the hum / By Bob Doran

Collective Consciousness

This Saturday, Jan. 24, the TetraGroove crew is throwing their required release party at The Mission Rock Cafe in San Francisco. Three bands from the album — Ishi Dube, Moo-Got-2 and Sub Sab — are all heading down to play and perhaps to bring some sort of Humboldt religious experience to those in attendance. There’s thought of a local CD party, but nothing solid yet. (Watch this space for details when it comes.)

As far as I know, none of the other bands on the H.C. disc are playing locally, but Absynth guitarist Ryan Roberts will be among those celebrating gypsy jazzman Django Reinhardt’s birthday at Libation Friday. He’s part of the Tom Toohey Trio, who will be joined by the cleverly named Hot Club Papers and the proverbial “special guests” for the Django-thon.

The endless flow of Portland musicians continues Thursday, Jan. 22, with a show at Aunty Mo’s featuring Lovers, a “modern, sexy, often danceable” all-female band from P-land led by songwriter Carolyn Berk. Coming to town with a new disc, I Am The West,they share a bill with those “mermaids from Mars” The Monster Women and gal punks Sick Bitch.

Also from Portland, songstress Raina Rose, a tattooed beauty who may or may not bring along her soon-to-be-released CD, end of endless false starts, when she plays Saturday at Muddy’s Hot Cup. She’s coming to town with another Portland songwriter: Hunter Paye. In addition to the Muddy thing they’ll open for“high altitude bluegrass” jammers Blue Turtle Seduction when that band plays at Humboldt Brews Friday.

HumBrews becomes reggae-central this week: Thursday they have Messenjah Selah and Lady Passion; Tuesday, Jan. 27, it’s Bobo David, straight from Sizzla’s Judgment Yard compound, plus Jah Shiloh and Red X.

The blues roll on at the Riverwood Friday, this time with Lady Bianca, a swingin’ blues/gospel piano player from Oakland.

Are you ready to rock? Elsewhere in SoHum Friday Dave Sky and the metal-heads of MaidenHumboldt join forces with the Mateel to present Winter Rock at the Mateel featuring world-famous all-girl L.A.-based AC/DC cover band Whole Lotta Rosies (not to be confused with Hell’s Belles, the awesome world-famous all-girl AC/DC cover band from up north). Opening the show: a new SoHum melodic metal band called International Trash, with special guest Al Davis on vocals.

Incidentally, if you were wondering about MaidenHumboldt’s planned Clan Mateel Tartan Dinner, originally scheduled for this weekend to mark Robert Burns’ 250th, that’s been postponed. There is, however, a Scots gathering in Eureka with bagpipes, Burns’ poems, etc. (Read about it in the calendar section.) And if you just want to hear some Celtic-type music, Lief Sorbye and Tempest are back to rock the Blue Lake Casino Friday night.

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