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music Bare Bones Balance Enjoying the Rest of the Ride Listening to Madeleine Peyroux’s music, you can’t help but feel cool, calm and relaxed. Even if some of the song titles from her last release, 2009’s Bare Bones, sound anything but soothing — take “River of Tears” and “Love or Treachery” for example — there’s just something about the way the slow jazz and bluesy numbers combine with her easygoing vocals to make even the hardest experiences sound more bearable. It’s a tricky balance, but Peyroux makes it work. Groovy pianos and acoustic guitars lead the way on tracks like “Instead,” where Peyroux croons about the benefi ts of looking for life’s many silver linings, and the lazy, dreamy sounds of “Damn the Circumstances” are enough to put you totally at ease about an epic disaster heading for your doorstep. “You Can’t Do Me” has a funky, bluesy piano beat that will get you dancing, and “To Love You All Over Again” has that cool, straight-ahead jazz dynamic that will make you feel like you’re in a dimly-lit lounge somewhere. Her vocals are in the vein of Diana Krall, though Peyroux’s voice is not as deep as when she sings, and there’s a hint of a rasp which makes her performance more unique. Peyroux has been working on a new album, Standin’ on the Rooftop, which will release in June, and two of the tracks can be previewed digitally: one an all-new composition and the other a cover of the Beatles’ “Martha.” Madeleine Peyroux plays The Shedd, 7:30pm Tuesday, April 5; $34. — Brian Palmer To those of us who devotedly kept set lists at every Grateful Dead concert, the re- creation of entire shows by the Dark Star Orchestra brings all of the fl ashback without the side effects. The Dark Star will shine its lovelight on the McDonald Theatre Saturday April 2 for a limited seating dancehall event. Part of the Four Winds Tour, this Eugene stop-over is sure to get fans in shape for the upcoming festival season. For those who were there, it’s a chance to reconnect. For those who weren’t, it’s an apportunity to catch up. Guitarist/ vocalist Rob Eaton says , “It’s a chance to re- create some of the magic that happened for us over the years. We offer a sort of historical perspective to what it would have been like to see shows over the decades.” The band’s mix of old set lists offers even the most devout Deadheads something they have never seen. DSO recently played their 1,900th show, following in the footsteps of the good ole’ Grateful Dead. Their summer tour schedule is packed with concerts and gatherings nationwide, often featuring members of the Dead and collaborations with jam-band favorites. Perfect if you want to dust off the tie-dyes, unbox the tape collection, pack up the bus and hit the road. Dark Star Orchestra plays at 8 pm Saturday, April 2, at McDonald Theatre; $20 advance, $25 at door. — Bronwynn Manaois Female Blues Bands Flood Wow Hall A striking showcase of Oregon’s most popular blues bands, all fronted by women, will take to the stage in what will be KRVM’s seventh annual Live Broadcast from the WOW Hall. The Vicki Stevens Band will open the event with their lively signature style sparked by the blazing stage presence and belting voice of award-winning eponymous female vocalist Vicki Stevens. Playing the bottleneck slot will be The Broh Taylor Band, an acclaimed conglomeration of Texas and Chicago-style blues and funk. Noted for the soulful vocals of singer Joanne Broh, The Broh Taylor Band was awarded the Rainy Day Blues Society’s Best New Blues Act award in 2009 and since has lived up to the accolade. Headlining the showcase will be Karen Lovely, a blues powerhouse whose project has garnered multiple awards and award nominations for bridging the gap between traditional blues and its new school incarnation. Lovely’s live show is proof enough that she deserves the hype of her consecutive back-to-back Cascade Blues Society Muddy Waters Awards: Best Female Vocalist as well as Best Performance. An act worthy of its international notoriety and well backed by a cast of venerated female showwomen, Women in Blues is not to be taken lightly. Quite the contrary, they are an exceptional meeting of talents. Proceeds from the show will go to support KRVM-FM. Women in Blues play the WOW Hall Doors at 7 pm Saturday, April 2, $15 suggested donation. — Dante Zuñiga-West Beats Antique As dance music continues its devolution into the obnoxiousness of house and the monotony of dub step, there are at least a few brave souls willing to experiment. ancisco trio has Beats Antique is one of those groups. The San Francisco d, a mishmash traveled across the world to develop their sound, of Middle Eastern grooves, electronica and belly dancing. The result is a pleasant groove that dares you to listen with funky c, they call beats, hand drums and eastern horns. World Music, vy and just it. This is the genre at its most accessible, groovy plain cool. he dancing Their frenetic live performances focus on the y myriads talents of Zoe Jakes, who is joined on stage by of other dancers, objects and, occasionally, a Potato ppel have Head piñata. Jakes, David Satori and Tommy Cappel umes and traversed the globe in search of sounds, costumes dances to incorporate into their live act. e Jakes Professionally trained belly dancer, Zoe how unto undulating on stage in traditional garb is quite a show itself. The music, the lights and the costumes combine donistic with the hypnotic dancing to create a hedonistic nted by atmosphere that never lets up. You will be confronted the weird, maybe even the unknown, and you will like it. tops on Beats Antique plays many of the wildest stops the festival circuit. They try to bring a bit of the crazed k City, sensory overload from the playa at Black Rock Oustside Lands and Lollapalooza to every one of their shows. The Beats Antique play with Eskmo and The d Tailor at 8 pm Thursday, March 31; at the McDonald Theatre; $17advance, $20 door. — John Locanthi BUBBLE TEA & BUBBLE JUICE THE BEST IN TOWN! PAN FRIED NOODLES TERIYAKI ® TM VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AUTHENTIC KOREAN & ASIAN CUISINE CHICKEN, BEEF TOFU, PORK HEALTHY HOT SOUP 11:30AM - 9PM MONDAY - SATURDAY 860 PEARL • 686 -1114 28 MARCH 31, 2011 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
