More roots-rock Americana on tap tonight at the Old Steeple, where Alabama’s relatively young native son Early James will be performing a set of custom tunes which seem older than the maker. In short, James has tapped into the older goods of the deep, resonant human sounds of our cultural traditions and he has the […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 4
The Old Steeple and the Eureka Chamber Music Series have come together to present the Balourdet Quartet, an award-winning group of musicians who will be both performing a program of music and curating a panel talk about music, art and freedom in society. The evening’s musical centerpiece is avant garde composer Steve Reich’s “Different Trains,” […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 5
Steve Poltz is a unique case study of the type of musician who found a way to forge a livelihood with his art right before the industry cratered into the rare mega-wealth and mass poverty model that is currently destroying the soul of American music. Coming up from the SoCal indie music scene of the […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 27
In case you missed the brilliant Jenny Scheinman’s recent sold-out live love letters to our remote and sweetly chaotic homeland, I have some good news for you. If you wander on down to the Old Steeple tonight at 7:30 p.m., you will find her at it again, but this time pairing up to play side-fiddle […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 19
Lots of business is going down this Saturday night, so I thought I’d mix things up a bit and recommend a show outside of my normal route and field of interest. Bloody Kisses is a burlesque performance presented by Duchess Burlesque and inspired by the words of that creepy, born again and dead now vampire […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, June 5
Ana Egge is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, and guitar builder based out of Brooklyn, New York. Her tunes are well-written, and walk on those lovely, gilded splinters set between the converging pathways of modern folk, country and bluesy jazz. I dig it. Check her out at the Old Steeple tonight at 7:30 p.m., a place that […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, May 26
Hawaiian slack-key guitarist, wide-range singer and multi-instrumentalist Led Kaapana returns to our county to share the sounds he has made famous for most of his 75 years on the planet. I’m lucky enough to have seen him live before and will confirm he is a master of his form in every sense of the word, […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Sept. 30
The world of music runs not on the headliner alone but on their secret weapon. You can call them the hired gun, the sideman, the multi-instrumentalist, but the job really all shakes out to be the same thing: they can play almost anything, on almost any instrument and make it sound good. The late David […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, March 22
When people couple up, magic can happen, whether that magic is creative musical excellence (Linda and Richard Thompson’s albums come to mind), scientific advances (see: Pierre and Marie Curie) or wild violence (like the exploits of the protagonists of Terrence Malick’s Badlands, whose behavior was based on the actions of infamous characters I have no […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Feb. 21
Since I’m about 2,500 miles away from any carnival party that I’d be interested in participating in, I am going to cool it on any hope to find a theme for tonight, and rather let you all know that there will be at least one house in the 707 with red beans and rice and […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 26
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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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 25
Singer, songwriter and mandolin player AJ Lee fronts (what else?) AJ Lee & Blue Summit, a bluegrass band that has spent the time since its inception in 2015 building up a fanbase, first in Santa Cruz and the Bay Area, and onto the world of international touring. I can certainly see why the group has […]