THURSDAY 1/14
AXE & FIDDLE Tomikaze the
Saxxy Beast, Vibe41—8:30pm;
Reggae, hip hop, n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm
BARN LIGHT Karaoke w/Bre—
9pm; n/c
BEALL HALL UO Faculty
Megarecital—7:30pm; $8-$10
BLACK FOREST William Borg
Schmitt, Robert Meade—10pm;
n/c
BREWSTATION Dan Cioper—
6pm; Americana, n/c
THE COOLER Luke Kaufman &
Matt Borden—9pm; $10
[Karaoke w/Cammi—10pm]
COWFISH Purrsday w/Kitty
Trap—9pm; Bass, trap, n/c
COZMIC With Our Arms to the
Sun, Psyrup, Violet
Underground—9pm; $8-$10
DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick
Nick—9pm; 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
HI-FI BoomBox, Ryan Bauer—
9pm; Funk, $16-$20
ISLAND HUT Karaoke—6pm;
n/c
JAZZ STATION College Jam w/
Mike Denny—7:30pm; $5
LEVEL UP Quizzo Pub Trivia w/
Dr. Seven Phoenix—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY’S Grateful Family
Jam—10pm; $3
MAC’S Soul Restoration
Project—6pm; n/c
MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; n/c
OLD NICK’S DJ Crown—10pm;
Caribbean music, $3
THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
OREGON WINE LAB
“Categorically Correct” w/host
Elliot Martinez—6:30pm; Trivia,
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
SAM BOND’S BREWING Fiddlin’
Big Sue Band—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE T-Bone
Weldon & The Prime Cut Band—
9pm; Blues, $5
SIDE BAR WDYK Trivia—9pm;
n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Peach
‘n Plum—7pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Holler House,
Sugar Candy Mountain, Snow
White—8pm; $5
WAYWARD LAMB “I’m Too Sexy”
w/DJ Jon Smith & John the
Revelator—10pm; n/c
WOW HALL Stu Hamm Band—
9pm; Jazz, $20-$25
BREWSTATION Cowboy
Cadillac—7:30pm; Rock, prog-
country, n/c
COWFISH Freek-Nite w/SPOC-
3PO the Audio Schizo—9pm; $3
CRESWELL BAKERY Mike
Davis—5pm; n/c
D’S DINER Karaoke—9pm; n/c
DOC’S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Mike—9pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick
Nick—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
EUGENE WINE CELLARS Jeremy
Pruitt—5:30pm; n/c
FRIENDLY ST. MARKET David
Rogers—5:30pm; Classical gui-
tar, n/c
LOOKING
FOR LIBERMAN
Songwriter Vanessa Carlton’s 2015 release Liberman is partially inspired by
her grandfather. “He was a painter,” Carlton tells EW. Carlton’s family changed
its surname from Liberman to Lee after World War II “because of anti-Semitism,”
she says.
Carlton hangs her grandfather’s work near the piano where she writes her music.
“The swirling, beautiful, crazy colors ended up being the inspiration for the type of
music I was writing. I wanted to honor his work as a painter,” she recalls.
The critically acclaimed Liberman has been received as an artistic rebirth for
Carlton, who had a massive pop hit early in her career with the unavoidable
piano anthem “A Thousand Miles.” Like a lot of young musicians, she struggled
to replicate her early commercial success.
Liberman is still largely piano- and keyboard-based with pop sensibilities,
but the songwriting feels more personal, raw and immediate. “Operator” even
recalls Stevie Nicks.
“I really loved making [Liberman],” Carlton says. “We wanted to create a very
specific experience and sound, and we had nothing to corrupt that process.”
Carlton sees the evolution to Liberman beginning in 2009 when she left her
last major label.
“Not until then do I think I had the confidence and the vision to really be
myself,” Carlton says. “I’m not a pop star. I’m not piano-pop girl — the way I was
sold. I’m finally in the place where I should be.”
Songwriter and improvisational violinist Skye Steele joins Vanessa Carlton 8
pm Sunday, Jan.17, at WOW Hall; $25 adv., $28 door. — William Kennedy
FRIDAY 1/15
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Henry
Cooper Band—9:30pm; n/c
755 RIVER RD. Pretty Gritty—
8pm; $8-$12
AXE & FIDDLE Danny Barnes—
8:30pm; Barnyard electronics,
$12
BILLY MAC’S Christie &
McCallum—7:30pm; Americana,
n/c
BLACK FOREST Violet
Underground—10pm; n/c
BLAIRALLY ARCADE ‘80’s Night
w/Chris, Jen & John—9pm; $3
THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim
Jim—9pm, n/c
BOHEMIA PANACEA Open Mic—
6pm, n/c
THE BOREAL Absinthe Rose,
Dogtooth ‘n Nail, Beat Alice—
7pm; Feminist folk-punk, $3-$5
22
HILTON HOTEL Aftermath—
7pm; Jazz, n/c
HULT CENTER Oregon Music
Education Association Concerts:
UO Jazz Ensemble, PYC Girls
Choir, David Douglas High
School Wind Ensemble & Lake
Oswego Millennium Concert
Band, South Salem High School
Symphonic Choir & OSU
Meistersingers, Clackamas High
School Chamber Orchestra &
Crescent Valley High School
Camerata—11am; n/c [All-State
Middle School Gala Concert:
Band, Orchestra, Boy’s Choir &
Girl’s Choir—5pm; $10]
JAZZ STATION Steve Owen—
7:30pm; $7-$10
JERSEY’S Karaoke Contest—
9pm; n/c
JIMMY’S ON 11TH Karaoke w/
Zach—9pm; n/c
THE KEG Karaoke w/Cammi—
9pm; n/c
LAVELLE TAP ROOM Mike
Brewer & The Brewketts—
6:30pm; Blues, n/c
LEVEL UP DJ food stamp—9pm;
Rap, breaks, soul, n/c
MOHAWK Yard Dogs—9pm;
Rock, n/c
MULLIGAN’S Norman
Mesman—9pm; Nuevo
Flamenco guitar, n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm
OLD NICK’S Baphomet Cabaret
Burlesque—9pm; $6.66
PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Olem Alves Duo—6:30pm; n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
SAGINAW VINEYARD Lonesome
Randall—6pm; n/c
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SAM BOND’S GARAGE Dirty
Revival—9:30pm; Funk, soul,
$8
TAYLOR’S DJ Victor—10pm; Hip
hop, dance, n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Joanne Broh—7pm; n/c
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke w/
James—9pm; n/c
WAYWARD LAMB Glamazons w/
DJ Trainwreck—9pm; Drag cab-
aret, $3-$5
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Ted—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Austin Jones, Run 2
Cover—9pm; $12-$15
SATURDAY 1/16
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Loftan—
10pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Castletown—
8:30pm; Celtic folk, $5
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm
BLACK FOREST Neon Culpa—
10pm; n/c
THE BOREAL Colin Taylor, Dill
Spear, Eleinvaders—7pm; $5
BREWSTATION Restless Souls—
7:30pm; Rock, n/c
CITY NIGHTCLUB Wildstyle
Saturdays w/DJ Billy—10pm;
Hip hop, n/c
COWFISH Sup! w/Michael
Human—9pm; Hip hop, pop-40,
$3
DOC’S PAD Evolve Saturdays—
9pm; EDM, hip hop, n/c
DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick
Nick—9pm; n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Bre—
9pm; n/c
DUCK INN Karaoke—10pm
EL TAPATIO CANTINA DJ &
Dance Music—9pm; n/c
GROWLER UNDERGROUND
Steve Goodbar—8pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Code Red—8pm;
Rock, country, n/c
HULT CENTER Oregon Music
Education Association Concerts:
Ashland Middle School Band &
McNary High School Wind
Ensemble, PSU Man Choir &
Symphony Orchestra, Judson
Middle School Choir, Silverton
High School Wind Ensemble &
George Fox University
Symphonic Band—11am; n/c
[All-State High School Gala
Concert: Symphonic Band, Wind
Ensemble, Orchestra, Men’s
Choir & Women’s Choir—5pm;
$15]
JAZZ STATION Monastic Art
Enclosure—7:30pm; $7-$10
THE KEG Karaoke w/Cammi—
9pm; n/c
MAC’S The Hank Shreve Band—
8pm; Blues, $7
MOHAWK Jimmy Bobby—9pm;
Country, n/c
NOBLE ESTATE Peter Giri &
Lloyd Tolbert—6pm; n/c
OLD NICK’S Eye of Nix, Hiding,
The Screaming Wind—9pm; TBA
POUR HOUSE Karaoke w/KJ
Mike—9pm
QUACKER’S Ladies Night &
DeeJay—9pm; n/c
RASTA PLUS Open Mic—7pm;
n/c
RAVEN A Karaoke w/Zach—
8pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE
Dubious—9:30pm; Rock, $5
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
VANILLA JILL’S Open Mic—7pm;
n/c
WANDERING GOAT Nathan
Payne & The Wild Bores—8pm;
Country, rock, $5
WAYWARD LAMB Dance in the
Den w/DJ Sassy Mouff—
10:30pm; $3
WESTEND TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Ted—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Stylust Beats, Suma,
LSV, Chris Undermind, Dimitri—
8pm; $12-$15
SUNDAY 1/17
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke
w/Bre—9pm; n/c
BLAIRALLY Game Show! w/Elliot
Martinez & Chad Kashuba—
10pm; n/c
THE BOREAL The Shanghais,
Not a Part of It, XBoyfriends,
Saffron—7pm; $7
COWFISH Los Domingos
Caliente—9pm; Latin, $3
EMBERS Karaoke—7pm
HOP VALLEY Makara Heart,
Bryan Reed—3pm; n/c
HULT CENTER Oregon Music
Education Association Concerts:
Symphonic Band, Wind
Ensemble, Orchestra, Women’s
Choir—1pm; $15
JAZZ STATION Sunday Jam w/
Jessika Smith—2pm; $5
LUCKEY’S Broadway Revue
Burlesque—10pm; $5
MCDONALD THEATRE Devil
Makes Three, Miss
Lonelyhearts—8:30pm; $25-
$30
MOHAWK Karaoke Jenga w/
Jillian—8pm; n/c
MULLIGAN’S Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
OLD NICK’S Andy Kindler, Seth
Milstein—9pm; Comedy, $10
QUACKERS Karaoke—9pm; n/c
RIVER STOP Open Rock Jam—
5pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Junk
Parlor, Eric Hisaw—8:30pm; $7
SWEET CHEEKS WINERY Steve
Ibach—2pm; n/c
TRAVELER’S COVE Paul Biondi
Quartet—6pm; Variety, n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS David Jacob-
Strain, Bob Beach—7pm; TBA
VILLAGE GREEN Dave Bach—
7pm; Guitar, n/c
WOW HALL Vanessa Carlton,
Skye Steele—8pm; $25-$28
MONDAY 1/18
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Quizzo
Pub Trivia w/Dr. Seven
Phoenix—9pm; n/c
BEALL HALL UO Gospel Singers
MLK Day Concert—3pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/
Cammi—9pm
THE BOREAL Show Me the
Body, Gazelle(s), Plaedo—7pm;
Post hardcore, $7
BUGSY’S MondayBug—7pm;
Acoustic, n/c
COWFISH Qamron Parq—9pm;
Moombah, glitch, n/c
DUCK BAR & GRILL OFY Bingo—
8pm; n/c
ELK HORN Trivia Night w/Elliot
Martinez—7pm; n/c
EMBERS Karaoke—8pm
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Bingo—
9pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Singer
Songwriter Open Mic—7pm;
Originals only, n/c
WEBFOOT Twisted Trivia & Beer
Pong—7pm; n/c
TUESDAY 1/19
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Brian Lupton—
9:30pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Poetry Night—
7pm; n/c
THE CITY iPod Night—6pm; n/c
COWFISH DJ Smuve—9pm; Hip
hop, dancehall, n/c
CUSH Open Mic—8pm; Variety,
n/c
DUCK BAR Trivia—7pm; n/c
EMBERS DJ Victor Plays
Requests—8pm; n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
WDYK Trivia—7pm; 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 ENCORE LOUNGE S.H.I.P.
Jam—8pm; n/c
HOT MAMA’S WINGS Open Mic—
8pm; n/c
LEVEL UP Ninkasi Karaoke
Night w/KJ B-Ross—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY’S Amusedays! w/Seth
Millstein—10pm; Comedy, n/c
MAC’S Roosters Blues Jam—
7pm; n/c
MAX’S Beau Teak—9:30pm;
Rock, soul, n/c