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COASTAL LIFE
Living Interdependently
Coast Rehabilitation Services helps adults with disabilities
ESSAY
A sketch of summer
Musings on phones, people and the city in Fort George
FEATURE
Favorite walks
Contributors share their picks for the best places to take a stroll
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
El Mariachi Loco serves up the short end of the stick
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Rainbow Girls play folk,
gypsy Americana Aug. 30
California band swings into Fort George
ASTORIA — Rainbow Girls,
a group of female musicians
from California, will perform
at the Fort George Brewery at
8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30. The
brewery is located at 1483
Duane St. There is no cover,
and all ages are welcome.
Rainbow Girls write and
perform original material with
roots in folk, Americana, gyp-
sy, funk, soul and rock ‘n’ roll.
In addition to their soaring
harmonies, these ladies switch
back and forth among a multi-
tude of instruments including,
but not limited to: acoustic
and electric guitar, accordion,
harmonica, banjolele, bass,
keys, ukelele, kazoo, djembe
drum, and drum kit.
Born in an underground
open mic night, Rainbow
Girls began as an acoustic
act, busking around the farm-
ers markets of Santa Barba-
ra, California, before hitting
the streets of Europe for a
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busking and traveling by the
skin of their teeth. Since their
return, these band members
have evolved into an electric
stomp-folk band complete
with drums, bass and a slew
of original music.
In May 2013 Rainbow
Girls released its debut al-
bum, “The Sound of Light,”
Submitted photo
California-based band the Rainbow Girls will bring Americana and gypsy soul to the Fort
George Brewery at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30.
Submitted photo
The Rainbow Girls’ second album, “Percep-
tronium,” was released this June.
and took it to Europe, the
U.K., and the western half
of the U.S. Since the end of
their 2014 tour dates, band
members have been holed
up in their new home north
of San Francisco, California,
recording their newest album,
“Perceptronium,” which was
released this June.
Rainbow Girls
8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St., Astoria
All ages
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