It’s a fine afternoon to go check out the music scene at the Fieldbrook Winery. Today’s players are Celtic, world, and folk guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Seabury Gould, who will be joined by fiddler Evan Morden. The tunes start at noon and are free, with an understanding that refreshments are available for purchase, and a note […]
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Ain’t Misbehavin’
Despite last week’s wild news cycle, you will not be getting any political talk from me now. I stand by my words from a few weeks ago, before the debate, that because we are all locally removed from national electoral culpability, we are free to chase our own winds, fair or foul. I’ll even go […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 20
Speaking of jams, Seabury Gould is hosting his popular Irish Jam at the Logger Bar at 7 p.m. Although the man comes prepared with material and heartfelt instrumental and vocal pieces, there’s always room for someone to pick up their tool of choice and join the fray. Entrance costs nothing, so be sure to bring […]
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Fun Irish Shindig to Benefit the Temperance Hall
Enjoy An Evening of Irish Music and Humor, a benefit to support the repairs, site improvements and beautification of the 130-year-old Temperance Hall at the corner of Old Arcata and Jacoby Creek Roads, happening Friday, March 17, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Temperance Hall ($20, $18 online advance). This shindig should be a […]
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I’m Your Man in thePeanut Gallery
I was in my early 20s when I realized that I would never cut it as a strictly objective journalist. I had just sold my second piece of freelance writing to a now-defunct magazine called Clamor. It was an interview with Christian Parenti, the author and Iraq War correspondent for The Nation magazine. Hearing about […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, August 17
Mark Jenny is the guitar ripping half of Legends of the Mind, a local blues duo whom I have repped in this column before. Tonight he joins local scene mainstay Seabury Gould at 7 p.m. at the Westhaven Center for the Arts for an evening of summertime blues for all of you lovers caught between […]
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Go On Without Me
I went out a few times this last week, and I am paying for it now. From Blue Lake to Eureka, I trekked about for social and musical engagements, and now I am a wreck. I trusted you, Humboldt, and you have rewarded my childlike faith in your essential goodness by giving me your germs. […]