I’ve been working on enjoying the rare moments of escape from the horror of the news while still balancing my observations on those horrors so as not to slip into a state of willful ignorance. April 15 — the last day of this column’s cycle — isn’t just Tax Day, it’s the anniversary of the […]
Music
Coverage of the music scene in Humboldt County with upcoming shows from locals and out-of-town acts, reviews, interviews and more.
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Tuesday, April 7
The Outer Space is hosting an indie rock show in its all-ages, sober space at 7 p.m. tonight. Traveling bands Simple Shapes from Portland and Poppyfield from Santa Cruz will converge from their respective cities to form a musical quorum with local bands Pennies for Pluto and Lxs Perdidxs for some bopping and strumming ol’ […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Saturday, April 4
Another free Shanty show on the docket tonight at 8 p.m., with three punk bands from Redding in the Swan Room spotlight. Don’t Care, Furlough Fridays and The Wokemen are all bringing the fury, but there’s a local angle, too. One of my absolute favorite local painters, Jesse Wiedel, will be jamming with the last […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Friday, April 3
Two shows in Arcata tonight, both featuring veteran acts from either here or abroad, both going down at 8 p.m. Let’s dig further. At the Wild Hare, you will find the local flavors of Barking Dogma, Generational Trauma and Good Time Charlies. Peggy Martinez of Barking Dogma wanted to remind me to tell you that […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Thursday, April 2
The Redwood Jazz Alliance presents another promising show at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 8 p.m. Allison, Cardenas & Nash is a trio of musicians who play bass, guitar and saxophone respectively without the assistance of a drummer, which is both more challenging and freeing than a casual listener would know. There is something absolutely […]
Posted inThe Setlist
Overture
I am running down a deadline and the music I’m listening to while writing has just shifted to Rachmaninoff, so time is ticking away along with the score. For those of you wondering if there is a contradiction when I mention a different act I’m listening to while writing in the text below, there is […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 31
It’s the last night of March and there are far worse ways to go out like a lamb than enjoying another Tuesday evening of jazz played expertly by the Opera Alley Cats at the Speakeasy. No cover for the show, so show some love for players and pourers.
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Sunday, March 29
If you have found your allotment of strange beauty still lacking despite the fine offerings in the entire before this one, fear not: You have two fine options to tickle the pineal gland and pluck the fine cords of motion in the medulla that create the chords of subconscious harmony in the seat of the […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Saturday, March 28
Abronia is a Portland band that has gained international recognition for its haunting invocations of the spectral landscape of crossroads converging in the valley of death beyond the western plains of the living. A place where the flesh must be sacrificed in the white heat so a caravan of charred bones can carry the soul […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Friday, March 27
The Creative Sanctuary jazz folk are putting on another tribute to the greats at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 7 p.m. This time it’s Duke Ellington and his tight collaborator Billy Strayhorn, author of the inimitable tune “Take the A-Train,” among many other classics. James Zeller, Katie Belknap and the usual suspects will be joined […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Thursday, March 26
The Cowtown Sound is throwing a Honky Tonk Thursday at the Logger Bar tonight. There will be a two-step dance lesson for all comers at 8:30 p.m., with the music starting around a half hour after. No cover at the door, so tip everyone accordingly.
Posted inMusic
Do-Si-Do
I’m going to be brief here because I’m writing at the coda of a beautiful day. I had a wonderful time with some loved ones and the centerpiece was visiting some departed family members in the Trinidad Cemetery, one of my favorite places. We had our picnic there in the sun, with, counting the dead, […]