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Better Than a Dream

Sight & Sound

Old-World Love

Who can forget the ending of Los Lobos’ music video for “La Bamba,� when the song stops and band members gather in a semicircle, quickly strumming and plucking mariachi instruments? OK, so maybe you’ve forgotten—it was 23 years ago, after all. But let us remember that in addition to writing a deep catalogue of songs, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas and Louis Perez are also extremely immersed in technique. That’s what makes their pairing with the nimble-fingered guitarist Leo Kottke at the Lincoln Theater this weekend so interesting. Kottke and Los Lobos both originally emerged as traditionalists, honing their skills until they knew their instruments inside and out, and developed their own styles. Long adored by fans of the collaboration-friendly Grateful Dead, there’s reason to expect that Los Lobos will ask opener Kottke to join them onstage— if only for a lively run-through of “La Bamba� —when the two appear on Saturday, April 3, at the Lincoln Theater. 100 California Drive, Yountville. 8pm. $45–$65. 707.944.1300.

It’s the moment in the sun for Kate Van Horn. The local songwriter who’s been gracing small clubs and cafes with her thoughtful songs and gossamer voice has released Truce, her debut album, celebrated this weekend at a release show at Sebastopol’s Aubergine. We’re plenty excited that after a hiatus Aubergine is back in the live-music business—surrounded by the building’s vintage clothing store and nautical dĂŠcor, the atmosphere is funky, down-home and cozy. In other words: pure Sebastopol. Van Horn plays the piano and sings, earning her deserved comparisons to Tori Amos; her voice, especially, treads into Tori territory. But while Amos developed a spiraling sense of composition, Van Horn keeps her songs Little Earthquakes–era compact with infectious melodies and that rare crossroad of jubilation and poetry. From the soaring passages of “Giant Moonâ€? to the percussive piano rhythm of “Songs for a Saturday Night,â€? Truce is a winner. Van Horn plays Thursday, April 1, at Aubergine. 755 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 7:30pm. Free. 707.827.3460.

It’s long been theorized that the senses aren’t mutually exclusive, that they work in tandem to produce sensations in the body and brain instead of independently to provide rote, one-track information. So it is with music, particularly with composers who believe in the synesthesia of music tones with colors, patterns and shapes. “Audible Visions� is the name of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble’s program in Mill Valley this week, showcasing the works of five such composers. Punctuated by Gabriel Faure’s Piano Quartet in G Minor, the program also Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s Sept Papillons, a sonic image of butterf lies; Matthew Barnson’s String Quartet, awarded the Left Coast Composition prize; William Grant Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano and Barbara Kolb’s Umbrian Colors. Bring an open mind, close your eyes and see what visions emerge when the program gets under way on Thursday, April 1, at 142 Throckmorton Theatre. 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 8pm. $15–$20. 415.383.9600.

With three generations of distance, one of the few things that Jessica Peters knows about her great-grandfather Abraham Petracovich is that while he listened to his beloved opera on the radio in his living room, he had such respect for the music that he did so in his best suit. Such musical attachment is in the bloodlines, and in homage, Peters has called her musical project Petracovich in homage to her great-grandfather’s Old World, pre–Ellis Island Russian surname. With two albums under her belt, Peters draws comparisons to Elliott Smith, Neil Young, Aimee Mann and Tangerine Dream—in other words, almost anything goes—and performs keyboards, loops, banjo and percussion with drummer Max Diez and cellist Heather Houseman. All this makes a rather edgy and cosmopolitan fit for a tasting room in Sonoma, and especially when joined by the sympathetic ruminations of the Joe Rathbone Trio on Saturday, April 3, in the Grange Sonoma room at CornerStone Sonoma. 23570 Arnold Drive, Sonoma. 7pm. $10. 707.933.3010.

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