La Zuli at The Annex Sessions, brought to you by SunJams and Javier Navarrette

“The Annex Sessions” will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) 

on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 6-8:30pm 
with 

 La Zuli 

Briana Di Mara - violin 

Anis Sehiri - guitar 

Aaron Kierbell - drums 

Erinn Wilkerson - bass 

La Zuli combines the virtuosic talents of violinist Briana Di Mara and guitarist Anis Sehiri, weaving fresh original melodies and danceable rhythms influenced by music everywhere from Spain to North Africa to the Balkans and beyond. With lush harmonies and improvisations combining with powerful bass and drums, their genre-bending music is unique and uplifting. They are so grateful to be joined by the amazing Aaron Kierbel (drums) and Erinn Wilkerson (bass).
 
Briana Di Mara
Eclectic violinist Briana Di Mara brings her love of the instrument and its soulful expression to
every performance. She was trained in western classical music as a child and has since gone on
to study and perform a wide variety of traditional styles including Celtic, Balkan, Turkish,
Arabic and beyond. She harmoniously weaves these influences into her own unique sound and
compositions. She is known for her evocative improvisations and skillful ability to play a broad
range of genres from many different cultures.
She has performed and recorded with numerous projects, some of whom include Stellamara,
Dirtwire, the National Arab Orchestra, Ali Paris, Beats Antique, Sharafat Parwani, Dan
Cantrell, Moh Alileche, the legendary Lounès Kheloui, and many more! She has also
collaborated with well known dancers such as Zoe Jakes, Rachel Brice, Miriam Peretz and Jill
Parker. These projects have led her to perform in a wide variety of venues, theaters and festivals
around the globe, inspiring audiences with her expansive interpretation of world music and
exciting interaction with dancers.

Her award-winning debut album "Haven" earned rave reviews and reflects the
dynamic collaborations that she has built around her original compositions. 
"Haven is a masterfully crafted album which is almost like a trip around the world, stuffed into
one record." -Johnathan Robinson, Bucketlist Music
Briana also has an established teaching career both in her own private violin studio as well as
various folk music education camps such as Lark Camp and Middle Eastern Music and Dance
Camp in Mendocino, CA.  In the San Francisco Bay Area, she runs a summer day camp for kids,
Camp Fiddle 'N Fun, and also a year round Fiddle Club dedicated to community service.

www.brianamusic.com

The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier

Navarrette Music Productions.

SunJams  is committed to funding children's music education in underserved public elementary
schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.
All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been
severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 - any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing
music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax
exempt.
Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the
Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified
School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors
events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of
the pandemic and shutdown that followed.

 Follow Javier Navarrette on Facebook , Instagram and YouTube. 

COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES
Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.

TICKETS

Tickets are encouraged, we are happy to offer you a reserved seat (limited seating available) if you RSVP with a donation that will go towards paying for the music. Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter. 

The Annex 

The Annex is a lively space for shopping, dining and relaxing. As the newest part of The Natural Grocery Company, the values are the same: a passion for vibrant community, healthy organic food and respect for the planet. 

"The Annex Sessions" is sponsored by the Natural Grocery Company in its commitment to serve the local community and help in the recovery of the local art scene. 

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week, inside the Annex you’ll find: A Cafe, Juice Bar, Deli, Wine & Beer, and more.

The Annex building itself embodies our values: a few of the sustainable features are: extensive re-use of materials from the pre-existing structure, use of recycled materials from local vendors, and reliance on the solar energy we produce here, supplemented with other clean energy sources.

DONATIONS

SunJams is committed to funding children's music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program. 

In addition, we need to raise funds to continue bringing you this exciting new ( launched in April 2022) live music program. All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 - any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to our 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt. 

Please DONATE HERE

DURING THE SHOW

We will be taking cash or check donations at check-in, during intermission & at the end of the show. 

TIME

The Annex is open every day, please check their website for hours (https://naturalgrocery.com/annex/).


The show will begin at 6:00 PM and conclude by 8:30 PM.