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Boulder band Amorama busts out at Fort George concert series
ASTORIA — Amoramora is a
traveling, working, multi-purpose
rock and jazz fusion quartet from
Boulder, Colorado. They kick off
the Fort George Brewery + Pub-
lic House Sunday Night Concert
Series in September.
Hear their progressive funk
and multi-purpose rock at 8
p.m., Sunday, Sept. 3. This
all-ages show never has a cover.
With members from Chicago,
Cleveland, Washington, D.C.,
and Boulder, the band formed
after crossing paths in 2015 and
has been performing, as well
as expanding their extensive
catalog with original material,
ever since.
After gaining traction
among the legendary students
at the University of Colorado,
the group of composers and
multi-instrumentalists quickly
jumped from packed house
parties, to small bars and then to
bigger stages.
An Amoramora experience
is an eclectic mix of improvisa-
UPCOMING SHOWS
Sept. 3: Amoramora — pro-
gressive funk and multi-pur-
pose rock, Boulder, Colorado
Sept. 10: James Dean Kindle
+ Jeff Rymes — songwriter
showcase, Pendleton/Austin,
Texas
Sept. 17: Na Rósaí — Irish
traditional, Portland
Sept. 14: Jeff Crosby and the
Refugees — rock and roll,
Donnelly, Idaho/Nashville
tional musical gumbo, blending
and stirring together integral
aspects of progressive funk, psy-
chedelic rock, African high life,
jazz, bluegrass and soul.
The instrumentation of
guitar, bass, percussion, trumpet
and EWI mixed in with vocal
harmonies add up to original and
endless musical possibilities —
and have been proven to create
large dance parties.
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‘Beyond Eclectic’
features pianist, vocalist
Tevan Goldberg
ASTORIA — Sharing the
stage at KALA, pianist/com-
poser Tevan Goldberg and
vocalist Dinah Urell perform
in “Beyond Eclectic,” 8 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 31, at KALA,
1017 Marine Drive.
Goldberg moved to Astoria
in 2005, and attended school
here until 2012, when he
went to study music at the
Interlochen Arts Academy in
Michigan. He is about to start
his senior year at Middlebury
College in Vermont.
Goldberg’s musical back-
ground spans multiple genres
and instruments, from opera to
classical composition to jazz
piano. This concert will feature
his recent efforts at creating a
unique improvisational style
inspired by his heterodox mu-
sical tastes, as well as explor-
ing the colors and possibilities
offered by his Nord Electro
keyboard. In addition, he will
accompany Ural.
Vocalist Urell will perform
selections from the theatrical
songbook, in addition to jazz
and rock. Urell, publisher of
HIPFiSHmonthly and KALA
proprietor has performed on
local stages for 20 years since
her return to the region.
She has a broad experi-
ence in music and theater
performance and professional
vocals. She studied voice
and choral education at the
University of Oregon School
of Music.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is $10 Cocktails,
wine and beer available. For
more information, call 503-
338-4878.
Dinah Urell