18 April 2024

BISS List 4.18.24: Spotlight on VIP Giveaway for Golden Road Gathering + Best of BISS this Week

Hey Music Lovers!

What’s growin’ on, everyone? Happy Bicycle Day, Happy 420, & Happy Earth Day! Welcome to this week’s edition of BISS List, where we bring you the hottest updates on funk, jam, soul & groove in the Bay Area & Beyond!

This week’s BISS List is brimming with vibrant live shows to soundtrack your journey through the week. So, light your favorite incense (or whatever kindles your spirit!), and let the music guide your path. Whether you’re embracing inner exploration, enjoying the beauty of what the Earth has provided, or simply ready to groove, these live musical experiences will accompany you on your adventure. Get ready to immerse yourself in a week of sonic discovery!

Last week: : Before diving into this week’s schedule, let’s quickly recap some highlights from last week’s performances. Share your standout moments with us by mentioning @bisslist on Instagram and/or Facebok or dropping us a line at biss@bisslist.com. Your input enriches our collective experience!

I spent every day from Wednesday to Sunday out enjoying live music this past week. By the end of the weekend, I had even witnessed many of the musicians performing multiple times and collaborating with different bands at different venues. It was an incredible (marathon) experience!

4/11: DJ Williams @ Madrone * FB Pics & Vids * IG Reel *
4/12: Reed Mathis’ “In the Now” ft Steve Adams & Jay Lane @ SWMH * FB Pics & Vids * IG Reel *
4/12: Circles Around The Sun @ Sweetwater Music Hall * FB Pics & Vids * IG Reel *
4/12: CATS Encore w/ Jay Lane & Mark Levy on DOUBLE DRUMS!! @ SWMH * Pics & Vids *
4/12: Sgt. Splendor ft. Kate Vargas & Eric McFadden * FB Pics & Vids * IG Reel *
4/13: David Nelson Band @ The Chapel * FB Pics & Vids *
4/13: JeNes N the Juice @ Boom Boom Room * FB Pics & Vids *
4/13: Fourth Position ft. Joseph Carter @ Boom Boom Room * FB Pics & Vids * IG Reel *
4/14: RetroBand ft featuring Lebo, Ezra, Steve, Mookie Siegel, and Grahame Lesh, plus Bo Carper and Reed Mathis @ CJM * FB Pics & Vids * IG Reel *

This Week (my personal plans): I hope to see some of you at one or two of these shows, or feel free to explore the Best of BISS selections and craft your own musical adventure!

4/18: DangerAte (FREE) @ Boom Boom Room: 6 Piece Band and Emcees. Founded by Daniel “The D3” Cohen, Tiger Kotschnig, and Eitan Spiegel, DangerAte is a JazSFunk fusion musical collective.
4/19: Jazz Mafia’s Grateful Brass ft. Erin Honeywell (*WIN*) @ Ivy Room: Jazz Mafia’s Grateful Brass are a brass band offering a spirited reinterpretation of the music of the Grateful Dead
4/20: New Mastersounds @ The Fillmore: Congratulations to our final winner, Elizabeth! P.S. Don’t miss this week’s #ListenToThis in this week’s BISS List to hear form the band about their new album!
4/20 (Late night): Eddie Roberts & the Lucky Strokes (*WIN*) @ Boom Boom Room: The New Mastersounds’ guitarist Eddie Roberts teams up with Mississippi-based guitarist and vocalist, Shelby Kemp and Tampa Bay-based Galbraith sisters’ simpatico rhythm section to create a new tour de force ensemble that makes listeners stop in their tracks.
4/21: Earth Day ft Sunshine Garcia Band @ New Farm SF: Make this your day for a celebration of Mother Earth, for gathering as eco-activists and growing our environmental awareness. And having fun in the process!

As always, check out the Win Tickets page and don’t forget there is always more on the Full Calendar.

Next Week! I hope you already marked your calendar for these incredible live music shows & event that you do NOT want to miss. Also be sure to check the Best of BISS for a whole lot more!

4/27 & 4/28: John Scofield w/ Lettuce @ SF Jazz
4/28: Deadhead Seder featuring Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Jeannette Ferber, Mookie Siegel, Jordan Feinstein, Danny Eisenberg, Ezra Lipp, & Ben Bernstein @ Golden Gate Bistro

To all you BISS Listers heading to JazzFest in New Orleans over next week and/or the week after, enjoy every moment and dance your hearts out for us here at home! Remember, there are plenty of shows in NOLA where you can win tickets by spreading the word, whether it’s online or on the street with flyers. Check out the BISS List from 4.4.24 for more details, or email us at biss@bisslist.com to join the NOLA street team.

But wait there’s more! Explore the song selection of the week, “Down on The Farm” by New Mastersounds from their newly released album, Old School in the #ListenToThis section below! Hear directly from The New Mastersounds about the inspiration for this song, the recording process behind the album and more.

Keep grooving to the rhythm, discovering new sounds, and embracing the harmony of each beat.

#seeyouattheshows,
~Pamela aka Miss BISS

SPOTLIGHT ON GOLDEN ROAD VIP GIVEAWAY

Win a Golden VIP Ticket Package!!

May 15-17 @ El Dorado County Fairgrounds, Placerville

There is still time to enter one of the biggest giveaways we’ve ever had! That’s a pair of Golden VIP Ticket packages to Golden Road Gathering, May 15th – 17th at El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville. These Golden Tickets get you VIP seating, VIP parking, VIP camping, VIP catering, and a variety of other VIP perks. And you know it’s gonna be good with Miss BISS herself as the VIP hostess of this adventure!

Here’s a reminder of the amazing lineup for this one: Beats Antique, Railroad Revue with Lindsay Lou, Dirtwire, Lotus, Fruition, Moontricks, Ryan Montbleau Band, The Nth Power, Steve Poltz, Diggin Dirt, Lebo & Friends, Mike Dillon Punkadelick, TV Broken 3rd Eye Open w/ Katie Skene, Polyrhythmics, The Humidors, The Gold Souls, Little Hurricane, Sun Hop Fat, Tha Exchange, Red Dirt Ruckus, Ryder Thieves, LAZWELL, Nipper Brothers, Blu Egyptian, Moody Cat, KNUF, Swamp Zen, Blue Turtle Seduction, and more!

Enter now for private early check-in, access to the designated camping area and Tier Parking, entry to the El Dorado Stage Pit in front of the main stage, admission to the Golden Ticket Experience Lounge with covered seating, outdoor picnic tables, and an upscale restroom trailer. Each ticket also includes access to late-night shows, festival t-shirt, and drink tickets. As we’ve mentioned, this is a full VIP package (!!) so this will require a little extra effort on your part to win. Spread the word about this festival in as many places and as many times as you can, be sure to tag the festival and at least three of your fave bands in your posts, shares, emails & texts. Quality & Quantity of shares will increase your chances to **WIN TICKETS**! You have until Tuesday, April 23rd by 4pm to enter, and we’ll announce the winner in next week’s BISS List.

*Check out all of our Featured Shows.

LISTEN TO THIS

Listen to “Down on the Farm” by The New Mastersounds, from their album Old School (Released 2024)

“Down on the Farm” breaks free as the only vocal track on The New Mastersounds’ new album. A catchy call-and-response of “What you say, what you do” sets the groove. This track is pure NMS gold, a head-bobbing, foot-stomping anthem that ushers in the album’s focus on the mighty organ.

We spoke with drummer Simon Allen and he told us about the song and the experience recording the album. “This is a JB’s style groove with a simple vocal hook that people can join in with at the shows. The album recording was a relaxed and easy process – we had just played a festival show in France and three club shows in the UK so we were tuned up, so to speak, as a unit. But because we hadn’t seen each other prior to that for nearly five months there was plenty of stored-up creativity to be tapped. We were in Joe’s living room at his home in the remote English countryside. Out of the window, through the July drizzle, we could see a field of cows. Hence the title of this tune. It’s just Eddie, Pete, Joe, and me doing what comes naturally when we get in a room together and hit the record button. After 25 years.”

Simon also shared a video with us of Joe overdubbing his organ part conducted by Eddie. Check it out now!