Songwriters Unite in A Night of Motivation

Name: Songwriters Unite in A Night of Motivation
Start: 2025-09-30T18:30:00-08:00
Location: The Lost Church - San Francisco

Schedule

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

The Lost Church - San Francisco | San Francisco, CA

Performances by Dana Cooper, James Lee Stanley, Frances Ancheta & Pete Kronowitt at The Lost Church!
$3 off each ticket when you use the code earlybird8 at checkout. Offer ends Sunday, September 28th.
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Join us at The Lost Church in San Francisco on Tuesday, September 30th for a meaningful evening of live music. We will use the emotion and power of performance to get more people engaged. In partnership with Sister District Project San Francisco, we will be sharing ways to get involved to make a difference. Sister District is a grassroots organization that aims to build enduring progressive power in state legislatures across the country, to improve people's lives.
Dana Cooper is a poetic songwriter, an insightful storyteller, and a rousing musician whose performances engage & inspire audiences around the world. Central to Cooper's unique artistry is his ability to connect with audiences through his authentic stories, sense of humor and warm stage presence. His vast career started with his 1st self-titled Release on Elektra Records in the 70's. The studio band consisting of legendary players - "The Section" with Leland Sklar & Russ Kunkel AKA "The Immediate Family." Since then, he worked with Shake Russell in Texas, releasing several albums together and performing on "Austin City Limits." Dana has also collaborated with several established artists - Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eye's), Don Henry, Hal Ketchum, Kim Richey, Tom Kimmel & more. His 2022 CD "I Can Face The Truth" garnered much praise and attention, charting on 5 different Radio Charts.
"The Ghost of Tucumcari" features Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Susan Gibson, Darden Smith to name a few.
The Album was Voted #1 Album of 2024 on "Americana Highways Readers Poll".
"Dana has a poet's eye for beauty & detail, a blue's man's soul and a songbird's gift. He is remarkable." - Hayes Carll
www.danacoopermusic.com
James Lee Stanley
With a history that includes 5 years on StarTrek Deep Space Nine as the singing Klingon amongst other roles; 3 years as Steven Wright’s opening act; tours with Bonnie Raitt, the Dixie Dregs, Robin Trower and Robin Williams; the composer of the hits Coming Out of Hiding, I Don’t Want To Talk About It and Plenty of Reason as well as scoring the PrimeTime CBS TV Special, CATHY; 32 solo CD’s and duet CD’s with Peter Tork, Cliff Eberhardt, Dan Navarro or John Batdorf, you know you are in for an evening rich in musical chops, great songs and a man who, his remarkable singing and guitar playing notwithstanding, could be a stand up comedian… As they said in the Village Voice, “with James Lee Stanley you get it all”. And his recent documentary, The Opening Act-The Extraordinary Journey of James Lee Stanley, has already garnered 30 independent film awards, including Best Documentary and Best Soundtrack. His latest CD is The Day Today released April 30, 2024.
https://jamesleestanley.com/
EPK: https://jamesleestanley.com/pr-downloads/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lee_Stanley
Frances Ancheta is a Filipina American singer/songwriter and Bay Area native. Her musical sound has been described as thoughtful and eclectic indie folk/pop/rock and tropical new wave folk. She has released three albums of original songs. Her most recent album Hidden Gems was released shortly before the quarantine. The album was recorded in Tape Vault Studio at the legendary Hyde Street Studios, produced by veteran SF producer/engineer and singer/songwriter Chris von Sneidern, with longtime collaborator and producer/engineer Gavin Jones of Duvateen Sound on bass. Frances’ music has garnered independent radio and podcast airplay in the United States, Canada, England, and Spain. A creative arts therapist and cancer survivor, Frances founded the Music and Healing Hospital Concert Program at San Mateo Medical Center in 2019. Frances has released her 2025 album, ‘Saving Graces’ with local producer/engineer Bozho Lasich and performs solo, as a trio with Toku Wu (aka Mr. Sushi) and William, and as a quartet (with Mjoy, Katherine Park, and Lisa Graciano) as part of the all female Asian singer/songwriter band the Pandan Leaf Collective.
https://www.francesanchetasongwriter.com/
Pete Kronowitt
If Steve Earle drank beers with Elvis Costello and got pissed enough to write political tunes, they would sound like Pete Kronowitt songs. Soulful. Pointed. Poignant. Playful. Pete writes songs with hooks, a dash of alt-country, a smidgen of something familiar yet new; catchy songs ranging from acoustic alternative pop and country to Indie with progressive lyrical phrasing. Pete has received critical acclaim, been nominated for songwriting by Folk Alliance International and honors from the Mid Atlantic Songwriter Contest. Five albums combining performing, touring and activism, Pete’s songs lie at the juncture where culture clash with politics. Pete’s album, Do Something Now, was released in September 2020. His fourth album, 'A Lone Voice,' re-imagined the protest song and, released in 2016 during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, was recorded and produced in Nashville by Grammy-winning songwriter Phil Madeira. Kronowitt’s freshman project, "Phases of the Heart," recorded in 1993, was produced by three-time Grammy-nominated John Alagia, of Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, and Ben Folds Five fame, while his second and third albums, “Threads,” and 'elements' were produced by Pete Snell, who toured extensively with Lyle Lovett.
http://www.petekronowittmusic.com