MAY 19, 2016 // 5
Trio Subtonic brings soul jazz to Astoria
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Benyaro will perform indie Americana soul music at 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 22 at Fort George Brewery in Astoria.
Hear indie-acoustic soul
at Fort George Brewery
Wyoming-based
duo to perform
Sunday, May 22
ASTORIA — Fort George
Brewery will host Jackson
Hole, Wyoming-based band
Benyaro for an Americana
performance at 8 p.m. Sun-
day, May 22. The show is
free and open to all ages. Fort
George is located at 1483
Duane St.
Benyaro is Ben Musser’s
indie-acoustic soul and roots
project, which, in his words,
he “formed to expand the
boundaries of acoustic music
and serve as a vehicle for my
distilling artistry.”
Musser is a multi-in-
strumentalist: a drummer,
guitarist, singer and song-
writer schooled in jazz, rock,
classical guitar and voice.
He simultaneously performs
acoustic guitar, harmonica,
kick drum, high hat and
shaker with contagious
energy while singing. His
conident vocals have drawn
multiple comparisons to Da-
vid Bowie and Cat Stevens,
among others.
Flanked by upright bassist
and harmony singer Leif
Routman, listeners are treat-
ed to the sound of a full band
as the minimalist duo draws
audiences into their world
of soul, folk, country, rock,
blues and gospel. Benyaro
has a sound reminiscent of
early Tom Waits, acoustic
David Bowie or The Avett
Brothers. Benyaro’s live
performances showcase
Musser’s rich voice and
impressive musicianship.
Musser has spent his life
building a career brick-by-
brick, touring across the
United States, living in and
immersing himself in artist
communities in Nashville,
Austin and New York
City. Musser self-produced
Benyaro’s three albums,
which have spent time on
the CMJ Top 200 chart, in
addition to placements in
Relix Magazine’s “On the
Verge” and critic’s picks in
Nashville Scene, Boulder
Weekly, among others. Over
120 radio stations spin the
duo’s music.
With the upcoming
release of a new album
produced by Danny Kadar
(Avett Brothers, Band of
Horses, My Morning Jacket)
in 2016 and the recent
completion of a feature ilm
score, Benyaro is handsome-
ly poised to soon break onto
the national scene.
ASTORIA — KALA
will welcome noted jazz
ensemble Trio Subtonic
for a performance at 8:30
p.m. Friday, May 20. The
groove-heavy power trio
out of Portland blends
genre-bending funk with
slow-burning, underground
soul jazz.
Led by keyboardist
Galen Clark, Subtonic
explores a coalescence of
rock, soul, funk, hip-hop
and jazz that simultaneously
draws in listeners and push-
es boundaries. Creating a
sonic footprint reserved for
more than just three people,
Subtonic delivers soulful
grooves, expansive impro-
visations and a deep pocket
that compels audiences to
try dance moves they didn’t
know they had.
Trio Subtonic consists
of Clark on keyboards, Bill
Athens on bass and Russ
Kleiner on drums. The
group has performed with
Dan Balmer, A Love Elec-
tric, JFJO, Scott Pemberton,
D’Vonne Lewis, Michal
Angela and more. Touring
extensively on the West
Coast, East Coast and in
Mexico, Subtonic brings
dynamic energy to festivals,
jazz clubs and watering
holes alike and has garnered
admiration from a wide
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Trio Subtonic will perform at KALA on Friday, May 20.
variety of fans and critics.
“The listener will ind
funky, groove-oriented
sounds, acoustic bal-
lads, and gospel-tinged
instrumen tals,” said Matt
Fleeger, program director
for KMHD, Portland’s
Jazz Radio. “Trio Subton-
ic’s ‘populist’ take on jazz
means that just about ev-
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