The Old Steeple is coming into 2023 hot, with a show tonight at 7:30 p.m. featuring Grammy- winning singer-songwriters. Shawn Colvin was last in Humco, I believe, when she shared the stage at the Van Duzer with Steve Earle in 2016, for a show that I snagged free tickets to out of sheer chance. Marc […]
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Dancing at the Playhouse this Saturday
And the beat goes on … Saturday, Jan. 21, tighten the laces on your dancing shoes for The California Poppies and Home Cookin’: A Playhouse Benefit Show, happening at 7 p.m. at Arcata Playhouse ($20). Two local bands playing very danceable music for a good cause. We like it. Home Cookin’ plays original tunes and rock […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Jan. 16
One of my very favorite Humco bands is playing a gig to kick off its tour of the Pacific Northwest at Siren’s Song Tavern tonight at 7 p.m. Blackplate will be joined by Eureka quartet Dirt Magic in making a bit of sonic magic for the public’s pleasure. My buddy Sean from the first band […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Jan. 15
Here’s a nice trifecta with a little bit for everyone on the Lord’s day of rest. First up at 3 p.m., if you are interested in hearing organ music done in the proper setting and by a master, head over to Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka and check out a performance by world-renowned organist Ken […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 13
Sons Of is a mini-indie supergroup, featuring Sam Prekop of The Sea and Cake (and also the ne phew of my dear late friend Jack Turner) and John McEntire from Tortoise. Both groups were groundbreaking in the ’90s and early aughts, due in no small part to the efforts of the aforementioned gentlemen. Come see […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 6
Boat Cop is a power trio whose fast and heavy sound falls somewhere between Motörhead and Discharge, with country and alternative textures thrown in. This is high praise from me, as those are all very good things in the Book of Collin. The group’s self-titled six-song tape, released last Halloween, is a noisy mess in […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec.9
Every so often there’s a band that I find myself writing about repeatedly that simply occupies its own territory in the landscape of our culture. One of those lurching mutants that scuttles around the margins of society with enough force to overcome its oddness and allow it to exist as a rolling juggernaut. Well, tonight […]
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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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Photos: Redwood Coast Music Festival Back in Swing
The Redwood Coast Music Festival finally got to start celebrating its 30th anniversary last Thursday night at Eureka’s Adorni Center, with Gino & the Lone Gunmen filling in for our local Delta Nationals, who had to cancel … dang COVID. Last held in 2019 due to pandemic cancelations, the four-day festival offered a smorgasbord lineup […]
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How ‘Bout Them Apples?
A Sip of Summer: Hard Cider Festival actually takes place a few days into fall, but that’s neither here nor there. The point is, it’s a festive afternoon sipping sweet and tart adult beverages in the park while listening to live music, eating great grub, playing games and browsing the wares of local artists and […]
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Check out these Cal Poly Humboldt Weekend Concerts
In the mood for some live, high-energy music? Look no further than the two shows Cal Poly Humboldt’s got on tap this weekend. First up, it’s the Cal Poly Humboldt Guitar Ensemble and Mariachi de Humboldt Concert, tonight at 8 p.m. in Fulkerson Recital Hall ($10, $5 child, free for CPH students w/ID). The concert […]
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Waltzing Mephisto
As I blearily write this, I am up too late, thinking about a last-minute camping trip I’m sneaking away on in the hopes of removing some of the crude nanoparticles that the year’s nonsense has disgorged into my psyche. I had hoped that last week would be the last time I would have to write […]