.Scary Goldings at The Guild Theatre

Jul 11, 2023

Scary Goldings fall under the broad genres of R&B and soul, but their self-penned description as “instrumental organ funk” captures their flare much better. The LA-based musicians serve up virtuosic tunes laced with nostalgic feel and colorful humor that generally get everyone soul-clapping along on the dance floor. At the end of 2021, they released their much-anticipated fourth album, titled (appropriately) Scary Goldings IV. It features iconic funk players MonoNeon on bass and John Scofield on guitar. Their crowd favorite “Tacobell’s Canon” (a play on Pachelbel’s “Cannon in D”) could be filed as a classic for the modern age.

Scary Goldings

Fri, 8pm, $31

The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park

Scary Goldings perform “Louis Cole Sucks” live

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.