Micah Nelson, Willie’s youngest son, tours under the name Particle Kid and will be playing Stone Junction at 9 p.m. tonight. His music sounds like mild psychedelia with some modern experimental touches thrown in the mix. His song “Everything is Bullshit” is a bit rambling but ultimately enjoyable. Local jam-rock blues favorite Cold Blue Water […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, March 5
It’s my birthday and if I don’t spend it wallowing in the existential slump that I have traditionally indulged in for about 60 percent of my bee-days since I hit 18, I will very likely want to go out and do something. And I could certainly do a lot worse than heading up to the […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, March 2
There are many good shows tonight from just north of Elephant Rock to downtown Eureka so let’s get into it. At 7 p.m. local string jazz trio Belles of the Levee ply their early 20th century wares at the Westhaven Center for the Arts. With cost of admission being a sliding scale from $5 to […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 1
Chris Thomas King is Louisiana blues royalty. The son of Tabby Thomas, an early innovator of a type of music called “swamp blues” from southeastern Louisiana, King is probably best known in America for musical roles in the films Ray and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, in which he plays a bluesman who claims to […]
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Like the Saying Goes
Inspired by the use of the first half of the old adage “In like a lion, out like a lamb” employed by the Eureka Symphony for its concert series this Friday and Saturday, I started digging around online to find the origin of this March proverb. I didn’t get very far, as I am an […]
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Eureka, Paris, Eureka: An Interview with Flautist Paula Thomas
Eureka native Paula Thomas is based out of Paris but in any given year, the flautist can be found all over Europe performing music from the classical, baroque and contemporary musical repertoire. She is in town for two performances with the Eureka Symphony at 8 p.m. on March 2 and 3 at the Arkley Center […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 28
I was going to suggest going to the Old Steeple to check out the folk stylings of Greg Brown but it looks like that act is sold out. So let me hit you with two free shows and a curve ball. Local jazz trio RLA plays the Mad River Brewery Tasting Room with a little […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Feb. 27
It’s a singer-songwriter night of sorts at the Outer Space as Portland’s Sunbathe is supported by local tune-smiths. Blood Honey is the stage name of Ariel Fishkin, whose tunes have a bluesy and sad cadence, while Skyler McCormick and her unstoppable synth-flavored ukulele is Mother Munchie. Sleeper.Wav rounds out the team with acoustic experimentation. And […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Feb. 26
It’s the free bluegrass jam at Redwood Curtain Brewing Co. again this evening. Come on down to the marsh around 6 p.m. for some pickin’ and grinnin’.
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Feb. 25
Arcata Pirate Radio presents an all-ages benefit show at The Jam today for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Coast. (2 p.m.) Join the all-local cast of rockers Lord Ellis, stoners Ultramafic and one-man punk band The BoredAgain for a daytime blitzkreig bop bounce-house for the kiddies young and not so young ($5-$20 sliding […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Feb. 24
Local rhythm generating sextet Timbata has an 8 p.m. show at the Arcata Playhouse ($15). Featuring Humboldt State music program alums and professors, Timbata is a favorite on the scene, noted for its finely crafted Latin and Afro-Cuban beats inspired by the musical panoply that is the legacy of the Caribbean/African diaspora. Motherlode, the best […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 23
It’s the end of the work week and the beginning of that all-too-brief recess we call the weekend, so let’s not waste any time — or money — and go straight to the inexpensive thrills with two $5 dance options. Over at Humbrews at 9 p.m. it’s the ninth installment of Soul Party and this […]