The Siren’s Song remains open and as long as that remains the case, I will be discussing the gigs there, as we need to hang onto our quirky venues for as long as we can. Once gone, they don’t tend to return, nor does the gap left in their wake ever seem to be sewn […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 28
The Westhaven Center for the Arts presents a birthday bash for local singer/songwriter Linda Faye Carson. The show will feature two groups she is associated with, LodeStar and 7th Generation Rise, both chock full of talented musicians and on that vibe that spans the expressway from the deep roots of the earth and out into […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 19
There’s nothing going on tonight that I haven’t reported on in one form or another before, so I’ll just spin the wheel and see where the cursor stops. Duck, duck, duck, goose … and it looks like the Logger Bar is the place tonight, where you can enjoy Jazz Bros at 4 p.m., and karaoke […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Feb. 17
Up in the Canadian side of the Rocky Mountains you will find the home-turf stamping grounds of The Wardens, a ground of Canuck songsters named after their chosen profession of national park wardens. Expect harmony-laden tales of the wilds of the backcountry and the experiences of the people who oversee its vast wilderness. I think […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Feb. 16
San Diego is in the house at Humbrews tonight but, rather than representing that weather-perfect town, will be celebrating the music of our colder, Northern neighbors. Chest Fever is an officially sanctioned tribute act celebrating The Band, one of the finest groups to emerge from the rock to folk back to rock double decade from […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 14
Ponies of Harmony, aka singer and trombonist James Zeller and guitarist and singer Katie Belknap, have put together a show at Synapsis tonight called All About Love, featuring poetic and musical musings on the nature of the evening’s theme. There is a vegan meal provided with soup, salad and bread from Brio, which must be […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 13
Rootsy local act The Elderberry Rust String Band is a good time for those looking for a hoot and a holler with plenty of solid picking. Swing by the Basement at 8 p.m. for a cover-free show of Americana tunes with that oh-so-fine bluegrass swagger.
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Music Tonight: Monday, Feb. 10
As more and more OG members of the Grateful Dead slip off into the cosmos and out of this dirtball living on Earth, we are faced with the next generation of noodle-smiths married to the craft of playing the odd notes at the right time in between more conventional song structures and tunes. One of […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Feb. 8
It seems as though the struggling Siren’s Song Tavern is keeping the doors open for now, and so I will do my part and spread the word about what’s going down on the glass and sidewalk stage while I still can. Tonight’s offering is a free 8 p.m. show featuring Good Time Charlies, Redwood Revolution […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 7
Offered various choices in my research for tonight, I ended up landing on a flyer for a free show at the Kaptain’s Quarters at 8 p.m. for a band called Battle Mountain Gold Co. Blame it on the Mardi Gras-adjacent colors, or the grinning skeleton brandishing a trumpet, or the promise of “Let’s get weird,” […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 6
Under the Canopy is an indie and folk-rock duo of the sensitive and confessional variety who hail from the 503 area code — Yuba City, as far as I can tell. There’s a sweet earnestness to their tunes and nothing lost is the cover charge over at the Logger Bar tonight at 8 p.m., if […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 5
Steve Poltz is a unique case study of the type of musician who found a way to forge a livelihood with his art right before the industry cratered into the rare mega-wealth and mass poverty model that is currently destroying the soul of American music. Coming up from the SoCal indie music scene of the […]