Live Music Q4 2015

Low at the Great American Music Hall.

Another good year for live music, but with highlights that fell a bit short of last year's (Kate Bush? King Crimson? Amaze.). The year's total comes to 38 (counting each day of a festival as one). And the standouts for the year for me are St. Vincent (twice!), Low, Puddles Pity Party, Sufjan Stevens.

Here's the batch from the final quarter of the year, favorites in bold:

• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (Gillian Welch)
• Courtney Barnett
• Bridge to Beethoven (Jennifer Koh, violin, Shai Wosner, piano)
• Patty Griffin 
• Día de los Muertos Community Concert with Lila Downs
• SF Symphony (Sibelius Violin Concerto, Schumann Symph. No. 3)
• Low
• Esperanza Spalding
• Sun Kil Moon