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Hear alt-country at Peninsula Arts Center LONG BEACH, Wash. — The Pen- insula Arts Center welcomes alternative country musician James Low for a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Low started out in a one-stoplight town in Eastern Oregon that had a single AM radio station that went off the air every night at 6 p.m. Com- ing from a family steeped in music, Low toyed with a cou- ple of instruments but mostly sang. Following his father’s lead, he starting writing songs, DQG DIWHU ¿QLVKLQJ VFKRRO KH escaped to New York. Working in the kitchen at a roots and blues club, The Lone Star Roadhouse, he came un- der the sway of classic blues and country musicians like Ru- fus and Carla Thomas, Emmy Lou Harris, NRBQ, and Ma- ceo Parker, while spending his nights at open mics in the West Village. Eventually he settled in the East Village and spent a few years playing bass in the country punk band Marlboro Country before returning to Oregon in 1995. In 2000, he released his Farmer” appeared on several independent radio charts in- cluding the Euro Americana ¿UVW DOEXP D VSDUVH FRXQWU\ chart. It received four-star re- folk affair titled “Mexiquita.” views in magazines like Mojo On a tiny boutique label, the and The Telegraph UK’s top release received a four-star roots records list for 2012, review in the All Music Guide becoming the most successful and positive reactions from release of his career. the local press, but it went Since 2014, Low has been largely unnoticed. A series of working out of his home stu- VHOI¿QDQFHG DOEXPV LQFOXG- dio in Kuala Lumpur, Malay- ing “Blackheart” in 2002 and sia, studying music compo- “The Blackguard’s Waltz” in sition at the Berklee College 2008 established a solid pedi- of Music Online, and touring gree as a writer, and Low’s ca- once or twice annually in the UHHU ÀRXULVKHG LQ WKH PDQQHU United States and Europe. of a well-kept secret. The Peninsula Arts Center In 2012, the self-released LV ORFDWHG DW 3DFL¿F$YH and promoted “Whiskey N. Tickets are $12 at the door. James Low 7 p.m. Saturday, July 11 Peninsula Arts Center 504 Pacific Ave. N., Long Beach, Wash. 360-901-0962 $12 For reservations, call 360- 901-0962 or use the form at www.peninsulaartscenter.org/ FRQFHUWV &RQFHUWV EHQH¿W WKH Long Beach Peninsula Acous- Submitted photo tic Music Foundation, a 501(c) QRQSUR¿W FKDULWDEOH RUJD- Hear alt-country musician James Low per- form July 11 at the Peninsula Arts Center. nization. dinin g out D IR EC TO R Y 503.325.7414 bakedak.com #1 12th Street, Astoria, OR 3 8th & L, o n the S e a vie w Be a c h a ppro a c h 3 60-642-7880 De po tre s ta u ra n td in in g.c o m NO RTH COAST & PE NINSU L A 503.755.1818 www.camp18restaurant.com Favorite stop to & from the Coast Patty’s Wicker Cafe S ILIE FAM OME! LC WE GOLDE N LUCK Chinese Restaurant & Lounge 503-325-7289 159 W. Bond, Astoria, OR Poker Machines Hungry Harbor GrillE 3 13 Pa c ific Hw y, Do w n to w n Lo n g Be a c h, W A 3 60-642-5555 W w w.hu n gryha rb o r.c o m 503.436.1539 w w w .ca fesw eetb a sils.co m Ca n n o n Bea ch 503.738.6403 maggiesontheprom.com 581 S Prom, Seaside OR 1157 N. Marion Avenue Gearhart 503-717-8150 www.mcmenamins.com O n the B ea utiful N eca n icum R iver Breakfast & Lunch 600 Broadway Ste 7 & 8 -Seaside 503.717.1272 S he lb u rn e In n , Re s ta u ra n t & Pu b 4415 Pa c ific W a y, S e a vie w, W a 3 60-642-4150 W w w.s he lb u rn e re s ta u ra n t.c o m July 9, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 15