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Tickets on sale for Storm Large
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songstress at the
Coaster in March
shot to national prominence in
2006 as a fi nalist on the CBS
show “Rock Star: Superno-
va,” where despite having
been eliminated in the week
before the fi nale, Large built
a fan base that follows her
around the world to this day.
After spending the ’90s
singing in clubs through-
out San Francisco, Large
moved to Portland to pursue
a new career as a chef, but
a last-minute cancellation
in 2002 at the Portland club
“Dante’s” turned into a
standing Wednesday night
engagement for Large and
her new band, The Balls. It
wasn’t long before Large
had a cult-like following
in Portland and a renewed
singing career that was
CANNON BEACH — Singular
vocalist Storm Large will
come to the Coaster Theatre
this March for two perfor-
mances, and tickets are on
sale now.
The fi rst show is set for
7:30 p.m. March 18, and
tickets are $75 each.
A second, intimate show
is set for 3 p.m. March 19,
an afternoon that will in-
clude complimentary cham-
pagne and hors d’oeuvres.
Only 100 seats are available,
and tickets are $125 each.
Large is a musician, actor,
playwright and author who
coast
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about to be launched onto
the international stage.
In 2007 she starred in
Portland Center Stage’s
smash-hit production of
“Cabaret” with Wade
McCollum, and her next
endeavor, the autobiograph-
ical musical memoir “Crazy
Enough,” played to packed
houses in 2009. “Crazy
Enough” was released by
Simon and Schuster in 2012,
named Oprah’s Book of the
Week, and awarded the 2013
Oregon Book Award for
Creative Nonfi ction.
She debuted with the
Oregon Symphony in
2010, and has returned
for sold out performances
each year. Large made her
debut as guest vocalist with
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Portland musician Storm
Large will perform in March
in Cannon Beach.
the band Pink Martini in
April 2011. She continues
to perform with the band,
touring nationally and
internationally, and she was
featured on their album “Get
Happy.” She has also sung
with Grammy winner k.d.
lang, pianist Kirill Gerstein,
punk rocker John Doe,
singer-songwriter Rufus
Wainwright, and Rock and
Roll Hall of Famer George
Clinton.
In the fall of 2014, Large
and her band Le Bonheur
released a record designed
to capture their sublime and
subversive interpretations
of the American songbook.
Entitled simply “Le Bon-
heur” and released on Pink
Martini’s Heinz Records, the
recording is a collection of
tortured and titillating love
songs. Cole Porter’s “I’ve
Got You Under My Skin”
and Richard Rodgers’ “The
Lady is a Tramp” shimmy
up next to Black Sabbath’s
“N.I.B.” and Lou Reed’s
“Satellite of Love,” each
reimagined in sparkling
arrangements. Large shifts
seamlessly between French
and English during Jacques
Brel’s famous heartbreaker
“Ne me quitte pas” and adds
honeyed harmonies while
digging into the emotional
core of “Unchained Melo-
dy,” then unleashes a brassy
rendition of Porter’s “It’s All
Right With Me.” Two orig-
inal tunes penned by Large
— “A Woman’s Heart” and
“Stand up for Me” — sus-
pend her smoky tones in
expansive gospel choruses.
Highlights of Large’s
2016-17 season include her
debuts with the Atlanta, Bal-
timore and BBC Symphony
Orchestras, and the Los An-
geles Chamber Orchestra, as
well as return engagements
with the National Symphony
Orchestra and Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra.