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Out in Berkeley: Mo’Fone — distilling the essence of funk

Larry De La Cruz, Jim Peterson and Jeremy Steinkoler (left to right), who make up Mo'Fone, playing Berkeley on Friday night By Andrew Gilbert When it comes to funk, less is often more. The band Mo’Fone puts that insight into insistently syncopated practice on just about every piece. Led by El Cerrito drummer Jeremy Steinkoler, Mo’Fone, which performs […]

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What happened when Lonely Island trio visited Amoeba

Back in April, three Berkeley boys made a return visit to their hometown. Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer are the threesome behind Lonely Island, makers of ‘digital shorts” (otherwise known as music videos) for NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The trio visited Amoeba on National Record Store Day to promote their latest album, Turtleneck & Chain, and chat […]

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Out in Berkeley: Jessica Jones and Mark Taylor

Jessica Jones and Mark Taylor play The Freight Saturday By Andrew Gilbert In the mid-1970s, Berkeley High was brimming with so many ambitious and talented jazz musicians that Peter Apfelbaum launched his stylistically expansive 17-piece Hieroglyphics Ensemble by drawing on the ranks of his fellow students. Saxophonist Jessica Fuchs Jones was part of that ferociously creative scene, and […]