Steve Taylor-Ramírez
Berkeley, CA
(510) 845-3501
For immediate release
Neo-folk singer Steve Taylor-Ramírez returns to the Plough and the Stars, SF, May 14
BERKELEY, Calif. (April 30, 2008) -- Singer-songwriter Steve Taylor-Ramírez brings his critically acclaimed folk, acoustic soul and Latin hillbilly tunes back to the Plough and the Stars Pub, 116 Clement Street (at 2nd Avenue), in San Francisco, 94118, on Wed., May 14, starting at 9 pm. There's no cover charge, and he'll play two sets.
A close cousin to the Starry Plough Pub in Berkeley, The Plough and the Stars was voted “Best Irish Pub” by the SF Weekly and bills itself as “Home of Traditional Irish Music in the Bay Area.”
The pub takes its name from images (a plough symbolizing new beginnings, stars connoting lofty ideals) that appeared on the flag of the Irish Citizen Army, which defended workers' rights and fought the British for independence in 1916. ICA member Seán O'Casey wrote a play about the uprising and titled it “The Plough and the Stars.”
For more information, please visit http://www.theploughandstars.com, or call (415) 751-1122.
Steve enjoys a career as songwriter, guitarist, activist, publicist and editor. His music has received praise from a variety of music critics and personalities. "I like music that has an edge," he says, "songs that deliver a message, a story, and a bit of humor."
For two years, Steve was guitarist for an Oakland gospel band. He first performed his own songs in 2004 at a UC Berkeley International House concert. That fall, he formed a band called Cowpokes for Peace and played in the "How Berkeley Can You Be?" Parade.
Steve has since performed at La Peña Cultural Center, Starry Plough Pub, the Plough and the Stars Pub, Make-Out Room, Café du Nord, SF Folk Festival, Mission Cultural Center, L’s Café and other venues.
Steve worked as a journalist after earning a master's degree in Latin American studies and journalism at Columbia University, New York, and a BA at Occidental College, Los Angeles.
He began his career as a newspaper reporter, and served as a correspondent for the AP and SF Chronicle, and as book critic for the Napa Register. He’s also worked in radio as a news writer, reporter and producer.
In the late ‘70s, Steve placed a story in Rolling Stone about Jello Biafra’s campaign for mayor of San Francisco. Steve also served as publicist for legendary punk band The Avengers. More recently, he’s been instigator of newspaper articles about bluegrass diva Laurie Lewis, Jimmie Rodgers interpreter Toshio Hirano and Mexican folk-rockers Los Cenzontles.
His recent clients include International Women's Day organizers in SF, Phosphorescence Magazine (art, photography, poetry and music), the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (SF events), Project Luz (arts education for the children of Mexico), human-rights performance artist MamaCoAtl, a Save the UC Memorial Oak Grove benefit concert featuring Country Joe McDonald, renowned cellist/composer/poet Matthew Owens, WebMarketing123.com (search-engine optimization) and more.
Steve’s work for technology clients won awards for his newsletters and brochures, and a Maggie Award for an international magazine he edited for a leading computer reseller. He’s served as judge in the Western Publications Association’s Maggie Awards competition as well.
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