Cajun Boogie

When Renata of Renata’s Crêperia heard the heavenly “fem-folk” duo MaMuse singing a cappella and playing strings and flutes at Kate Wolf Fest a couple of years back, well, she wanted to hear them again. Her place is not typically a music venue, but that did not stop her from inviting them to play there when the time came. That time is this Sunday as Sarah and Karisha (aka MaMuse) wheel into town on their Yes! Yes! Yes! Bicycles Northwest Tour. (Yes, they are on bicycles.)

Will Wiesenfeld, aka Baths (aka Geotic, aka Nephews), has been making waves of late with big props from Pitchfork, a “Song of the Day” on NPR and a growing circle of fans (3,000 on FB and counting) with his layered lo-fi laptop compositions that somehow fall under the chillwave tag. He plays for the first time locally next Wednesday, Aug. 25 at Humboldt Brews with Portland indie quartet The Joggers.

Benbow’s Summer Jazz Series resumes Thursday with saxman Francis Vanek fronting a quintet that includes Sam Maez on trumpet (and the usual Jim Wilde/Tommy Lockett/Michael Curran rhythm section). Friday Maez takes the lead with his own quintet. Saturday it’s vocalist Lisa Baney with Yolanda Nickels and her alto sax. Sunday it’s Magenta with Vanek plus bassist Chris Amberger, Wilde on guitar, Curran on drums and guest vocalist Joani Rose.

Also jazzy: Young vocalist Rose Armin-Hoiland who is about to head off to Costa Rica. But first she has a Friday gig at Westhaven Center for the Arts backed by swing bop pianist Darius Brotman. Cool man.

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