It’s always a good time when Portland’s finest country music rollers and soulful, stardusted cowfolks Jenny Don’t and the Spurs come to town. Extra points a-glowing on the fine stitching and sequins when the group plays the Logger Bar, practically a vacation home by now for this fine act. The 8 p.m. show is early […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, March 28
Speaking of cumbia music and Latin grooves, if you really want to dance your ass down to a nub with some of the finest beat chugging sound blasters in the country, swing over to Humbrews at 9 p.m. for a hefty dose of Makenu, who have set the marker many times over for the county […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 27
Here’s another venue that hasn’t gotten much, if any, ink in this column. The Local Cider Bar is hosting a free pajama party at 7 p.m. with music by the DJ crew of Hispanic! At The Disco. Expect a lot of Latin grooves from cumbia to reggaeton and beyond, and, if I might make a […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, March 26
Seattle duo Yaima has been making multi-instrumental world music with vocals and electronic features for the last decade, and represent a sort of staying power to a music scene that has seen a lot of losses and a few lasting groups, like Beats Antique, who rolled through earlier this month. The Arcata Theatre Lounge has […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 25
Recalling viral music trends and archiving them in the mind seems at odds with the transient nature of the medium — and the flashbang attention span economy it represents — but for those of you who remember, there was a sea shanty thing kicking around about a while ago, starting with a cover of “The […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, March 22
If you have been online lately looking around for local acts that have broken Humboldt containment into media virality, the odds are even you’ve heard of the country folk act Brett McFarland and the Freedom Riders. Weaving spells of old county tales for the masses out there, this group has garnered enough attention to launch […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, March 21
Spring is a good time for something old returning and something new blooming. And so I offer you two gigs in that order. Music has returned to Cafe Mokka, and tonight’s intimate show will be courtesy of Irish music trio Ceo, featuring locals Blake Ritter, Alina Lawson and Chris Hinderyckx. No fee and the tunes […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 20
The springtime has come again to our hemisphere, and where better in our little chunk of the planet to celebrate the equal split between night and day than in bonny Blue Lake? Specifically, the Logger Bar at 8 p.m., where you can enjoy a solo show by Vanishing Pints and Miracle Show-man Jeff Kelley.
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, March 19
Two oddball and frankly fantastic underground cult bands from yesteryear are converging at the Miniplex tonight, and I don’t suggest missing this shebang. Oneida is from New York City, and Kinski are from Seattle, but both hit the bricks hard around the same time, having been birthed from the late ’90s ecstatic noise and pop […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, March 17
Regular readers know how little regard I have for this plastic Paddy holiday, having run the gauntlet bartending and been mistaken as Irish on this silly, American drinking pageant. No shade on the Irish, by the way, and up the ‘RA and get your Brits out, as Kneecap, a favorite Irish rap group of mine, […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, March 16
Scott Cook and Pamela Mae play folk music, as an acoustic duo with the fella on guitar and vox, and the lady on upright bass and harmonies. Simple, unpretentious stuff, as you will discover for yourself at Synapsis at 7 p.m. The suggested donations for this road running duo run from $15-$25 but you won’t […]
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Temperance Hall St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up. Craving a stew-pendous meal with a side of live music? Join the fun at An Evening of Irish Music, happening Saturday, March 15, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Bayside Temperance Hall ($45 dinner and music, $25 music only). A hearty Irish stew dinner (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.) sets […]