Enjoy gourmet food and live, original
music from 6.30-8pm
Wed., Aug. 14, when Berkeley songwriter Steve Taylor-Ramírez brings
his folk, Latin and blues to the popular new Off the Grid
roaming-mobile-food market in El Cerrito.
“With some fresh original uptempo
songs, I hope to transform El Cerrito into 'El Cerritmo' ('ritmo
being Spanish for rhythm),” Taylor-Ramírez said.
Taylor has been named a “Critic's
Choice” by the East Bay Express, UC Berkeley and Bay Area
News
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Group. His music, videos, reviews and
bio can be found at http://www.reverbnation.com/stevetaylorramirez.
A former guitarist for a gospel band in
Oakland, Taylor has brought his bilingual music to many popular Bay
Area venues. He went to Skyline Studios, Oakland, with his band
recently and recorded six original songs. Corey Mason, host of
worldOneradio, called the EP "warm, rootsy and genuinely
charming" and put it in regular rotation on KECG 88.1 FM, El
Cerrito. Dj Nobody of KUSF Radio called it "Lovely … Steve is
developing a new musical genre.”
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A review of Taylor in live performance
appeared on BerkeleyPatch.com: http://berkeley.patch.com/articles/steve-taylor-ramirez-plays-cal-day.
More recently, his video of “My Baby
is a Robot” earned a coveted spot as the opener of “Explosion
Bus,” the hilarious web series starring Jonathan Katz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriwk9VYMCU&list=UUU02Xy907cquTF_F2Weltvw&index=7&feature=plcp
OTG El Cerrito is located at Fairmount
Ave. and San Pablo, in the Pastime Hardware parking lot. The
expanding Off the Grid markets present a wide variety of gourmet food
vendors in one place, along with free sides of music, craft and soul.
For more about Off the Grid, visit:
http://offthegridsf.com/markets.