Venezuelan-born singer has CD homecoming.Byline: LEWIS TAYLOR The Register-Guard Venezuelan vocalist Irene Farrera will celebrate the release of her fourth CD, "Serenata Ser`e`na´ta n. 1. (Mus.) A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade. Or serenate, which the starved lover sings To his pround fair. - Milton. ," with a 7 p.m. performance Saturday at St. Mary's Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization , 166 E. 13th Ave. Recorded live in Venezuela, Farrera's latest spotlights several different regional music styles and includes four original tunes. Based in Eugene, Farrera was born in Caracas and grew up with music all around her. Her previous releases ventured into Brazilian, Latin jazz Latin jazz is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz and classical harmonies from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and United States. The two main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian and Afro-Cuban. and nueva cancion, but lately, her focus has shifted back to the music she grew up with. Tickets to Saturday's show are $7 to $15 on a sliding scale. The Motet returns to town for an 8:30 p.m. show today at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. Led by formerly Eugene-based percussionist Jans Ingber, the six-piece jazz-funk ensemble mixes New Orleans swamp, West African drums and Latin rhythms into a colorful mash. Son Melao will open the show. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. The all-female quartet Misty River will celebrate the release of a new live album at 7:30 p.m. today at Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd. "Live at the Backgate Stage," Misty River's second album, features 17 acoustic songs recorded in December 2001 at Artichoke artichoke, name for two different plants of the family Asteraceae (aster family), both having edible parts. The French, or globe, artichoke (Cynara scolymus Music's Backgate Stage in Portland. The record showcases the quartet's warm mix of folk, country, Celtic and bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. with originals, traditionals and new versions of favorites by Gillian Welch, Lyle Lovett and others. The cover is $5. After the Misty River performance, at 11 p.m., local entertainer Ty Connor will host a variety show. The cover is $2. Diablo's Downtown Lounge, 959 Pearl St., will host its St. Paddy's Day blowout a day early, on Saturday, with the Jolly Leprechaun leprechaun (lĕp`rəkŏn), Irish fairy represented as a tiny old man. Leprechauns are mischievous and elusive creatures, said to possess buried crocks of gold, the location of which they will reveal if forced. Jam. The lineup features the Jeffersons, Bill Willie Blues, Dr. Theopolis and Papa's Soul Kitchen. CDs, a dinner for two, tattoos, piercings and a bicycle are among the prizes to be given away. Show time is 9 p.m. Tickets are $9. The Samurai Duck, 990 Oak St., also will have its St. Patrick's Day celebration on Saturday. The early show, at 8 p.m., will include an Irish Celtic jam and a performance by Red Pajamas pajamas Noun, pl US pyjamas pajamas npl (US) → pijama msg; piyama msg (LAM . The cover is $5. Dr. Don and the Fianna Cats will play a late show at 11 p.m. That cover is $3. The Brainwashers and Los Mex Pistols will host a St. Paddy's Day bash on Saturday at the Cheerful Tortoise, 730 E. Broadway. Show time is 10 p.m. The cover is $3. For 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock" around the clock, round the clock , the rock club formerly known as John Henry's, 136 E. 11th Ave., will be renamed John O'Henry's. On Sunday, the downtown dive will host a punk-rock St. Paddy's party. The lineup includes Blockhead, Shortround, the Murdaholics and more. Show time is 9 p.m. The cover is $3. Ten Ton Chicken Ten Ton Chicken is a jam band out of Berkeley, California. Their music blends psychedelia, progressive, funk, and rock. The band has played hundreds of concerts through the western United States. , a San Francisco Bay area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay funk band, will headline a St. Patrick's Day show at the Wild Duck Music Hall, 169 W. Sixth Ave., at 9 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7 day of show. On Sunday, Sam Bond's Garage will feature traditional Irish music with Hilary Jones & Friends. Show time is 8:30 p.m. Cover is $3. Matt Butler, former drummer for the band Jambay and a recent Eugene transplant, will be at Sam Bond's Garage at 9 p.m. Wednesday, opening for the band Grey Area. The cover is $3. The Samurai Duck will host an evening of punk rock and metal on Wednesday. The lineup features the Virtuous Pagans, Dirty Sanchez and the Bastard Saints. The show starts at 9 p.m. The cover is $3. Guitar stunt man Keller Williams will be back in town Thursday for a 9 p.m. show at the Wild Duck Music Hall, celebrating the release of his latest album, "Laugh." Williams' new record is more accessible and more melodic than his somewhat experimental previous CD, "Loop." The new album features Tye North of Leftover Salmon and Dave Watts from the Motet. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Mandolinist Radim Zenkl and multi-instrumentalist Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Chern will be at Cafe Paradiso, 115 W. Broadway, at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The cover is $10, $8 for students. The Warlocks, a Los Angeles band, will rock the Samurai Duck at 9 p.m. Thursday with Eugene's own Cocaine Unicorn. The cover is $3. Bands that won't stop here Celtic finger-style guitarist William Coulter will join folklorist and clawhammer banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. specialist Ken Perlman for a St. Patrick's Day celebration Sunday at the First Congregational Church First Congregational Church may refer to:
Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub in Portland will host its annual St. Paddy's weekend music festival this Friday through Sunday. The celebration will include 16 bands, 20 Irish acts and many, many pints of Guinness. For more information, go to www.kellsirish.com. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young will play a St. Paddy's Day show of their own at 8 p.m. Sunday at Portland's Rose Garden arena Current arenas in the National Basketball Association Western Conference Eastern Conference . Tickets are $40.50, $56 and $86 through Ticketmaster. CAPTION(S): Clockwise from top left: Irene Farrera plays Saturday at St. Mary's Episcopal; Misty River flows into Sam Bond's Garage tonight; and Matt Butler plays Wednesday at Sam Bond's. The Brainwashers race into the Cheerful Tortoise on Saturday. |
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