How to Discover a Fabulous New Artist playing Afro Folk, from Cameroon, $free

One of my fav spots for lunch is the Cheese Board Pizza Collective in N.Berkeley. One of the great things there is they always have live music at lunchtime.
Today Gabriel Bata and his band, The Eclectic Collective were playing. I was blown away. I had never heard this combination of sound. Gabriel's vocals were haunting. I describe it as a primitive form of American Jazz or at times sounding to me like a purer form of Jamaican/Caribbean. Gabriel described his music as Afro Folk. I think Berkeley's Pete Seegar would have loved this music.

I had never heard some of the instruments the band was playing. Most popular music you can snap your fingers to or clap along with, but the movement that matched this music, was to sway with it.

The plan for this Meetup is to take a loop walk, to nearby points of interest. Then go to hear the music while having pizza and salad for lunch. There was a lot of interest today for this band and I expect a large crowd for lunch here on the 24th. (You wait in line here to order and pick-up your pizza at one time. The line can get very long. The band will have from opening at 11:30am, to afternoon closing at 2:30pm.

Now about parking. There are nearby meters. Pay to park and park very closeby. Nearby street parking is usually hard to find and on certain days and times there are street cleaning restrictions. Make sure to check the signs for these restrictions.
What I have been doing for years and recommend is to park West of Eunice St. And then walk about two or three blocks to Cheeseboard having no worries about a ticket.
Because between Shattuck Ave. and Solano Ave the same road has two more names. I won't attempt to give directions but here's a link to the Goggle map of the area. Please leave time for the parking situation.

By the way, the photos below look great on my phone but not so on my laptop. My Samsung phone and Lenovo chromebook just can't get in sync like Apple products do.