Humbrews is hosting Live Dead & Brothers, an “All-Star Appreciation of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers.” This basically boils down to a big band full of musicians from Dead and Allman Bros. satellite bands, gathering to play from the song books of two of the biggest godfather groups of the American jam genre. […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, June 23
It’s another Metal Monday over at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 7 p.m. I was stuck pondering the unreadable band logos on the flyer but was luckily hanging out with my good buddy Shea, who helped me out of the jam with some cooperative sleuthing. Best as we can tell, the line-up is as […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, June 21
It’s the second and final night of the mini-music fest Thrash and Destroy at RampArt Skatepark in honor of international skate weekend, so if you missed last night’s “Thrash Metal Fest” offering at 7 p.m., you can still enjoy tonight’s “Punker Parade” at the same time, featuring performances by locals Racket and Imperial Destructo, along […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, June 20
Legendary singer/songwriter Jonathan Richman will be strumming his stuff at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 8 p.m. He will be joined by longtime drummer Tommy Larkins, to tap into a back catalogue that stretches 50 years into the past, starting at a time when his group The Modern Lovers were changing the way people thought […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, June 19
Jamaican singer Barrington Levy has been a dancehall sensation since his teen years in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Since then, his music has evolved to include more traditional reggae and Rastafarian themes, without losing the crowd-pleasing propulsion of his earlier work. Now in his early 60s, he remains a worldwide live draw for […]
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Movies Tonight: Monday, June 16
Savage Henry Comedy Club presents Movie Party Tonight, with doors at 6 p.m., movie at 7 p.m., and a free raffle that comes with the $10 ticket. Tonight’s offering is 1994’s direct-to-video flick Moonchild, where writer/director Todd Sheets creates a dark future where a man fuses his DNA with a wolf to become a super […]
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Music Today: Sunday, June 15
Mike Bynum, Aleister Paige and Darren Weiss are three talented local musicians who lend their instrumental prowess to several local old jazz, folk and country acts, but today join forces to play some acoustic jams as The Deck Hands. The hour is high noon and while there’s no cover for the music, the venue is […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, June 14
Sonoma-based power trio The Beer Scouts returns to its former headwaters of Humboldt County to play a couple of shows at — appropriately — two of our local breweries. If you missed yesterday’s 6 p.m. gig at the Paskenta Mad River Brewing tasting room, you can still catch the bluesy rock setlist of covers and […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, June 13
Lucky, ominous or otherwise, the only agreed-upon spooky day before Halloween this year is here. Superstitions aside, I am going to act as though this is any other Friday as far as my beat is concerned. Here are two gigs to kickstart your weekend. The Outer Space opens its doors at 5:30 p.m. for snacks […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, June 12
Denver, Colorado’s The Motet has been slinging its own brand of funk and soul musical hash since 1998, and is known for its artist-themed Halloween shows, featuring full sets covering the works of musicians like The Talking Heads or Madonna, as well as growing its sound into a larger world music and jam influenced machine. […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, June 11
Pierre Bensusan is a French-Algerian acoustic guitarist who has managed over a 50-year career to not only carve out his own sound from the brilliant force of his unique playing, but to become the master of one of the more versatile guitar tunings, DADGAD, which forms a bridge from Ireland to North Africa with its […]
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Music Today, Sunday June 8
Another Sunday, another afternoon matinee of choral music at the Arcata Playhouse. This week it’s the McKinleyville Community Choir presenting its Spring concert at 3 p.m. Admission is donation only. Enjoy.