blues

RAINER FEST (Celebration of the Life & Music of Rainer Ptacek)

RAINER FEST (Celebration of the Life & Music of Rainer Ptacek) $7- $10 sliding scale

Curated by Howe Gelb & Benefiting the Lily Ptacek College Fund
Gelb writes: “it was November 12 1997 when Rainer went on beyond .. this year on that date we will gather to spend a moment in collective ponder and celebrate the man in splendid cluster.

there will be a variety of short clips of filmed performances as well as a live song or two provided by Howe Gelb, Billy Sedlmayr, Van Christian, Tom Walbank, Brian Lopez, Gabriel Sullivan and Roman Barten-Sherman

come join us in lighting a candle and sharing a smile.”

This will be an intimate seating limited show that you won’t want to miss!

Filed Under: Tagged With: blues, live band, Tucson

THU 11/12 @ 7:30
RAINER FEST
(Celebration of the Life & Music of Rainer Ptacek)

$7-$10 (Bring a candle for our light shrine tonight!)

come join us in lighting a candle and sharing a smile.”

Audience members are encouraged to bring candles for the show.

This will be an intimate seating limited show.

BIOPHONY + ANIMIST FOLK = MYSTIC BLUES

Keith Allen Dennis + Stuart Oliver + guests

Legendary Bisbee songwriter Keith Allen Dennis’s music is a wildly original hermetic hybrid “inspired by William Blake, Mother Goose, Neil Young, Leadbelly, Pink Floyd, Ali Farka Toure, the Tarot, and above all Bisbee, Arizona. Rounding out the evening is Cosmic-Americana group Stuart Oliver & The Desert Angels, (also of the Dusty Buskers and Old Bisbee Records) and a ritual music performance by members of Tucson’s Institute of Shamanic Arts.

Filed Under: Tagged With: Bisbee, blues, shamanism, Sonora

OLD WEIRD AMERICA: MUSIC & BBQ!! Marissa Anderson(Portland) + Ryne Warner(Ohioan)

Join us for an evening of juke joint merriment and street side BBQ as we welcome acclaimed finger style guitarist Marisa Anderson from Portland. Anderson’s recent album Mercury (Mississippi Records) was heralded by NPR as one of “5 New Guitar Records That Would Make John Fahey Proud” and called “brilliant” by Pitchfork.com. Opening the show is Ohioan mastermind Ryne Warner, bringing his own stripped down take on traditional music forms.

Filed Under: Tagged With: artist-in-person, BBQ, blues, fingerstyle guitar, old weird america

HALLOWEEN JUKE JOINT PARTY! Lonesome Shack(Seattle)+Holy Ghost People

Lonesome Shack(Seattle)+Holy Ghost People
One of our all time favorite bands, Lonesome Shack (Burger Records) is Ben Todd & Kristian Garrard and they’re bringing their signature brand electric boogie, foot-stomping blues to EV’s Halloween Juke Joint Party! This is sure to be a highlight of this season. Roman Barten-Sherman opens the show plus a 16mm screening of Holy Ghost People the mind-blowing 1967 doc on Appalachian church congregation of Pentecostal snake handlers that speak in tongues, writhe, and feel the spirit of the Holy Ghost.

Filed Under: Tagged With: blues, documentary, music

LONESOME SHACK Halloween Party TONIGHT!!

Come on down tonight for a 6:30 street-side BBQ then Delta Blues by Roman Barten-Sherman, quivering Hill Country grooves by Seattle’s LONESOME SHACK then a 16mm print of Holy Ghost People!!

THURS. 10/31
Halloween BBQ Party with Lonesome Shack!!

HALLOWEEN JUKE JOINT PARTY!

THURS. 10/31 FREE BBQ party starts @ 6:30PM!!
Lonesome Shack(Seattle)+Holy Ghost People

Join us for a FREE Halloween street-side BBQ preceding the HAUNTED BLUES of Seattle’s Lonesome Shack!! One of our all time favorite bands, Lonesome Shack (Burger Records) is Ben Todd & Kristian Garrard and they’re bringing their signature brand electric boogie, foot-stomping blues to EV’s Halloween party for this Pre-Night of the Living Fest event!! This is sure to be a highlight of this season. Roman Barten-Sherman opens the show plus a 16mm screening of Holy Ghost People the mind-blowing 1967 doc on an Appalachian church congregation of Pentecostal snake handlers that speak in tongues, writhe, and feel the spirit of the Holy Ghost.