It's eight hours of hip-hop Saturday at Secret House.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Cooperation can be a beautiful thing. Take several hard-working, oft-touring but low-budget hip-hop artists, combine their resources and drawing potential, and it adds up to a much bigger deal than they could amass individually. POP NOTES Although some of the artists on the Paid Dues Tour have played the McDonald Theatre before, everyone enjoys a large-scale stage show. It's less of a show than a festival, really, with music for more than eight straight hours. The 10-city tour did grow out of a festival in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a news release. All of the artists at Saturday's show at Secret House Vineyards have performed at the Southern California event either this year or last. The acts are: Felt, a side project of MURS MURS Multi-Use Radio System MURS MILSATCOM User Requirements System from Living Legends The Living Legends crew is a group of eight West Coast hip hop artists. Although their roots lie in Los Angeles and Oakland, the Legends also have fans worldwide. Background and the guys from Atmosphere; Living Legends; Sage Francis Paul "Sage" Francis (born September 11, 1977 in Miami, Florida) is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Sage Francis' style blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, the occasional ; Brother Ali; Cage; Mr. Lif; Grouch & Eligh; Hangar 18; Blueprint; and Lucky I Am. The show starts at 2 p.m. at the winery, 88324 Vineyard Lane, three miles west of Veneta. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the gate. Sister Wives Today, Cozmic Pizza One of the first things Mona Stevens, a member of the Salt Lake City band Sister Wives, wanted to point out was that they are not polygamists. Stevens said they just like to have fun with the name. The all-woman group is a "rockin' blues band" with a live show that will make you a believer that "girls rock." A bio says the group's style summons Stevie Ray Vaughan Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. His broad appeal, combination of unbelievable speed, precision, energy, passion and emotion and constant expansion of his Blues style into Funk, Jazz, , Sippie Wallace and the Allman Brothers. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. at Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave. The cover is $5. Woodbox Gang Today, Sam Bond's Garage Acoustic guitar. Mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. . Washboard. Banjo. Slide guitar. Dobro. Harmonica harmonica. 1 The simplest of the musical instruments employing free reeds, known also as the mouth organ or French harp. It was probably invented in 1829 by Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin, who called his instrument the Mundäoline. . Kazoo. Didgeridoo didj·er·i·doo or didg·er·i·doo n. pl. didj·er·i·doos A musical instrument of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, consisting of a long hollow branch or stick that makes a deep drone when blown into. . Bass. No drums, but the Woodbox Gang has a big arsenal of acoustic instruments it plans to bring to Sam Bond's Garage tonight to reproduce what the group's bio describes as a "caustic acoustic cacophony." The band comes from the "village of Makanda," the bio says. It has coined the genre name "Trashcan Americana" to describe the experimental nature of its sound. The group admires Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and the Ramones for their courage to "do their own thing," the bio says. The Woodbox Gang has put out seven albums since 2001. Sam Bond's is at 407 Blair Blvd., and the cover is $5. Showtime is 9 p.m. Rebel Voices Saturday, Tsunami Books The Seattle singing duo of Janet Stecher and Susan Lewis have been spreading their messages and songs for 20 years. The two will bring their act, Rebel Voices, to Tsunami Books for an early evening concert Saturday that a news release promises to provoke thought, "prick the conscience" and lift your spirit. Rebel Voices has performed everywhere from concert halls to kindergarten classrooms. Tsunami Books is at 2585 Willamette St., and the show starts at 5 p.m. for a $10 cover. Mitsuki Dazai Sunday, Alton Baker Park Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, near Autzen Stadium. It features duck ponds, bicycle trails, and a dog park, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge. As part of Sunday's Hiroshi- ma-Nagasaki commemoration, Koto koto (kō`tō), a Japanese string instrument related in structure to the zither. It consists of an elongated rectangular wooden body, strung lengthwise with 7 to 13 silk strings. master Mitsuki Dazai will play traditional Japanese music One of the characteristics of traditional Japanese music is a sparse rhythm, and it does not have regular chords. In Japanese music one cannot beat time with one's hands because there is a space called "Ma"(間). The rhythms are based on ma; silence is important. during a lantern ceremony to honor those who died after the United States dropped nuclear bombs on Japan. A news release says the lantern ceremony is based on an ancient Japanese ritual "where paper lanterns are released on rivers to honor the dead and guide their spirits home." The event starts at 6:30 p.m. with a community potluck. Bring your own plates, cups and utensils. At 7:30 p.m., there will be an hour of speakers and music, including Bob Watada, the father of war resister Lt. Ehren Watada. The free Koto music and ceremony start at about 8:30 p.m. at the small shelter in Alton Baker Park, 100 Day Island Road. Charlie Hunter Tuesday, WOW Hall A WOW Hall news release points out that the last time Charlie Hunter played Eugene was about a year ago, as part of Bobby Previte's Coalition of the Willing. Hunter is already back with a new album, "Mistico." But that's not surprising; the composer and guitarist has been churning out a new release nearly every year since 1993. "Even in his Blue Note days, when he thought it was important to adhere at least somewhat to the established but unwritten rules of jazz, he wasn't content to be just another guitar virtuoso," his bio says. ` 'Mistico' is Hunter's most ambitious record yet. From fusion to prog v. i. 1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [ imp. & p. p. os> ( ) r>. p. pr. & vb. n. os> Tickets to the 8 p.m show are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. |
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