Heaven,” a program of spiritual music in which solfege syllables play a structural and symbolic role. 4 p.m. $10-$18. St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 16290 Arnold Drive. 914.BACH. Sonomabach.org.
Sheila Whitney
Read the interview. 3 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Church, 275 E. Spain St. in Sonoma.
Sean Carscadden & Marty O’Reilly
Acoustic blues, folk & soul by two of Sonoma’s most talented guitar players. Originals and covers. 6:30 p.m. Murphy’s Irish Pub. 935-0660.
Thursday, Feb. 16
Songwriters in Sonoma
The monthly series features folk and Americana from solo acts John Courage, B.C. Fitzpatrick and Judah Nagler. 7 p.m. Meadowcroft Wines, Cornerstone Sonoma, 23574 Arnold Drive/Hwy 121. 934.4090.
