The Old Steeple is welcoming the return of Willie Nelson’s youngest son Micah, akaParticle Kid, as he brings his chops back to the stage for an acoustic show, sans theguitar effects and loops that he is often known for. This should be a good timeregardless, and early too, with a 7:30 p.m. start ($26.50).
Particle Kid
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All Tomorrow’s Parties
Last week saw the Arcata Rising fundraiser for the victims of the fire on Jan. 2 take over Humbrews from Friday to Sunday. I am not a very good chronicler of live music when it comes to the straight-story style of reporting; I tend to paint by impressions rather than numbers, for better or for […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 31
It’s the Big Spooky tonight. Rather than round up all the various activities available out there for all you Halloweenies, I’m going to stick to my beat and suggest three shows, starting in Ferndale and heading north. That ought to cover the geographic spread for many of you. Over at the Old Steeple at 7:30 […]
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Box of Rain
It’s fitting that the man who co-wrote the most famous song about dying, by a group called The Grateful Dead, would see fit to pass away during this period of days that finds the living in communion with the departed, surrounded — around here at least — by a fat backdrop of rain. More on […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, March 31
Particle Kid is the project of Micah Nelson, Willie Nelson’s youngest kid and a talented musician and prolific tourer in his own right. He returns for another spin through Humboldt County and his venue this time, the Old Steeple, is just about perfect to showcase his analog, acoustic, tape loop and digital hybrid sound. Folk […]
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Down with the Sickness
I’m going to be brief here because I’m recovering from some kind of minor crud. Looking through my recent history for possible disease vectors, from out-of-town visitors to a few crowded indoor situations, and I’m coming up with nothing concrete. So I’ll blame my troubles on doing sound last week for an incredibly strange and […]
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Vaya con Dios
One aspect of this gig that I haven’t relished over the years is reporting when another member of the Humboldt music scene has passed away. I try to keep things light here (mostly) and there is generally nothing light about death, particularly the death of an artist. And despite my own especially mordant sense of […]
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Stretch Out
I’ll keep this brief because I really stretched out in my ekphrastic music writing this week and I don’t want to test your patience. It’s a brand-new week, a new month dawns, my birthday is just around the corner (next Thursday for anyone thinking about buying me a rideable war bird, black market Gundam suit […]
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Like the Saying Goes
Inspired by the use of the first half of the old adage “In like a lion, out like a lamb” employed by the Eureka Symphony for its concert series this Friday and Saturday, I started digging around online to find the origin of this March proverb. I didn’t get very far, as I am an […]