THURSDAY
7/30
AXE & FIDDLE Whitherward—
8:30pm; Power folk, n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm
BARN LIGHT Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
BLACK FOREST Screamin’
Lizards, Coyote Bred, Hologram
Pants—9pm; Punk, n/c
THE BOREAL No Flow, Black
Delaney, Tyranno Tut, Critical
Shakes—7pm; Punk, ska, reg-
gae, $5
THE COOLER Karaoke—10pm
COWFISH Bass-Nite w/Aaron
Jackson & guests—9pm; EDM,
bass-house, n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke—
8pm; n/c
GREEN ROOM Open Mic
Comedy—9pm; n/c
GROWLER UNDERGROUND
Open Mic—6:30pm; n/c
KOWLOON’S Karaoke under the
Stars—10pm; n/c
LEVEL UP Quizzo Pub Trivia w/
Dr. Seven Phoenix—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY’S Funk Jam—10pm;
$2
MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; n/c
OAKSHIRE Corwin Bolt—5pm;
Folk, n/c
OLD NICK’S Casa Negra, What a
Funk—9pm; pfunk metal, n/c
THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
OVERTIME TAVERN West Side
Blues Jam—8:30pm; Open jam,
n/c
REALITY KITCHEN Acoustic
Reality—5pm; Open mic, n/c
RESTOBAR Steven McVay—5pm
ROARING RAPIDS Sarah
Burkhart—7pm; n/c
ROUTE 5 Jessie Marquez—
6pm; Latin jazz, n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE
Possessed by Paul James—
9pm; $10
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Patrick & Giri—7pm; n/c
WEBFOOT DJ Sauce—10pm; n/c
FRIDAY
7/31
AXE & FIDDLE Scratchdog
Stringband, Steven Graves
Band—9pm; Roots, free
BLACK FOREST Edewaard—
10pm; Soft rock, n/c
BLAIRALLY ARCADE Circus
Emporium Roadshow—8pm; $5
THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim
Jim—9pm
COWFISH Freak-nite w/Spocter
Shmock—9pm; EDM, juke,
house
D’S DINER Karaoke—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Heavy Chevy—
8:30pm; n/c
HILTON HOTEL Aftermath—
7pm; Jazz, n/c
J. SCOTT CELLARS Jesse
Mead—5pm; Soul, country, n/c
JERSEY’S Karaoke—9pm; n/c
LEVEL UP DJ food stamp—9pm;
Rap, breaks, soul, n/c
LUCKEY’S Hello Dollface, Tyler
Spencer, The Experimentals—
10pm; $5
MOHAWK TAVERN The Eddie
Butler Band—9pm; Rock, n/c
NOBLE ESTATE Peter Giri &
Lloyd Tolbert—6pm; n/c
OAKSHIRE Fiddlin’ Sue Band—
4:30pm; Western swing, n/c
O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm
OLD NICK’S Red Raven Follies—
5pm; Burlesque, $5-$10
PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Olem Alves Duo—6:30pm; n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm
ROUTE 5 Taste—6pm; Soul, n/c
SAGINAW VINEYARD Cascade
Rye—6pm; Roots, pop, n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE The
Harmed Brothers, Alder Street—
9:30pm; Americana, $6
TAYLOR’S DJ Victor—10pm; Hip
hop, dance, n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Butterchuck—7pm; n/c
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
WANDERING GOAT Lostodyssey,
James Danglish, Failreset—
8pm; Ambient electronic, $5
WOW HALL Music’s Edge
Student Recital—7:30pm; $5
WHITE HORSE SALOON
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
SATURDAY
8/1
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jeez
AGRARIAN ALES Tatiamo—5pm;
n/c
AMBROSIA Kenny Reed & Stone
Cold Jazz—8pm; n/c
ATRIUM BUILDING New
Folksters—2pm; n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm
BLACK FOREST In Letter Form—
10pm; n/c
COWFISH Sup! w/Michael
Human—9pm; Trap, hip hop,
twerk
DOC’S PAD Evolve Saturdays—
9pm; EDM, hip hop, n/c
DUCK BAR & GRILL Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
DUCK INN Karaoke—10pm
EL TAPATIO CANTINA DJ &
Dance Music—9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Beau Teak—
8pm; Rock, soul, n/c
LEVEL UP DJ Rock ‘n’ Roll
Damnation—9pm; ’70s & ’80s
rock, heavy metal; n/c
OAKWAY CENTER HERITAGE
SQUARE Olem Alvez Quintet—
5pm; Jazz, n/c
POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm
QUACKER’S Ladies Night &
DeeJay—9pm; n/c
RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm
ROUTE 5 Beth Wood—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Ferns, The
Kelps, Mood Area 52—8pm; Art
rock, $5
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Music’s Edge, Soul Vibrator, The
Miller Brothers, Eleven Eyes—
3pm; Whiteaker before, during
& after party, n/c
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
VANILLA JILL’S Spiderwolf//
Deathhorse, Children, Maca Rey,
Lisa Vazquez, Elena Leona
Project, Samba Ja, Era Coda,
Beat Crunchers—2pm; n/c
Louise—9:30pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT The Plurals,
Bad Luck Blackouts,
Xboyfriends—8pm; Punk, $5
WEBFOOT DJ BiGG—10pm; n/c
WESTEND TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
SUNDAY
8/2
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
AGRARIAN ALES Sol Seed—
4pm; n/c
THE BOREAL Matt Pless, Crime
Lab, Dick Dagger—7pm; Rock,
surf, $5
COWFISH Deep Sunday w/
Qamron Parq—9pm; Deep
house, tropical, n/c
JAZZ STATION All-Comers Jazz
Jam w/Kenny Reed—4pm;
Jazz, $3
SAM’S Open Mic Night—7pm;
n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Irish
Jam—7pm; n/c
TRAVELER’S COVE Paul Biondi
Quartet—6pm; Variety, n/c
VILLAGE GREEN Dave Bach—
7pm; Guitar, n/c
THE WEBFOOT Karaoke—9pm
MONDAY
8/3
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Quizzo
Pub Trivia w/Dr. Seven
Phoenix—9pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm
BUGSY’S MondayBug—7pm;
Acoustic, n/c
COWFISH Future Mondays w/
Erthbound—9pm; Future-beat,
trap, n/c
DUCK BAR & GRILL OFY Bingo—
8:30pm; n/c
OLD NICK’S Irish Jam, Punk
Rock DJs—6pm; n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Bingo—
9pm; n/c
WEBFOOT Twisted Trivia & Beer
Pong—7pm; n/c
TUESDAY
8/4
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Brad Erichsen—
9:30pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE TNT Trivia—
8:30pm; n/c
THE CITY iPod Night—6pm; n/c
COWFISH Work-Nite Vibin’ w/
Stephen Rose & Guests—9pm;
House, hip hop, n/c
CUSH Open Mic—8pm; Variety,
n/c
EMBERS DJ Victor Plays
Requests—8pm; n/c
GRANARY Christ Stubbs—6pm;
Piano, n/c
THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke—
9pm
GROWLER UNDERGROUND
Trivia w/Mr. Bill—6pm; n/c
HI-FI Langhorne Slim & the
Law—8:30pm; $15
HOT MAMA’S WINGS Open Mic—
8pm; n/c
LEVEL UP Ninkasi Karaoke
Night w/KJ B-Ross—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY’S Kashuesday w/Chad
Kashuba—9pm; Comedy, vari-
ety, $2
MAC’S Roosters Blues Jam—
7pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
VILLAGE GREEN Dennis
Calvino—7pm; Solo guitar; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Ekstasis, Hi
Ho Silver Oh, Entrail, Rav—8pm;
Neo folk, experimental, $5
A You
LIFE
IN SONG
love Jackson Browne. I guarantee it. Forget about his most recognizable soft-
rock radio staples (though, like any self-respecting listener, I’d always prefer
Browne’s “Take It Easy” over that “More Than Words” song).
Forget even Browne’s tries at activism. Lives in the Balance, his 1986 album condemn-
ing U.S. policy in South America, is a strikingly admirable use of his talent, but this con-
sciousness of the greater good is only a symptom of an even more powerful quality.
Browne has one thing few artists do: humility. Sure, he’s famous, at least among
the multitudinous ’70s folk fanatics still fawning over his classic period. But in many
ways he isn’t half as famous as he should be.
For one, Browne did some of his best songwriting for other artists. Does anyone
ever talk about the fact that neither Nico nor Gregg Allman wrote “These Days”? That
even “Take It Easy” is more commonly associated with The Eagles than with its
primary author?
But Jackson Browne doesn’t care. So unlike the shamelessly self-promotional artists
of the SoundCloud generation, Browne chose to make music his livelihood simply
because he loves it.
“My attraction to playing guitar in the first place was that it was something I could
do by myself,” Browne tells EW. “And now I care more that it’s something I can do with
other people. I think that both things are true.”
Again and again, Browne expresses gratitude for the artists he’s been able to play
alongside lately — flamenco greats Raimundo Amador and RaÚl RodrÍguez among
them, interestingly — and how happy it makes him when others add new
perspectives to his songs.
And though Browne, a representative of the relatively purist genre that is
Americana, admits that electronica “tends to repeat itself too much,” he even has
sweet things to say about the electronic music that his son Ethan, an aspiring DJ,
makes.
“I see my life in songs I’ve written,” Browne says. “Well, this is music he wrote. It’s
very profound.”
Browne’s graceful simplicity is underlined in the way he presents himself during
performances — the bulk of it is him and a guitar, eyes closed, toe tapping.
“What kind of legacy would you like to leave behind, as an artist, as a person?” I ask.
“The songs,” he says. “It’s all in the songs.”
Jackson Browne plays 7:30 pm Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Cuthbert Amphitheater;
$42-$62. — Isabel Zacharias
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