COFFEE PLANT ROASTER Kerry
Grombacher—8pm; $10 sug.
don.
COWFISH EUGENE DJ Revue,
various djs & styles each
week—9pm; n/c
EMBERS Karaoke w/Jim Jim &
Sassy Patty—8pm; n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
Open Mic—8pm; Rock, n/c
GRIDIRON Karaoke—8pm; n/c
OLD NICK’S Intronaut, Brain
Tentacles, Sarama, Sweater for
an Astronaunt—9pm; Stoner
thrash, $10-$12
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
WANDERING GOAT Singer
Sonwriter’s Open Mic, original
works only—7pm; n/c
TUESDAY 10/18
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Kate Brown—9:30pm;
n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Poetry Night—
7pm; n/c
THE CITY iPod Night—6pm; n/c
COWFISH Church of House w/
Diemos—9pm; House, n/c
CUSH Poetry Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic
Night w/Brian Chevalier—
5:30pm; Acoustic jam, open,
n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor Plays
Requests—8pm; n/c
GRANARY Christ Stubbs—6pm;
Piano, n/c
THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke—
9pm
HI FI LOUNGE Reggae Night fea-
turing Sowflo—10pm; Reggae,
n/c
HOT MAMA’S WINGS Open Mic—
8pm; n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke Night w/
Kade—9pm; n/c
MAC’S Roosters Blues Jam w/
Skip Jones & Byron Case—
7pm; n/c
MULLIGAN’S PUB Steve Ibach—
acoustic, eclectic; n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
WEDNESDAY 10/19
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Lounge
Jams w/Bue Brown & Chilly
Soup—9pm; Jazz, funk, n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/
Cammi—9pm
COWFISH OG Dance Party w/DJ
Smuve—9pm; Hip hop, trap, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Mama Jan’s
Blues Jam w/Brian Chevalier—
8pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Funk Night—
9pm; n/c
ISLAND HUT Karaoke w/Jared—
5pm; n/c
JERSEY’S Karaoke—8pm;
Ladies night, n/c
KOWLOON Karaoke—9pm; n/c
MCDONALD THEATRE Nahko &
Medicine for the People, Hirie—
7pm; $27-$30
MAC’S RESTAURANT &
NIGHTCLUB Gus Russell & Paul
Biondi—6pm; Jazz & variety,
n/c
MAX’S TAVERN Lonesome
Randall—7pm; Rock & roll his-
torian, n/c
MOHAWK Karaoke w/Caught in
the Act—9pm; n/c
MULLIGAN’S Open Mic—
8:30pm; Variety, n/c
POUR HOUSE Karaoke w/Josh—
9pm
SIDELINES SPORTS BAR
Karaoke w/Mike—9; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Snow White,
Triptides, Sacred Trees—8pm;
Psych, indie, $5
WILDCRAFT CIDER WORKS
Richard Gabriel—6pm;
Hawaiian, n/c
CALL
TO ACTION
Mainstream music has fallen prey to a habit of being short, sweet and shallow. Nahko and Medicine
for the People, the multi-cultural music collective that always makes time for Eugene, slows things
down with elaborate melodies, lengthy songs and lyrics that dig into an emotional narrative of life’s
shitty times.
Portland-born Frontman Nahko Bear is Apache, Filipino and Puerto Rican. He ties his identities into
his lyrics by incorporating Hawaiian, Lakota and English, and he also smashes the art of storytelling on
a strikingly vulnerable level; his work is like a memoir set to music.
Bear shares his story — strewn with healing racial injustices, ethnic stereotypes and deep-seated
traumas — by approaching it with positivity to achieve spiritual harmony; y’know, the good stuff.
The heaviness of Bear’s lyrics is balanced by the band’s uniquely layered sound. Chase Makai and
Patricio "Pato" Zuñiga Labarca create luscious Americana melodies on their guitars while Tim Snider
brings in some lively folk notes on violin. Justin Chittams and Hope Medford (both on percussion)
effortlessly guide the music’s tempo between upbeat and hard-hitting, while Max Ribner (trumpet) adds
a splash of blues and swing.
The group released its third album, HOKA (a Lakota word to evoke a call to action), in June 2016. It’s a
whopping 19 tracks and each song upholds the lyrical genius and new-agey big-band sound the group is
known for. The theme of the album is the band’s own hoka: spread inspiration and awareness, and
create a world where harmony can flourish (lighten up, you pessimist).
Catch the reggae-tinged HIRIE open for Nahko and Medicine for the People 8 pm Wednesday, Oct. 19,
at McDonald Theatre; $27 adv., $30 door. — Kelsey Anne Rankin
CORVALLIS
(AND BEYOND)
BOMBS AWAY CAFÉ
TH Hollis Peach & King Roy
Wing—$5
FLORENCE EVENTS CENTER
SA The Emerald City Jazz Kings
in “Mood Indigo: Duke Ellington,
1924-46”—7:30pm; Jazz, $25
INTERZONE
WE Death Cafe—6-7pm; n/c
LASELLS STEWARD CENTER,
OSU
SU The Emerald City Jazz Kings
in “Mood Indigo: Duke Ellington,
1924-46”—7:30pm; Jazz, $25
LINCOLN CITY CULTURAL
CENTER
SU The Peter & Will Anderson
Quartet—7pm; $18-$20
EARL’S TIME OUT SALOON
SA Bobby Six Crows Henderson &
De Riggin’ Warriors—9pm; n/c
SUMMIT COMMUNITY CENTER,
BLODGETT
TH Jeremy Kittle Trio—7pm;
Fiddler, violinist, composer
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