Andy Powell

The Old Steeple in Ferndale welcomes back Tom Rush to its 115-year-old venue. Tom has been in the folk world since the ’60s and has influenced countless musicians over the decades. Of Rush, James Taylor said, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.” Garth Brooks, Jackson […]

One of the Marley clan is coming back to Humboldt and making a wise a stop in SoHum at the Mateel Community Center. At 8 p.m. you’ll find Kabaka Pyramid and the Bebble Rockers opening the show for Damian Jr. Gong Marley, who just released Stony Hill back in July and is on the road […]

Outer Space in Arcata features Ice Balloons, with Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, tonight at 7 p.m. for a great all ages show. Sun Foot, billed as a “Portland Los Angeles 3 piece contemporary art rock band,” will bend your mind. I have no idea where they are from but maybe that’s part […]

It’s the 13th annual Humboldt Hills Hoedown at the Mateel Community Center in Redway starting at noon. I was recently chatting with a friend about how money’s getting tighter here in Humboldt as our largest industry transitions into the legitimate marketplace. With prices of Humboldt’s world famous crop dropping weekly, the amount of money in […]

Local keyboard jammer Tomek has been helping to organize the Friday Night Live concert series in Old Town Eureka on the last Friday of each month. There are three more concerts coming up before they take a break during the cold winter months. Tonight you’ll find Lyndsey Battle, from what Tomek tells me, though it’s […]

Local musical man of mystery Chris Parreira tipped me off to an interesting show this evening in a rare venue — at M. Walker Guitars at 550 South G St., Unit #9 — with Anna Tivel. She’s a touring singer/songwriter and has recently been a winner at the Telluride Troubadour Contest and the Kerrville New […]

The RLA Jazz Trio is joined again by Paula & Don this evening at the Mad River Brewery Tap Room at 6 p.m. for free. You’ll get some good jazz to sway to but you’ll be comfortable tapping your feet and sipping your John Barleycorn as well if you just want to ride it out. […]

Talented trio Homenaje is at the Arcata Playhouse tonight. Led by guitarist Will Brahm, the band incorporates jazz, classical and Latin music into their grooves. This trio’s based out of Los Angeles and features percussionist Chris Wabich, who’s jammed with Leonard Cohen and the Zappa Family, and bassist Ross Shodek rounds out the band. They’ll […]

Missed Holus Bolus in Blue Lake yesterday? You can find him helping to celebrate the first anniversary of Eureka Natural Foods McKinleyville at 11 a.m. this morning. Get loopy early. Local rock chameleons the Delta Nationals return to Mad River Brewery Tap Room at 6 p.m. to play rock, swing, jazz etc. for your enjoyment. […]

The Mad River Brewery welcomes back “one-man-psychedelic-acoustiloop” musician Holus Bolus tonight at 6 p.m. Think of him as a one-man band, playing a multitude of instruments and layering them one at a time through a looping machine. He may record the drums first and then a bass line and then some chords and then sing […]