Back in 1984 — with a head full of the sounds of Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd — bassist Les Claypool started fooling around with a drum machine and a few different band mates. He was trying to make a baby out of the musical DNA of James Brown and Eddie Van Halen with a […]
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Those Two Guys
If you’re familiar with Cory McAbee, it’s probably because of The Billy Nayer Show, a 20-year collaboration between songwriter/autoharpist/filmmaker McAbee and drummer Bobby Lurie. By mutual agreement, Billy is currently on hold; both musicians have moved on to new adventures. For McAbee, it’s a semi-solo project he calls Captain Ahab’s Motorcycle Club. McAbee says the […]
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Russia Meets America
The Eureka Chamber Music Series presents Russia Meets America, a program of Russian and American piano music performed by Russian pianist Daria Rabotkina on Friday at Calvary Lutheran Church in Eureka.
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C.R. faces the music [now with official P.R.]
There will be a lot less music in the future at College of the Redwoods if the college administration follows through with plans for reductions in class offerings in its music department. Earlier today the Journal received a leaked copy of a memo sent by C.R.’s music department head Ed Macan to C.R. students and […]
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CenterArts Announces Concert Cancelation
Press release from HSU’s CenterArts: CenterArts regrets the cancellation of the Los Lonely Boys concert originally scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre, HSU. Henry Garza, of Texas trio Los Lonely Boys, was admitted to a Los-Angeles area hospital after sustaining injuries from a fall at the Downey […]
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A Song for Bill
Every once in a while someone reads a story in the Journal and is inspired. We like it when that happens. An example is this song by former Humboldter Melody Walker, an “Americali” singer/songwriter who now lives in Richmond. (Walker was among those profiled in Herb Childress‘ cover story from 2011, “Leaving.”) She explained, “My […]
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Ocean Grove to Host More Murder Music
Undaunted by public outrage stirred up by the furtive Capleton concert earlier this month, the Ocean Grove Lodge in Trinidad has booked another dancehall performer whose lyrics explicitly call for the murder and brutalization of gays. This time, in a concert scheduled for Election Day, the performer is Beenie Man, a Jamaican dancehall icon with a […]
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Reason No. 4,172 You Don’t Live in Santa Rosa: Humboldt Live Sessions
Ah, Humboldt harmoniousness… If you needed another reminder of the immense talent we’re hoarding here behind the Redwood Curtain, give a click or seven to videographer Chuck Johnson‘s recent Humboldt Live Sessions videos. For the last month or so, Johnson has been prolifically producing and uploading beautifully shot performances by local musical standouts. Bonus: the […]
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Getting Rowdy With Big G
Journal stringer and electronica fan Travis Turner contributed this piece about Wednesday’s big, big EDM show presented by World Famous at Blue Lake Casino featuring Big Gigantic and Adventure Club. by Travis Turner If your life has been missing ample amounts of rowdy saxophone, electronic bass and live drumming, then you are probably ready for the monstrous […]
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Guest Post: Illuminating the Dark; Pretty Lights comes to Blue Lake
Occasional Journal correspondent Travis Turner offers this heads up in a guest post about a show coming to the Blue Lake Casino: For most of us there is that one artist that easily slides out of the iTunes quiver, loads itself into the Bose and fires you straight into the night. Reaching for it is […]
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‘Awesome’ Outside Lands
After a full festival dose of music, our teen correspondents Kaylee and Nick Savage-Wright report back from San Francisco’s massive Outside Lands Festival. Kaylee: Only a few hours after the first day ended, people were already reliving the events of the past 24 hours, already planning for next year, their talk full of words like […]