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This weekend, classic bluegrass comes to the The Guild with the Del McCoury Band, singer-songwriter Kate Lamont returns to Feldman’s Books and acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming performs a multimedia concert at Stanford Live. Plus, artist James Ong shows colorful abstracts in Los Altos.
The Del McCoury Band
Bluegrass master Del McCoury has been on the music scene since he joined the legendary Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys back in the early 1960s (Monroe switched him from banjo to guitar and vocals) and he’s been going strong ever since, including leading the Del McCoury Band, which also features his sons Ronnie and Rob on mandolin and banjo, plus Alan Bartram on bass and Jason Carter on fiddle. The band brings McCoury’s decades of experience and continued passion for performing to the Guild this week.
Feb. 7, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $64-$151; guildtheatre.com.
Kate Lamont
Singer-songwriter Kate Lamont returns for another performance at Feldman’s Books, this time with yet-to-be-announced special guests, and including acoustic and electric sets of original music and storytelling. Lamont was born in the United Kingdom, spent a good number of years in the Indiana arts and culture scene and has been based in the Bay Area since 2012. According to her website, she’s influenced by the writing styles and work ethic of Sade, Prince and Joni Mitchell and sees music as a unifying force to connect personal experiences to larger social issues.
Feb. 7, 6-7:30 p.m., Feldman’s Books, 1075 Curtis St., Menlo Park; $19.98; feldmansbooks.net/events.
Renée Fleming
Acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming comes to Stanford Live to regale listeners with a program of favorite songs and arias and a multimedia performance of “Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene,” inspired by her Grammy Award-winning album of the same name. That performance includes an original film by the National Geographic Society and Fleming singing pieces by Handel and from “The Lord of the Rings.” A 2023 Kennedy Center honoree, Fleming has sung around the world, including at the Olympic Games, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and the Lincoln Memorial.
Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford; $112-$200; live.stanford.edu.
James Ong
According to his website, the artist James Ong is inspired by “Eastern thinking and aesthetics, especially Zen Buddhism and Japanese art and design, because they free my imagination to wander and play without constraint.” An ex-engineer, he was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States at age 5 and earned an MFA from the Academy of Art University with a focus on designing children’s toys. Ong’s abstract, colorful work, which he creates by experimenting with paint on canvas, can be seen at Viewpoints Gallery, where it will be featured this month. “I drip, drop, scrap, brush, print paint onto the canvas,” he states on his site, “hoping for the best until a composition or a story appears.”
February, Wednesday-Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos; viewpointsgallery.com.
