the hum / By Bob Doran

Following the Stream

Saturday is also Arts Alive! night, which means music all over Eureka, with too many acts to mention here (see “Music and More”). Post-artwalk you have another special DJ night at the Pearl, this time with POM from the Rootabreaka Crew out of Los Angeles, plus Zanapod and DJ Danny (fresh from an eight-city tour of the Northwest).

The a cappella quintet Sweet Honey in the Rock returns to the Van Duzer Sunday, April 6, sharing sweet gospel-tinged harmonies. I believe this is the group’s first Humboldt show since founder Bernice Johnson Reagon retired in 2004. Louise Robinson and Carol Lynn Maillard remain from the original line-up. Did I say quintet? The ensemble considers itself a sextet, since they always have a sign-language interpreter (currently Shirley Childress Saxton) and they see her as part of the group.

The Redwood Jazz Alliance is at it again. Monday, April 7, they present the Miguel Zenón Quartetin concert at HSU’s Kate Buchanan Room. You might remember the Puerto Rico-born, Berklee-trained alto sax player from his visit to Arcata a few years ago as part of the SF Jazz Collective, a supergroup assembled by Joshua Redman with Bobby Hutcherson, Nicholas Payton and Zenónamong the players. His own band plays modern jazz with a Latin or Puertorriqueño twist. The quartet is international with Venezuelan pianist Luis Perdomo, Austrian bassist Hans Glawischnig and Puerto Rican drummer Henry Cole. As usual with RJA shows, there’s also an associated free public workshop: Zenón*will be at*Fulkerson Hall Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.

Also on Monday, a return visit by the California Guitar Trio with Belgian guitarist Bert Lams, Japanese guitarist Hideyo Moriya and Paul Richards from Salt Lake City playing everything from Beethoven and Bach to Beach Boys tunes. Catch them at the Arcata Playhouse, where a local outfit, Champagne Palace, opens the show.

Meanwhile over in Eureka, it’s “Monday Night Rocks” the beginning of a series of shows at Auntie Mo’s. First up: thirtythreeandathird and The Fire Demons. Note: These shows start at 10 p.m., a bit earlier than those at the Alibi and music is supposed to end by midnight.

Add Clint Black to the list of country superstars coming to Humboldt this summer. Clint will be at the Arkley Center July 23. Fair warning, the venue is not that big; tickets will be gone in a heartbeat. Expect tickets for the Aug. 31, Willie Nelson show to go on sale mid-April. Again, get ‘em while you can.

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