Recorded Live

Recently captured during legendary ‘Flower Piano’ in San Francisco’s ‘Botanical Garden’, Maestro Mauro Ffortissimo and Friends deliver this most riveting version of William Butler Yeats’s ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ – an ode dedicated to beloved poet Jack Hirschman – alongside other poetry – a story about moving beyond our collective precipice – by growing wings or just plain sailing away.

https://mauroffortissimo.com

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Dedicated to beloved poet Jack Hirschman, September’s ‘First Friday’ – orchestrated by Jessica Loos and hosted by Dan Macchiarini at ‘Macchiarini Creative Design Jewelry and sculpture’ on Grant Avenue in San Francisco – alongside poets Scott Byrd, Sarah Menefee, Michael Warr, Rosemary Manno, Robert Carlson, Agneta Falk Hirschman, and Mauro Ffortisimo, with music by Oliver Levi and Jack Long. First Friday has been a tradition in North Beach since 2007.

‘Macchiarini Creative Design Jewelry and sculpture’ offers classes for metal work in addition to custom art work.

http://www.metalworkssf.com/
https://www.macreativedesign.com/

We apologize for the lousy audio. (wind, autos and low volumes)

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HELP TO BRING ROCKY HOME: https://gofund.me/57f6e9d2

On Tuesday August 10th 2021 – at some point in the mid afternoon – Bay Area singer Rocky Ramirez’s silver Volvo xc90 veered off a cliff down a 300 foot embankment between Somes Bar and Dillon Creek in Siskiyou County (Northern California) – landing next to the Klamath River near Ti Bar River access off of Hwy 96 – as eventually discovered by passing rafters who alerted authorities. While the car was found, there was no sign of Rocky. He hasn’t been seen since and it’s assumed he was swept downriver.

Official ‘search and rescue’ efforts have since ended, therefore his sister plans to hire a private group to search for him in a quest for closure.

If you’re in a position to donate, big or small, let’s get him home: https://gofund.me/57f6e9d2

This video was captured once upon a time at ‘Tupelo Monday Night’, one of the best nights at Tupelo, located in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, featuring Rocky Ramirez covering “Just Friends (Sunny)” the first single from Musiq Soulchild’s debut album Aijuswanaseing in 2000.

Vocals – Rocky Ramirez
Keys – Marcelino “Lord Q” Quiroz
Guitar – Milo Horstman
Bass – Andrew Couttie
Drums – Blake Ritterman
Trumpet – Natalie John & Jacob Savage

#SanFrancisco #TupeloMondayNight #RockyRamirez #GoFundMe #BringHimHome #JustFriends #Missing #MusiqSoulchild # MarcelinoQuiroz #LordQ #Keyboard #MiloHorstman #Guitar #AndrewCouttie #Bass #BlakeRitterman #Drums #NatalieJohn #JacobSavage #Trumpet #AlcatrazRadio

Recently captured in San Francisco’s North Beach, local artist Amy Starr performs her song ‘Dandelion’ alongside painting guru Chris Duke, about the importance of letting nature run its course.

https://www.instagram.com/dukearth/

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Captured at Belle Cora in San Francisco’s North Beach, legendary violinist Colm Ó Riain & Friends perform this brilliant commemoration in honor of ‘Fête De La Saint-Yves’, celebrated in Brittany, featuring a combination of ‘Julia Delaney’ and ‘Christmas Eve’.

https://www.colmoriain.com/
http://www.joekylejr.com/

Located at 565 Green Street, Belle Cora offers a delicious food menu in addition to wines and craft beers, alongside live music 7 days a week, sometimes twice a day.

http://thebellecora.com/ #SanFrancisco #Northbeach #LiveMusic #Bretagne #FêteDeLaSaintYves #ColmÓRiain #Voilin #JoeKyleJr #Bass

Captured by a shaky hand with a cellphone on Independence Day at North Beach’s Belle Cora, ‘Groove Riders’ deliver the best blues in the entire land – written and recorded by Lowell Fulson in 1954, a song about love gone sideways.

Located at 565 Green Street, Belle Cora offers a delicious food menu in addition to wines and craft beers, alongside live music.

http://thebellecora.com/

#SanFrancisco #GrooveRiders #ReconsiderBaby #BelleCora #Guitar #MichaelLeeWinding #Vocals #Drums #Bass #NorthBeach #LiveMusic #LowellFulson #Cover #AlcatrazRadio