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Dutch folk duo The Lasses perform two local concerts Kathryn Claire to share stage April 17 LONG BEACH, Wash. and MANZA- NITA — Currently on a Pacif- ic Northwest tour, Nether- lands-based duo The Lasses will perform twice in the lo- cal area this weekend. First, the folk duo will perform at 7 p.m. Satur- day, April 16 at the Penin- sula Arts Center, located at 3DFL¿F$YH 1 LQ /RQJ %HDFK :DVKLQJWRQ $GPLV- sion is $12 at the door, online through Brown Paper Tick- ets, or call 360-901-0962. Refreshments will be avail- able for purchase. The con- FHUWEHQH¿WVWKH/RQJ%HDFK 3HQLQVXOD $FRXVWLF 0XVLF $VVRFLDWLRQ D QRQSUR¿W charitable organization. Then, The Lasses will team up with folk musician DQG¿GGOHU.DWKU\Q&ODLUHIRU a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at the Hoffman Cen- ter for the Arts, located at 594 /DQHGD$YHLQ0DQ]DQLWD In 2011, Sophie ter Schure DQG 0DUJRW /LPEXUJ PHW LQ Amsterdam during an open PXVLF VHVVLRQ DW 0XOOLJDQV an Irish pub. They soon dis- covered their shared love of harmony singing and telling stories through music. They started to perform the songs they loved best, drawing from the Scottish folk tradition as well as from Irish musical heritage, which Limburg knew like the back of her hand after years of busking with her harp-playing husband. The Lasses love to sing songs with a good story, regardless of whether the story began in the Appala- chian mountains, on Scottish plains or in Irish hills. Blue- grass, song or ballad, these ladies completely immerse themselves in their music. Each lass plays guitar as well as bodhrán, but their voices are instantly recog- nizable: Limburg is the hus- ky alto and Ter Schure the emotive soprano. 3RUWODQG PXVLFLDQ .DWK- ryn Claire met The Lasses in Amsterdam in 2013. Claire has spent years cultivating her own style and approach to music as a violinist, guitar player, singer, and songwriter. Strong funda- mentals from her classical and traditional music back- ground combined with an innate ability to improvise has made her a favorite at venues, festivals and institu- tions around the world. Together, the three wom- Submitted photo Submitted photo by Kathryn Claire Dutch folk duo The Lasses will perform April 16 at the Peninsula Arts Center in Long Beach, Washington, and perform April 17 at the Hoffman Center in Manzanita. en soon discovered they could deliver both heartfelt ballads and foot-stomping songs with equal measures of joy and musicality. After playing several concerts together in The Netherlands and Germany in 2014, Claire offered to help bring The Lasses to the Pacific Northwest for their first U.S. tour in the spring of 2015. It was a success, and the three realized they had begun not only a strong musical collaboration, but also a network of touring between the U.S. and Eu- rope. They toured together extensively in Holland in the fall of 2015, presenting intimate acoustic concerts at Swingcats of Astoria bring jazz, swing to Long Beach Submitted photo Portland singer-songwriter Kathryn Claire will perform with The Lasses on April 17. churches and concert halls. Their shared love of tradi- tional and original music along with their varied back- grounds make for a thrilling live performance. Follow us on Facebook! See all of our “New Today!” listings posted daily on Facebook. Follow us at: facebook.com/CoastMarketplace 2 | April 14, 2016 | coastweekend.com Swingcats of Astoria is, from left, Ted Brainard on guitar, Richard Thomasian on guitar, Dave Ambrose on bass and Larry Aldred on percussion. LONG BEACH, Wash. — The Swingcats of Astoria will per- form from 7 to 10 p.m. Sat- urday, April 16 at the Cove Restaurant and Clubhouse at the Peninsula Golf Course, ORFDWHG DW 3DFL¿F :D\ There is a $10 cover charge. Swingcats of Astoria plays swing from the ’30s and ’40s, classic and modern jazz, and a bit of blues. Audiences are invited to listen and dance to toe-tapping rhythms. The group features Rich- ard Thomasian, Ted Brainard, Dave Ambrose and Lawrence Aldred. Guest violinist Jeffrey Reynolds will also perform with the group on April 16. Thomasian began playing the guitar at age 13 in Fresno, California. It was just a hobby until 1972, when, at 21, he de- cided to make a career out of LW (DUO\ LQÀXHQFHV ZHUH %RE Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Animals, The Byrds and others of that time. Thomasian has been playing PXVLF XS DQG GRZQ WKH :HVW Coast for 42 years. He has fo- cused on jazz of all eras but also enjoys blues, rock, funk, country, folk and reggae. Brainard started his musical journey in Southern California in the early 1970s. He relo- cated to Oregon in 1980 after passing through on tour. He continued his musical career as a performer and a teacher. On the North Coast, he enjoys playing and performing with many local musicians. Ambrose started playing violin in the mid-1990s and fell in love with a blond stand- up bass in 2000. Since then he’s played with a bluegrass quintet, the original Swing- cats, and Astoria-based inter- national music quartet Acusti- FD:RUOG0XVLF Aldred’s playing started ZLWK 6NLIÀH DQG HDUO\ UK\WKP DQG EOXHV LQ 0DQFKHVWHU (Q- gland. He also grew up in a home full of big-band sounds, jazz, a mom who sang stan- dards, and “a great tolerance of my tapping on things,” he says. Coming to Ameri- ca in 1962, Aldred moved to Nashville and developed his drumming in rock, rhythm and EOXHVMD]]FRXQWU\DQG:HVW- ern swing before moving to the Bay Area in ’65. Aldred played around Northern California for about 30 years before retiring from his day job and moving to Astoria 10 years ago. Since arriving on the North Coast, he has enjoyed playing with sev- eral jazz groups.
