Originally from Australia, Nattali Rize has made Jamaica her homebase for the better part of a decade, where she has developed her slinky, roots-folk reggae sound. She’s bringing that sound to Humbrews tonight at 9 p.m., where she will be joined by like-minded Jamaican acts Kumar and Minori ($25, $20 advance). If you’re in the […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, April 13
Flint, Michigan, is the home of many things. Some good, some wild. I once played a show there that had to be locked down because the neighboring trailer park to the club had a domestic disturbance involving a man brandishing a gun from the roof of a trailer (thankfully, no one was harmed). Among the […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, April 12
Indubious is a Bend, Oregon-based reggae band whose sound is full of the kind of echo-y, sonic noise that saves the genre from boring repetition. The group is centered around the Burton brothers, Evton and Skip, who were both born with the potentially fatal condition of cystic fibrosis but build a fine musical career. They’ll […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 7
The term “power trio” is often overused and a bit dated at this stage of the game, as very few bands are out there ripping out riffs and melting amps with three players in the classic bass, guitar/vox and drums configuration (nod to God for Sleep, who are keeping the faith alive). However, a trio […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 7
One of the surefire ways for me to generate controversy and emails in this job is when I say that one particular local Grateful Dead tribute band is the best in the county. There is almost always someone sending me admonishment and venting spleen over my choice of this band, rather than that one. However, […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 2
For the last three decades and over the course of nine records, the Young Dubliners have been committed to producing a sound that marries traditional Irish folk tunes with contemporary rock. The result is a career with solid cult-status, and a fairly loyal and enthusiastic fanbase, won over by constant touring in the pre-COVID world. […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 30
Multi-instrumentalist Grahame Lesh, son of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, has become a dependable figure in the Dead-adjacent jam scene. Tonight at Humbrews, you can catch Midnight North, the band he fronts, as the group supports its newest release, There’s Always a Story to Tell. Along for the ride is RIVVRS, whose sound falls squarely […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 18
Rural New York state, particularly the Hudson River Valley, has a habit of harboring some top- notch folk talent. There’s an undeniable magic up that way and I have some good memories of snowshoeing around when I was a rootless 20-something Brooklynite trying to get out of the frozen hell of NYC for a spell. […]
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Trouble Brewing
The folks at Humboldt Made are hoping a labeling controversy might land a once-local beer’s brewing operations back on the North Coast. The Humboldt Brewing Co.’s current incarnation has little to do with its county of origin. Sure, there are the colorful labels complete with images of towering redwoods and lush ferns. There’s the word […]