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April 8, 2024

Music Mondays @ the Nash

Beaucoup Chapeaux–Maggie McKaig on accordion/guitar & vocals; Luke Wilson, tenor guitar & plectrum banjo; Murray Campbell, violin & oboes; yours truly on …

March 28, 2024

In the Pocket

Excitement abounds as a new band pops up and onto the streets–in this case, guitarist David Dvorin‘s Pocket Quartet. (Our 2nd gig …

Pocket

Pocket, consisting of David Dvorin (guitar), Matt Langley (saxophones), Randy McKean (contralto clarinet), and Tim Bulkley (percussion), combines the freewheeling groove and grit of mid-century blues …

February 1, 2024

Beaucoup’s Back

Yes, that beloved EuroCafe Quartet, Beaucoup Chapeaux, is back in action, and at one of the finer establishments in Nevada City, The …

February 23, 2023

Medicine for Nightmares

Super psyched to be performing with Bristle, 7 PM this Friday 2/24/23 at Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, SF, as part …

Medicine for Nightmares
January 25, 2023

Cover to Cover

That’s right! Tomorrow night, January 26, I’ll be playing at the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City as part of a Tribute to …

Chicken Bonz

Ludi Hinrichs and Chicken Bonz clearly take us out of the box, while swinging with their colorful signature sound. Driven by a …

November 5, 2021

Words & Waves

Thanks to The Union and Paul Barbieri at KVMR for helping get the word out about tonight’s concert at the Nevada Theatre–I …

November 4, 2021

Creative Impulse(s)

Thanks to the Sierra Jazz Society for this interview with yours truly they recently published on their website–the occasion for the talk …

November 1, 2021

Nevada Theatre Deluxe

This Friday, November 5, it’s Cure-All Night at the gorgeous Nevada Theatre in Nevada City–Tumble and Flounder are doing a double header as …

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October 2, 2021

Hear Ye Hear Ye

Thanks to local media for helping get the word out about the new Flounder record and tonight’s CD release show at the Wild …

September 25, 2021

Flounder CD Release Party

Next Saturday, October 2, Flounder has its CD Release Party in Grass Valley. We played at Wild Eye back in Fall 2019, …

Wild Eye Logo
September 14, 2021

I’m a Believer

TONIGHT, Tuesday 9/14, from 6 PM PST/ 9 PM EST, Flounder will be on Michelle Amador‘s LiveStream show, talking about our brand …

September 13, 2021

I’m the Flounder

Just released into the wild on Cure-All Records–the debut album from guitarist David Dvorin‘s Flounder, with Cliff Childers on brass, Randy McKean …

April 10, 2021

Goggle CD Release Party

Goggle, the saxophone quartet comprised of me and three of my longest-running musical associates–Chris Jonas, Dan Plonsey, and Cory Wright–is releasing our …

Eeyahdi CD Release Party

Flounder

In Memoriam Clifford Childers 2023 May he Rest In Peace David, Tim and Randy plan to play on in other forms and …

Pac and Seep

Pac and Seep is the duo of drummer/artist Jon Bafus and reeds player Randy McKean. Their music mixes improvisatory abandon with rhythmic …

Goggle Saxophone Quartet

Goggle

Goggle consists of four accomplished composer/performers who have worked for years together, inspiring and challenging one another deeply in terms of innovation …

Tumble

Tumble is a Northern California-based collective that includes Robert Heirendt on mbira, Sean Kerrigan on guitar, and Randy McKean on tenor saxophone …

Bristle

Audio Visual Press Bristle’s unique sound is a fortunate accident: when saxophonists/clarinetists Cory Wright and Randy McKean asked bassist Lisa Mezzacappa to …

Pluck Vim Vigour

The Northern California folk-prov trio Pluck Vim Vigour channel sweeping mountain vistas and sprawling urban splendour into eclectic panoramas best viewed from …

Gargantius Effect

The Gargantius Effect is the brainchild of Murray Campbell (violin, oboe and electronics) and Randy McKean (reeds).  Like the Stanislaw Lem story …

Beaucoup Chapeaux

Led by Maggie McKaig on accordion and vocals, this acoustic quartet is one part Parisian Bistro or Italian Café, another part circus, …

Wild Horsey Ride

Randy McKean’s Wild Horsey Ride

One evening in summer 2012, Wes Steed recorded Randy McKean skronking away in a small locked room in Steed’s house in Sacramento.  …

Sawbones

Maxima Kahn and Randy McKean met in a writing workshop seven years ago, shortly after McKean relocated to Grass Valley from New …

Zap!

Zap!

Zap! is the collaboration between the multi-faceted reeds of Randy McKean and the live electro-acoustic manipulations of David Dvorin. Using the framework …

Col. MaCaw’s Magical Cure-All

This series started in Spring 2010 when my good friend, musician/poet/dancer Maxima Kahn, asked me if I wanted to curate some happenings …