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Music Tonight: Sunday, Nov. 10

By Collin Yeo on November 10, 2024 at 4:00AM

Again, speaking of things which started in 2017, Orphic Percussion is a quartet of off-roading, free-ranging mallet-wielders whose sonic palette includes traditional chromatic instruments like marimbas and vibraphones, along with drums of various descriptions, and found items from the metallic world. Contrapuntal coordination galore is at work in this act’s sets and worth your time on an otherwise sleepy Sunday.

Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 9

By Collin Yeo on November 9, 2024 at 4:01AM

The huntsman’s horns are calling out a familiar tune, for those with the ears to hear. Some old rituals are returning to our lands, bringing a warmth to this increasingly cold season of mists.

Laurie Lewis plays the Old Steeple at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8.

Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 8

By Collin Yeo on November 8, 2024 at 11:58AM

In seven years — as of October — on this beat, not to mention my affinity for music before I started writing about it, I have gathered a lot of notes on how artists sound live. Too many notes to be of any real use, but I still defer to them from time to time.

Morris the Slug at home at the Morris Graves Museum of Art before the theft.

Morris the Slug Swiped

By Anne To on November 6, 2024 at 10:03AM

Some sticky fingers swiped a beloved banana slug art installation from the Melvin Schuler Sculpture Garden at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. On the night of Nov. 2, after over 800 community members came out for Arts Alive, a heist was carried out to steal Morris the banana slug.

Music Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 6

By Collin Yeo on November 6, 2024 at 4:00AM

Here’s a rap and hip hop throwdown for your midweek’s delight. A touring ensemble of DJ True Justice, Vocab Slick and Z-Man, traveling under the moniker The Ninth annual Slap Frost Tour hits the Basement tonight at 8 p.m., where the roadsters will mix and mingle with some of our local heroes.

Music Tonight: Tuesday, Nov. 5

By Collin Yeo on November 5, 2024 at 4:00AM

Having made no endorsements myself beyond pointing out the regressive and reactionary nature of the electoral college, which has obviated the Humboldt vote on the national level, I’m not stressing. This is out of my hands.

Jeffrey Foucault plays the Arcata Playhouse at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4.

Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 4

By Collin Yeo on November 4, 2024 at 4:00AM

Singer, songwriter and producer Jeffrey Foucault hails from Whitewater, Wisconsin, a perfect place name to grow a mind with Foucault’s ability to create the style of next generation no-depression-style country and dark folk tunes he trades in. Heavy sincerity and personal struggle and release all converge in these waters which run tributaries across the map of the soul of American music.

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