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Guitars of the East and
West meet in Astoria
ASTORIA — On Friday,
Feb. 9, international per-
forming artists and guitar-
ists Aaron Larget-Caplan
and Hiroya Tsukamoto
come together for an exotic
exploration of musical
styles and traditions in their
program “Guitars of the
East & West.”
This one-day only pro-
gram takes place at 7 p.m.
at Grace Episcopal Church
in Astoria (1545 Franklin
Ave.). Tickets are $15 at the
door, and can be purchased
online at brownpapertickets.
com (the event number is
3212534), or call 1-800-
838-3006.
The concert will be in
two-parts with each artist
performing solo.
Tsukamoto will perform
original and Japanese folk
compositions on a steel
string guitar. Larget-Caplan
will explore classical works
by Bach and composers
from Japan, India, Russia
and the U.S. for nylon
string guitar.
Larget-Caplan is a
virtuoso guitarist, multifac-
eted performer and record-
ing artist whose programs
blur the lines of classical
traditions, mixing a contem-
porary and standard
repertoire into innovative
and unique musical expe-
riences. Though based in
Boston, Larget-Caplan’s
mother is a longtime
Astoria resident. He has
performed in the city many
times, most recently in June
2017 for the Astoria Music
Festival.
Tsukamoto is an innova-
tive composer and guitarist
who fuses folk, jazz and
world music into intoxicat-
ing programs. Originally
from Kyoto, Japan, he
currently lives in New York
Hear Dave Drury and all that jazz
JONATHAN FEIST PHOTO
Aaron Larget-Caplan
COURTESY AARON LARGET-CAPLAN
Hiroya Tsukamoto
City and tours throughout
the country. Utilizing elec-
tronic looping technology,
Tsukamoto’s concerts offer
a unique mix of eclectic
stories and original music.
This is his first time per-
forming in Astoria.
See the ‘naked fiddle’ in Long Beach
LONG BEACH, WASH. — The
Peninsula Arts Center’s
next concert features Kevin
Burke, one of the country’s
best-known Irish fiddlers.
The show takes place 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 3; doors open
at 6:30 p.m.
Burke’s fiddle playing
has been at the forefront of
traditional music for more
than 30 years. Whether
solo or accompanied, on
record or in concert, Burke
is an immensely engaging
performer. He has been
established as a first-class
musician ever since his work
in the early 1970s with such
renowned performers as
Arlo Guthrie, Christy Moore
and the Bothy Band, and
with his solo album, “If the
Cap Fits.”
During his long musical
career, Burke has earned
international acclaim in both
Europe and America as a
solo performer, teacher and
member of some of folk
music’s foremost groups.
His contribution to music
was acknowledged by the
National Endowment for the
Arts when he was awarded
a National Heritage Fel-
lowship, the U.S.’s highest
honor for excellence in the
folk and traditional arts. In
Ireland he was given the
prestigious Gradam Ceoil
award.
Though Burke has spent
much of his life playing in
groups, he has never lost his
love for solo fiddle music —
the “naked fiddle” as he puts
it. This is evident in his live
solo release, “In Concert,”
a performance of mostly
unaccompanied traditional
pieces.
COURTESY PENINSULA ARTS CENTER
Kevin Burke, one of America’s
best-known Irish fiddlers
The Peninsula Arts
Center is located at 504
Pacific Ave. N., Long Beach,
Washington).
Admission is $20 at
the door or online through
Brown Paper Tickets, or, call
Bill Svendsen at 360-901-
0962.
ASTORIA — Partners for the PAC is
thrilled to bring Astoria audiences an
evening of “Unexpected Amenities.” This
concert of stellar jazz played by world-
class musicians will take place 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Performing Arts
Center (588 16th St.).
Admission is $15 at the door. Children
under 12 get in free with an adult.
On hand will be guitarist David Drury,
with three Portland musicians: bassist
Dave Captein, drummer Charlie Doggett
and saxophonist Rob Davis.
“Unexpected amenities” refers to the
very essence of jazz — improvisation
— and to the exciting sounds that come
out of that. Each performance is unique,
reflecting a one-time-only synergy that
promises a memorable night of music.
Proceeds will benefit the Performing
Arts Center. As
another unex-
pected amenity,
Astoria vocalist
Dinah Urell will
sing a few tunes.
These musi-
cians will take
the audience
on a musical
tour of modern,
mainstream and
contemporary
jazz. Drury will
perform some of
his own compo-
sitions, encom-
passing jazz,
rock, classical,
funk, even some
R&B.
A bonafide
local legend,
COURTESY CAROL SMITH Drury began
Rob Davis
playing guitar
professionally in
the early 1960s.
Captein was inducted into the Oregon
Music Hall of Fame in 2015 and current-
ly teaches privately at Lewis and Clark
College.
Doggett’s music has taken him all over
the U.S. and to Canada and Europe. He’s
been part of Portland’s jazz scene for
more than a decade.
Davis has performed and recorded with
such luminaries as Jay Thomas, the Jim
Knapp Orchestra, the Seattle Repertory
Jazz Orchestra and Matthew Jorgensen.
This concert is supported by a grant
from the Clatsop County Cultural Coali-
tion and the Oregon Cultural Trust. For
more information, visit supportthepac.org.
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Local guitarist David Drury notforsale
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Dave Captein
COURTESY CAROL SMITH
Charlie Doggett