Let the good times roll with the Bayou Swamis on Friday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall ($5–$20 sliding). This lively Louisiana-inspired band serves up swampy originals and Cajun-spiced tunes with Jeff Landen on guitar, Randle Lundberg on button accordion and fiddle, Kate Koemel on rubboard and T-fer, Marla Joy on bass […]
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Music Today: Sunday, July 14
Summer means a great many things around here. Chief among them is a certain clustering of musical events as the weather hits peak shine, and the population reflects stalwart locals anchored in place amid a steady motion of tourists and newcomers, filling in the void left by departed students. One such cluster is Annie and […]
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Summer Breeze
“July is dressed up and playing her tune,” is the relevant line from this week’s headline song, a dark, soft rock masterpiece from way back when. The question is, are you listening and from where? For my own part, I am temporarily housebound, recovering from a wee medical thing from last week (I’m fine), and […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 16
The Westhaven Center for the Arts is hosting a to-do called “Let’s Dance,” with the Bayou Swamis providing the tunes for the action. I’ve only ever seen sit-down chamber music performances here, so I am curious to see how expansive the dance floor can get. If you are similarly inclined, you can find out for […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 7
Jeff Landen, singer, guitarist, and songwriter known locally as a member of the Bayou Swamis, returns to the Logger Bar tonight at 7 p.m. for a free solo set. Expect a lively mix of covers and originals all sung and played quite well.
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 19
Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Landen, of local fame via his group the Bayou Swamis (howdy to bandmate Kate and thanks for the lovely letter), is playing a free solo gig tonight at the Logger Bar at 7 p.m. Expect lots of thoughtful covers, good energy and some fine singing chops.
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Hot, Hot, Heat
I’m firing this one off straight from the hip, so no frills, $20 words or political invective. It’s a dang scorcher today, even on the coast, and I don’t intend on spending the daylight looking at a screen, tapping away at a slowly heating keyboard, while the busy sounds of the landscaping industry hums and […]
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Summer Camp Splendor
OK campers, pick a perch and cop a squat. I’ve got the 411 for you but this is not a recording and I will not be repeating myself. This week’s checklist of activities will include: the reunion of a local honky-tonk institution, visitors from Canada and England, booty shaking (no laughing, Johnson, or dammit, I […]