MAY 24, 2018 // 7
Take a trip to the Low country
COURTESY PENINSULA ARTS CENTER
James Low
LONG BEACH, WASH. — James Low,
one of the best on the Northwest’s
alt-country scene, performs at
the Peninsula Arts Center 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 26. Doors open at
6:30 p.m.
Low started out in a one-stop-
light town in Eastern Oregon
with a single AM radio station
that went off the air every night
at 6 p.m. Coming from a family
steeped in music he toyed with a
couple of instruments, but mostly
sang.
Following his father’s lead, he
starting writing songs, and after
finishing school he escaped to
New York.
Eventually he settled in the
East Village and spent a few years
playing bass in the country punk
band Marlboro Country before
returning to Oregon in 1995.
In 2000 he released his first
album, a sparse country-folk
affair titled “Mexiquita.” On a
tiny boutique label, the release
received a four-star review in the
All Music Guide and positive
reactions from the local press, but
went largely unnoticed. A series
of self-financed albums, including
“Blackheart” (2002) and “The
Blackguard’s Waltz” (2008), es-
tablished for him a solid pedigree
as a writer, and Low’s career
flourished as a well-kept secret.
In 2012, the self-released and
promoted “Whiskey Farmer”
appeared on several independent
radio charts and the Euro Ameri-
cana chart, and received four-star
reviews in magazines like Mojo
and The Telegraph UK’s top roots
records list for 2012, becoming
the most successful release of his
career.
The Peninsula Arts Center is
located at 504 Pacific Ave. N.,
Long Beach, Wash. Tickets are
$15 through Brown Paper Tickets,
at the door by calling 360-901-
0962, or emailing events@penin-
sulaartscenter.org.
Wine, beer and other refresh-
ments are available for purchase.
Concerts benefit the Long
Beach Peninsula Acoustic Music
Foundation, a nonprofit charitable
organization.
Country, folk duos perform in Nehalem
NEHALEM — The North County Rec-
reation District in Nehalem welcomes
two musical singing duos for a night of
original songs at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25,
at the Performing Arts Center, 36155 9th
St. The cover is $10 at the door.
Trevor & Sylvie, a husband and wife
duo from Nashville, are the musical
descendants of luminary songwriters like
Patty Griffin and James Taylor, combined
with the vocal harmonies of Gillian
Welch and David Rawlings. The songs
they write and perform are a perfect mar-
riage of story and melody.
Loving, silly, honest and authentic, the
band invites listeners in as friends and
offers all the love and laughter of home.
Listen to them perform songs from their
debut release, “Time Is Free.”
The Matty Charles & Katie Rose
sound is deeply rooted in the dirt and
haunted places of the American coun-
try-folk tradition. Something magical
culminates in the ether of their combined
voices, in the melancholy moodiness of a
waltz for a lost dream, in the pealing wail
of a drunken Saturday night dance stomp.
Their debut album, “Catching Ar-
rows,” has been called, “a sublime
listening experience” and a “must-have
album” (bealestreet.be) as well as “the
kind of album that can break out and sur-
prise even the most jaded music critics”
(kithfolk.com). Catch them live and hear
how Charles and Rose “prove that they
may be among the best duos in the genre”
(Lambert Smits, keysandchords.com).
Don’t miss this opportunity to catch
both acts performing their songs at the
North County Recreation District!
COURTESY NORTH COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT
PHOTOS COURTESY TREVOR & SYLVIE
The B Side: Phil Lynch, right, and Kate Morrison (of Kate & The Crocodiles)
Matty Charles & Katie Rose
The B Side benefit
for Riverbend Players
NEHALEM — The B Side is return-
ing to Nehalem’s NCRD Perform-
ing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Saturday,
May 26, for a benefit concert in
support of Riverbend Players.
The B-side of a record is the
space reserved for rare, exclusive,
remixed tracks. It’s the bonus mate-
rial not limited to a single musical
genre. It’s the stripped-down, naked
kind of music you secretly hope
to hear when you turn over an LP.
On the B-Side you might hear a
folk song, then a blues number, a
pop ballad, followed by rock, jazz
or gypsy jazz, then maybe a goofy
Trevor & Sylvie
show tune or silly French love
song.
The B Side is Phil Lynch and
Kate Morrison (Kate & The Croc-
odiles), who have been friends and
musical co-creators since 2011.
They formed The B Side in Walla
Walla, Wash., and released their
“Prince Charming” CD in 2012.
Join us in Nehalem when we
bring our duo to NCRD Performing
Arts Center for a fun, surprising
and sorta quirky night of music.
Tickets are $10 and available at
the door; no advance sales. Only
cash or check will be accepted.