6 // COASTWEEKEND.COM
Enjoy outdoor live music at Waikiki Beach
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY MARC HOFFMAN/SONGBIRDPHOTO.COM
Larry Murante will perform June 11 at the Peninsula Arts Center.
Guitarist Larry Murante
to play in Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Wash. —
Award-winning singer-song-
writer Larry Murante will
return to the Peninsula Arts
Center for a concert at 7
p.m. Saturday, June 11.
Murante’s beautifully wo-
ven stories about everyday
folks set to song combine
compassionate, socially
conscious lyrics and an up-
beat, joyful folk/rock style.
Jackson Brown, Lyle Lovett,
Hal Ketchum and Michael
McDonald are all relect-
ed in his music. Murante
is known for his soaring,
melliluous tenor, a strong
rhythmic guitar style and an
engaging stage presence.
With his third CD release,
“Point Of Entry,” Murante
has racked up a fresh string
of accolades, the most
notable being the grand
prize winner in the folk
category of the international
John Lennon Songwriting
Contest.
Murante was also a inal-
ist in the prestigious Ker-
rville Grassyhill Newfolk
Song Competition in Kerr-
ville, Texas, a inalist in the
International Acoustic Music
Awards, and a recent winner
of the West Coast Songwrit-
ers International Song-
writing Contest. He was
also selected as a Premier
Showcase Artist at the Far
West Folk Alliance Confer-
ence in 2010 and 2011 and
as an oficial showcase artist
at the 2010 North American
Folk Alliance Conference in
Memphis.
The Peninsula Arts Cen-
ter is located at 504 Paciic
Ave. N. Admission is $12 at
the door or online through
Brown Paper Tickets, or call
Bill at 360-901-0962. Wine,
beer, and other refreshments
are available for purchase.
Concerts beneit the Long
Beach Peninsula Acous-
tic Music Association, a
501(c)3 nonproit charitable
organization.
ILWACO, Wash. — The Waiki-
ki Beach Concert Series
kicks off June 11 for its 11th
year of offering outdoor live
music performances in Cape
Disappointment State Park.
Concert performances
start at 7 p.m. on the second
and fourth Saturdays in
June, July and August at the
Conluence Project amphi-
theater at Cape Disappoint-
ment State Park’s Waikiki
Beach, located at 244 Robert
Gray Drive. Visitors of all
ages may take along a chair
or blanket and listen to mu-
sic ranging from alt-country
and folk to juke joint swing
with the Paciic Ocean as a
backdrop. A Discover Pass is
required to park.
The concert lineup is:
• June 11: FisherPoets
Gathering founders Jon
Broderick, of Cannon
Beach, and Jay Speakman,
of Gearhart, will offer up
original songs and poetry
that celebrate the commer-
cial ishing industry. Since
June 11 is National Get
Outdoors Day, admission is
free to all Washington State
Parks; a Discover Pass is not
required for this concert.
• June 25: Tara Stoneci-
pher & The Tall Grass will
perform alt-country and
new-folk with vocal harmo-
nies and melodic instrumen-
tals.
• July 9: Amanda Rich-
ards & The Good Long
Whiles are an evolution
of folk, ghost Western and
1970s rock ’n’ roll.
• July 23: Champagne
Sunday performs gypsy
punk rock with intimate
tearjerkers and anthemic
foot-stompers.
• Aug. 13: Naselle, Wash-
ington, singer-songwriter
Lulu LaFever has been com-
pared to Ella Fitzgerald and
Cindy Lauper. Her soulful
roadhouse songwriting has
the sizzle of pop jazz and the
fun of juke-joint swing.
• Aug. 27: Ben Hunt-
er and Joe Seamons will
perform pre-blues and early
jazz acappella ield hollers
with iddle and banjo.
Sponsors for the concert
series include Friends of the
Columbia River Gateway,
Washington State Parks and
National Endowment for the
Arts. For more information,
call 360-642-3029.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY KATHY METCALF
Amanda Richards & The Good
Long Whiles perform July 9.
Lulu LaFever will perform
soulful songs Aug. 13.
PHOTO BY ALEX PAJUNAS
Fisherpoets Jon Broderick, left, and Jay Speakman will perform
songs about commercial ishing.