the hum / By Bob Doran

No Taboos

The trio’s show on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in HSU’s Fulkerson Recital Hall is the second show in the Redwood Jazz Alliance concert series. And as always there’s a free workshop the following morning in Fulkerson Hall.

The Mateel gets way esoteric Friday, Oct. 16, with what they’re billing as “Membership Appreciation Night.” Music is provided by Chirgilchin, The Master Throat Singers Of Tuva, practitioners of a hard-to-explain vocal style that sometimes involves one voice singing in three octaves at once, with deep guttural sounds and something akin to whistling framing songs about life on the Himalayan steppes. They’re joined by Lian Persian Music Ensemble, a quartet from Los Angeles that plays traditional Iranian music. Pre-show dinner and show admission are free if you are a member; non-members can buy a ticket for just the music, or join on the spot.

Ex-Arcata Ryan Jones, now a Portlander, is back in town Friday for a show at Jambalaya with the latest incarnation of Datura Blues, along with PDX friends Church and locals The Institute. “Datura Blues started in 1999 in Arcata,” said Jones. “We’ve been through around 30 members since then, always keeping the same idea, which is not to limit ourselves to one style of music or one cast of characters. We basically look at each show as an individual experience. For the Jambalaya show we’ll be more ambient and spacey — a large part of the set will be improvised. And we’ll have the guys from Church playing with us.”

The Institute, formerly know as Zac Institute, is the band fronted by rocker/archaeologist Zac Hruby. “We changed the name to just The Institute because half of the new songs are written by Joaquin Dominick and Ryan McGonagle (of the Great Salvation) and we have a new bass player, Kevin White, from the Neptune Society,” explains Zac.

Church is a cool alt. pop-psyche-prog combo with brothers Richard and Brandon Laws on guitar, drums synth and samplers, Christof Hendrickson on organ and Lane Barrington on percussion. Touring behind a new disc, Song Force Crystal, Church will also be here Thursday for a Lil’ Red Lion rock marathon with Jettison Never, an alt. rock trio from Chattanooga, plus locals Nipplepotamus, Hey Eleanor and The Common Vice.

Friday at Humboldt Brews, it’s Naomi and The Courteous Rudeboys, up from Santa Cruz with a mix of old school funk and reggae with vocalist Naomi Wilder fronting a four-piece combo. They’re joined by Equaleyes, a like-minded trio from Boise.

As evidenced by recent shows by Z-Trip and others, the lines between the dance/rave scene, hip hop and the jam scene are blurring. Colorado-based DJ/producer Derek Vincent Smith (aka Pretty Lights) is a classic example, spinning out a mélange of organic dance music including samples drawn from hip hop and rock, touring with a drummer for his live shows. He’ll be at Nocturnum Friday night with rock/hip hop comedy duo JoshMartinez and Sleep, aka The Chicharones and Boulder’s DJ Rootz.

That same night at the Red Fox L.A.-based producer/DJ Kraddy plays his mix of “digital crunk shit, melodramatic lazer metal and EDM (emotional dance music).” Hard choice.

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