It’s New Year’s Eve-eve, and the folks at Septentrio are kicking off a two-night goodbye to 2024 with a couple of big-ol’ dance parties starting at 7 p.m. DJs Red and King Maxwell will be providing the musical mortar to fill the gaps between sets by funk masters Object Heavy and Deadheads The Magnificent Sanctuary […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 28
Here are two very different shows happening at roughly the same time, 9 p.m.-ish, and for more or less the same price. The Basement is featuring guitarist Greg Douglass, possibly most famous for his time with the Steve Miller Band, during which he co-wrote the hit Jungle Love. He’ll be sitting in with Grateful Dead-ites […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 27
Lots of gigs going down tonight, but I’d like to give a shout out to two, something old, and something new. In the first camp is Holus Bolus, a one-man guitar looping sound-meister who I’ve been writing about and advocating for since my first days on this beat. He’s playing a free gig at the […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 21
Here’s a trio of ways to celebrate the longest night of the year, laid out in chronological form for your discernment. At the Arcata Playhouse at 7 p.m., singer and trombonist James Zeller presents the music of Chet Baker (and other Capricorns). He will be joined by his usual cadre of talented cats, Gabe Lubowe, […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 20
Tomáseen Foley’s “A Celtic Christmas” is on the program tonight at the Van Duzer Theatre at 7 p.m. ($25-$50). Now in its 29th year of production, this mix of storytelling, music and dance evokes the mid-20th century bygone days of holiday celebration as experienced by the people of Western Ireland. Enjoy the folklore and fun […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 19
Here’s a thought: Try starting your long solstice weekend off with some free jazz. Not free in the sense of genre, but a no-cover show at the Basement at 7:30 p.m., with fusion group HDMB Jazz.
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 14
The Miniplex is putting on the kind of gig it does best, with cosmic folk musician Julie Beth Napolin, who will be joined by local heroes Ethan Miller of Howlin’ Rain and Comets on Fire fame, and Anthony Taibi, a sound maker, breaker and recorder who has been in too many amazing psyche projects to […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 13
Here’s an unusually and fittingly outré gig for the final Friday the 13th of 2024. Visiting from Spain, the enigmatic, masked (and possibly haunted doll) LA NEUTRA is presenting a DJ-curated, mixtape trip called “March of the Trolls, Dance Exorcism.” Expect a wide range of globe-spanning music, including remixes of Indian and Arabic music, as […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 12
It might not be Monday, but it’s still a metal night over at Savage Henry Comedy Club, where at 9 p.m., you can enjoy a line-up of bands from both here and abroad. The road dogs are represented by blackened thrash band Oxygen Destroyer from a scattering of cities further north in the Pacific Northwest, […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Dec. 8
Sundays are always nice for matinee performances and the CPH Department of Dance, Music and Theatre is putting on a nice one at 2 p.m. today at Fulkerson Hall. The Mad River Transit Singers are presenting a jazzy, Afro-Brazilian program with a range of tunes written by the likes of Artie Shaw, Jorge Ben and […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 7
If you’re in the mood for some Christmas songs from the golden age of crooning by the fireplace, then tonight’s show at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Steeple is just the thing for you. Randy Cordeiro is not only a native Humboldtianite, but a rather well-regarded frontman in his touring Neil Diamond tribute band Super […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 6
Bay Area rap superstar and former collaborator and friend of the late, great Mac Dre, Andre Nickatina is back in town for an evening at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. As he is a man who needs little introduction in these parts, I’ll just add that doors are at 7 p.m., and tickets are going for […]