I’m not here to either sell or slag off Oyster Fest. There are more than enough voices out there slinging all the cheers and jeers to top off anyone with a set of eyes and ears — willing or otherwise. Let people have fun, I say, whether that fun involves advocating for or talking shit […]
Fortuna Monday Club
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Fortuna Concert Series Presents Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter
The weekend of spectacular live performance continues when Fortuna Concert Series presents an evening of traditional instrumental music by multi-instrumentalists Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter on Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 at Fortuna Monday Club ($10). The concert features traditional instrumental music from Sweden and Ireland, as well as original compositions featuring Celtic harps, Swedish […]
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Humboldt All-Stars Perform at the Fortuna Monday Club
Harken back to the swinging ’20s, ’30s and ’40s with Humboldt’s premier Dixieland band, the Humboldt All-Stars, on Saturday, March 12 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Fortuna Monday Club ($10). Members of the group have played with countless jazz and Dixieland groups, from the Hall St. Honkers to the Jewish Wedding Band to the […]
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Tropicalismo
It’s never easy nail down a music genre. As with many things ineffable, the more you describe them, the more elusive they seem. Much like quantum physics, the more microscopic your view, the more you see, ad infinitum. This paradoxical quandary hit me while trying to pin what it was about Sugar Candy Mountain that […]
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The Substitute
One of the many things in life that make me feel overwhelming guilt is the fact that I don’t make it out to many shows these days. (I won’t spend the time here blaming our children for robbing me of almost every free moment of life and making my body shut down at 8:30 p.m. […]