Critically Acclaimed Artist to Perform in Pacifica

The big band sounds of a critically acclaimed Bay Area recording artist will fill a new Pacifica venue later this week.

Curt Yagi & The People Behind Me will perform at (4627 Coast Highway), an eatery and entertainment venue that just opened its doors last month. Yagi and his band go on stage on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Yagi was voted the Bay Guardian's "Best of the Bay" singer/songwriter in 2008.

The longtime San Francisco resident's music has been compared to Dave Matthews, Sublime and Jack Johnson, among others, according to his website.

Yagi's music has won high marks from some distinguished critics.

“People keep comparing him to other artists, but I think he just sounds like Curt Yagi, and that is plenty good enough," veteran music journalist Ben Fong-Torres, a former Rolling Stone magazine senior editor said in a statement Yagi released to the media earlier this week.

"This is one excellent singer and songwriter.”

Yagi has released two full-length CD's.

His most recent album, "Close My Eyes," released in 2011, features nine original tracks. His debut, "What's Come Over Me," came out in 2007.

For more information about Yagi or to purchase one of his albums, visit www.curtyagi.com.

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