Tickets: http://magicsystem.eventbrite.com/

Here are some Magic System videos:

Elbo Room – 647 Valencia Street – SF – Club is 21+ – Club info: 415 552 7788
Very limited $8 advance available tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com & www.jambasetickets.com

Check out the video from their last visit to Dub Mission in November 2009:

http://vimeo.com/10909455

UPDATE:  Wunmi at New Parish was great. She is fun to watch on stage as she is an excellent dancer and has got some attitude. She was very charming and playful with the audience. It was great! She chastised the audience for standing around and not dancing telling the audience something along the lines of ‘they told me this was house party! what are doing just standing there, not dancing?’ Hysterical!

In our defense, some of us were dancing but at some point i had to stop and watch Wunmi sing, dance and do her thing. She has a really great engaging stage presence and personality. She came on stage wearing a silver lame cape type thing and rocking a cool look with her hair braided and shaped to a mohawk look. 

Her band provided an awesome sound seamlessly going from afrobeat to house and dub sometimes in the span of one song. She sang a really good cover of the Police’s Message in a Bottle. She shared with the audience that The Police was one of her favorite bands growing up in London. I think one of my favorites that night was “Crossover”. The video is below.

As always with a show in Oakland, there were a lot of artists in the audience. At one point she asked local artist Valentino to join her on stage. While he was up on the stage, she took the opportunity to get down with audience and dance. There was, of course, a professional dancer or two. A circle of dancers formed and each one danced showing off their moves whether they were African dance, house or breaker. It was damn entertaining. In short, it was a dynamic show. The Crossover video below does not do her justice. Her live show is full of energy. If you enjoy this music, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to see her the next time she comes through town which is hopefully soon.   

Here is a listing of club and live music events talked about the Morning Show along with others not mentioned on air.

If you get the chance, listen to the most recent archives of Off the Beaten Path on KPFA. The playlists are below this post. I really dig the song that started off the program on April 26: http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60571

May 3: http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60762

I am sitting in for Sep June 21, 28 & July 12 & 19. Off the Beaten Path airs every Monday 10pm to Midnight on KPFA 94.1 FM.

LISTINGS

FRI MAY 7 Worldly Cheb i Sabbah, Mighty Dub Killaz, Janaka Selekta, DJ Dragonfly, DJ Amar SupperClub 657 Harrison SF

FRI MAY 7 10pm Braza! at Som., 2925 16th St., SF; (415) 558-8521., $10. Once a month, the Braza! crew will take you on a musical trip around Brazil to explore the rhythms and sounds of Samba, Funk, Batucada, MPB, Broken Beat, and much much more.

FRI MAY 7 8PM Carlos Varela performs Friday at Ramekins Event Center, 450 W. Spain St., Sonoma 

FRI MAY 7 8 PM Anna Estada & Almasferas at La Pena in Berkeley (3105 Berkeley) (Brazilian & Latin Jazz)

SAT MAY 8 Gaudi at Hopmonk in Sebastopol 

SAT MAY 8 10pm Tromenta Tropical with DJ Orion, Oro 11 & Disco Shawn at the Elbo Room SF

SAT MAY 8 9PM Ritmos Sin Fronteras with Be Brown and Hakobo at SOM SF

SAT & SUN MAY 8 & 9 Carlos Varela at Yoshis Oakland

SUN MAY 9 Gaudi at How Weird, San Francisco

WED MAY 12 Wunmi at the New Parish in Oakland

 MAY 13 Gaudi at Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz

MAY 13 7PM Meklit Hadero at Bimbos 365 Club
MAY 16 BANG DATA @ UC SANTA CRUZ

THURS MAY 13 9PM Yoruba Dance Sessions with Carlos Mena & DJ Cecil the Bench & Bar on 510 17^th Street in Oakland

MAY 21 BANG DATA  @ SOUTH 1^ST BILLIARDS IN SAN JOSE

MAY 22 BANG DATA WITH MALECO COLLECTIVE & KOOL KYLE @ LA PENA, Berkeley

MAY 28 Fuga at the New Parish in Oakland

Sunday, August 30, Bayonics play for free in San Francisco’s Union Square.

Check out their myspace to hear the music and for details for times and park rules for click here.