Let’s start with the sunnier side, specifically the bright light that is Westhaven Center for the Arts. Longtime folksinger Jim Page returns to Humboldt for a special evening hosted by the Northcoast Environmental Center and the Humboldt Folklife Society. Counting Bonnie Raitt and Utah Phillips among his admirers, Page needs little introduction — but if […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Sexy-Sweetness and Punk Fury
Venerable singer/songwriter Greg Brown graces the Van Duzer on Friday night. His songs grow like snap peas, stories and music trellising up into sweet, sharp, nourishing delights. When he croons, “Ah, you get the feelin’ things may be alright/On a summer evenin’ before the dark of night,” you believe him. Expect much triggering of nostalgia […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Strings sublime
That genre of music popularized by the great Django Reinhart has been the subject of some debate over how it’s commonly referenced. Is “gypsy jazz” a racial pejorative? My brief research yielded neither a clear answer nor cause to stop use of the phrase, so I’ll go with it for now. Self-described “Americana meets gypsy […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Roots & Reality Reggae, R&B
Reggae star Prezident Brown brings his version of the new roots and reality consciousness reggae to Humboldt Brews. While scrolling through his online press kit for a photo, the band’s rider popped up. In case you’re wondering what the man and his band require, their needs are relatively basic: a case of water (Note: Can’t […]
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The Redwood Jazz Alliance welcomes the Michael Moore Quartet on Tuesday, April 15 at 8 p.m. at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Known for his virtuosity, his expressiveness and his beautiful tone on clarinet, the multi-reedist is also a prolific composer with more than two dozen albums to his name. Tickets are $15 general/$10 […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: The Magnificence that is Saturday, April 12.
Skate, chili and a Minor Threat cover band No one will accuse the folks at RampArt of being slackers. Establishing an indoor skate-art park with a focus on providing something cool for kids sounds like the kind of idea some well-intentioned post-college kids brainstorm about one afternoon, only to bail out when the reality of fundraising […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Southern hip-hop wordplay, South African a capella
Make note, the cleverly named CunninLynguists and their Strange Universe Tour with J-Live, Sadistik and Nemo Achida has been moved from the Arcata Theatre Lounge to the Jambalaya. CunninLyguists is a hip-hop group from Lexington, Ky. and Atlanta, Ga. The trio’s name, the press release explains to the dialectally challenged, “is a portmanteau of the words […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Future Islands, Whatever Forever
The big show tonight is North Carolina post-wave dance band Future Islands over at Humboldt Brews. Did you see them kill it on Letterman last week? Get your tickets now. Terse, yet passionate, Future Islands lays synthy melodies overtop a pulsing punk bass and a rather ecstatic sense of rhythm. Joining them is Ed Shrader’s Music Beat. Show starts […]
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It’s Official: Cunninlynguists Show Moved to Jambalaya
When we first wrote about the Tuesday night gig, it was happening at ATL. Since then, the party has been moved around the block to the Jambalaya. From the Setlist: Make note, the cleverly named CunninLynguists land their Strange Universe Tour with J-Live, Sadistik and Nemo Achida at Arcata Theatre Lounge the Jambalaya. CunninLyguists is a hip-hop group […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Hyped on Odesza, Psyched on White Manna
In addition to the good time that is Arts Alive! in Eureka, Arcata has some happenings. At the Jambalaya, Seattle production duo Odesza show off the hit-making skills that sent multiple songs to Hype Machine’s “Popular” chart and earned Odesza spots at Sasquatch, Capitol Hill Block Party and the Decibel Fest, among others. Doors at […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Ramblin’ and Draggin’
The No Good Redwood Ramblers certainly are good and, if you haven’t yet stomped your feet at one of the band’s live gigs, here’s yet another chance and a special one. To celebrate the release of the band’s new CD, Good Ramblin’, the Ramblers are throwing a party at the Logger Bar! Quintessential Humboldt here, […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Fantastic and dreamy
Immediately spooky and catchy, El Radio Fantastique‘s music has been called everything from junkyard hymns to cabaret grotesque to gypsy soul to New Orleans second line noir. The band’s dangerously charming singer, songwriter, dumpster diver and former gravedigger Giovanni DiMorente leads El Radio Fantastique’s audience into a world where an old radio possesses and haunts […]