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The Lasses, Kathryn Claire play the Peninsula
COURTESY PENINSULA ARTS CENTER
Kathryn Claire, center, and The Lasses
LONG BEACH, WASH. — The
Peninsula Arts Center pres-
ents The Lasses and Kathryn
Claire 7 p.m. Saturday, April
21. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Portland-based musician
Kathryn Claire met The
Lasses — Amsterdam-based
folk duo Margot Merah and
Sophie Janna — at a singing
session in Amsterdam in
2013.
Sharing a love for har-
mony singing and story-
telling through music, they
soon realized that together
they could deliver heartfelt
ballads and foot-stomping
songs.
After playing several
concerts together in The
Netherlands and Germany
in 2014, Claire offered to
help bring The Lasses to
the Pacific Northwest for
their first U.S. tour. It was a
huge success, and the three
realized they had begun
not only a strong musical
collaboration but a network
of touring between the U.S.
and Europe.
The following fall, The
Lasses booked a tour of
concerts in churches and
folk venues across the
Netherlands. By 2017, the
Pacific Northwest tour and
the European tour had es-
tablished fans for the music
they create as a trio.
The Peninsula Arts Cen-
ter is located at 504 Pacific
Ave. N., Long Beach.
Admission is $15 at
the door or online through
Brown Paper Tickets, or call
Bill Svendsen at 360-901-
0962. Please make your
reservations early — this
concert has sold out every
year!
Wine, beer and other
refreshments are available
for purchase.
Concerts benefit the Long
Beach Peninsula Acous-
tic Music Foundation, a
nonprofit charitable organi-
zation.
First-ever Seaside Music Fest sounds off
SEASIDE — The first-ever
Seaside Music Fest takes
place 7 p.m. Friday, April
20, and 3 p.m. Saturday,
April 21, at the Seaside
Elks Lodge (324 Ave. A).
A bracelet for the event
is $15 presale, $20 at the
door.
The all-ages mini-
fest — organized by
the Seaside Downtown
Development Associa-
tion — features some of
Portland’s finest.
Y La Bamba, 1939
Ensemble, The Shivas,
Speaker Minds, Bitch’n,
Candace, Dreckig, Boone
Howard, Rilla, Jenny
Don’t & The Spurs, The
Domestics, Abronia and
Blackbelt Eagle Scout.
The Development As-
sociation enlisted the help
of Portland native Nalin
Silva to book and produce
the festival in conjunc-
tion with KMUN Coast
Community Radio with
assistance from Revival
Drum Shop, Revolver
Studios and Owen Walz.
Go to musicfestseaside.
com for more information
and hotel/ticket packages.
COURTESY LABOR TEMPLE DINER & BAR
Shoring, a Portland band
See Shoring at the Labor Temple
FILE PHOTO
Jenny Don’t & the Spurs
ASTORIA — Portland
band Shoring plays the
Labor Temple Diner & Bar
10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday,
April 21. Only people 21
and older may attend; no
cover.
The sound of Shoring
is like an authentic bou-
levardier with a generous
pour of aged Americana.
All of Shoring’s arrows are
pointed at pure, original and
classy independent music.
From Kostenborder’s
emotive playing on his
vintage Ludwig kit to
Bergstrom’s brassy, relat-
able vocals, listeners find a
place to settle.
From early on, the band
gravitated toward artists
like Dylan, Springsteen
and The Doors. Along
with Knopfler-esque lead
guitar, vintage keys and
delay-drenched guitars,
Shoring soaks the listener
in warm sunlight and ana-
log artistry.
As the industry con-
tinues to be saturated
with fame-seekers and
cookie-cutter hit-makers,
Shoring’s focus is on
simply standing alongside
anyone willing to lean in
and listen.
The Labor Temple is
located at 924 Duane St.