Heather Zimmerman

2 days ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

Lake Street DiveSummertime at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater seems like the perfect time and place to catch the bright, joyful energy of Lake Street Dive’s sunny blend of soul, funk and retro pop, Their warm, uplifting  2024 album, “Good Together,” aims to offer an antidote to modern ills such as isolation and tech overload, according to their label. Known for live shows that really connect with the audience, the five-piece makes its debut performance at Frost.

2 days ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

The Stanford Jazz Festival has always been a wide-ranging event, blending a summer of educational experiences for young people with six weeks of performances for the public, in which top jazz artists serve as both instructors and performers.

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

The Smithereens don’t live up to their name in one particularly special way: The moniker suggests fracture and destruction, but the band’s lineup has been strongly cohesive over their 45 years together — and has roots that go back even further. While in high school in Carteret, New Jersey, guitarist Jim Babjak met future bandmates drummer Dennis Diken and bassist Mike Mesaros, and they began playing together in the 1970s.

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

Chiara IzziIt’s an “Italian Jazz Affair” this weekend at Meyhouse Palo Alto with chanteuse and songwriter Chiara Izzi. Now based in New York, Izzi, who hails from Italy, brings a wide range to originals, jazz favorites, standards and showtunes, with Brazilian and pop influences. Izzi sings in Italian, Spanish and English and sounds equally at home nimbly scatting as she does bringing plaintive and soulful interpretations to more downbeat tunes.

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman |Anna Hoch-Kenney

Downtown Palo Alto’s Stanford Theatre marked a triple-digit milestone with a special event on June 9, held 100 years ago to the day that the theater opened its doors. To take audiences back to the time when the theater was new, the Packard Foundation, which purchased and renovated the theater in the late ’80s, screened silent films throughout last week.