Events

And evening with GlassRoots Band, jamming out classics and originals of and eclectic blend. free , all Ages!!!!!!!!!

Here’s a show you don’t want to miss! Our featured artist this month is…darbuka roll please…Ritim Egzotik!

Founded in 2010, Ritim Egzotik – Turkish for ‘Exotic Rhythm’ – brings the fascinating melodies and rhythms of ‘Golden Era’ Egyptian and Turkish music of the 20th century, blending traditional and modern instruments with rock and jazz influences, in the spirit of composers and musicians such as Ahmed Fouad Hassan and Omar Khorshid.

Featuring:
David Reihs – creator and musical director, Arabic keyboards and accordion, Egyptian/Turkish percussion, elektro saz, oud. Sean Daly – Arabic fretted bass and guitar
Jason Ramirez – Egyptian Tabla/Turkish Darbuka drum

Check them out at:
www.RitimEgzotik.com
www.facebook.com/RitimEgzotik

But, that’s not all! The breathtaking dancer, Henna, will also be performing with the band along with these fabulous dancers: Sabrina, Nicole, Souzana,Fatifah, Mezdulene and Ann!

Word has it that there will be time for some open dance too, so don’t miss out on your chance to dance!

MEDGE monthly shows are held at Whirled Pies located at 199 W 8th Ave in downtown Eugene, Oregon and are always family-friendly. $7 admission, please bring cash to pay at the door. Join us for an evening of music and dance!

Vipertoons Productions and Whirled Pies present Eugene Women in The Blues, a benefit for Womenspace on International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8th. The benefit features Eugene area blues musicians including Halie Loren, Barbara Healy, Nicolette Helm, Matrisha Armitage, Lynda Duffy, Teresa Cunningham, Claudia Paige, Paula Vaden, Anya Lecuyer, and Sue Hunnel.

Halie Loren whose work spans varying genres is perhaps best known as a sensitive and transformative singer/songwriter who tours internationally and whose recordings have topped the jazz charts in Japan and Canada.

Barbara Healy’s soulful vocals and lyrics have ignited West coast stages and radio waves for more than thirty years. She currently performs with Barbara Healy & Groove Too.

Seasoned blues veteran Nicolette Helm performed with her own Nicolette Helm Band for many years and is now performing jazz standards.

Matrisha Armitage is one-half of the rock and blues band Bajuana Tea, and the Executive Director of the Music Education & Performing Artists Association which produces the GRRRLZ ROCK Music & Arts Festival.

Lynda Duffy is currently the lead singer in the band GROOVIN’; her voice gives all a true Sense of Soul, Getting’ down with the Blues, Kickin’ out with Rock, and Takin’ back with Retro.

Soulful improvisation and heart-felt expression characterizes Teresa Cunningham’s performances featuring tenor, soprano, and alto saxophones and clarinet, as well as vocals.

Drummer Claudia Paige has played with premier artists such as Jerry Garcia and Bonnie Raitt, tours with Druid Sisters Tea Party, and plays locally with several bands including Barbara Healy & Groove Too, Complicated, and Soulicious.

Paula Vaden is vocalist and percussionist with Soulicious.

Anya Lecuyer sings and performs with her band Anya Lecuyer and Friends and her quartet doing rock, R&B, blues, funk, and jazz.

Long-time Eugene area vocalist and fiddler Sue Hunnel currently performs with the Fiddlin’ Big Sue Band.

Womenspace believes each person has the right to live a life free from violence and fear of abuse. The agency’s mission is to prevent domestic violence in intimate partner relationships in Lane County and support survivors in claiming personal power. One in four women and one in seven men will experience some form of domestic violence in their lifetime. By providing support and resources to survivors of intimate partner violence, educating the community and working together Womenspace knows we can decrease the rate of domestic violence and create a healthier and safer community for everyone.

Tickets at the door are on a sliding scale donation of $5 to $50 with a suggested donation of $20. Whirled Pies is at 199 West 8th in Eugene. Show time is 7:00 pm.

Pizza, music and fun in downtown Eugene, OR.. with Andrew Kasab!

Whirled Music Series featuring St. Germain Street Band
3 piece Jazz Trio

There is no label to accurately describe the music of Joe Craven and the Sometimers. Acid-Rockgrass? Jazz Fusion Americana? To try to box it in would be to crush the exuberant creative spirit that happens when Craven, Jonathan Stoyanoff, Bruce MacMillan, Barry Eldridge and Hattie Craven play together. “No genre left behind” is their musical motto, and they accomplish the task with joyful abandon, playing paradigm-shattering free range music that entices and excites. Joe Craven is a creativity educator and prankster savant and, while a multi-instrumentalist proficient with strings and percussion from mando to canjoe to bongo, he is also a eulogist, wordsmith and fashion insultant.

“Everything Joe touches turns into music” says mandolinist David Grisman, with whom Craven played for almost 17 years. Craven has rubbed creative elbows with Jerry Garcia, David Lindley, Alison Brown, Jason Marsalis, Inga Swearengen, Roy Rogers, Howard Levy and many others. Joe also sings the praises of incredible, inspiring souls he has collaborated with that many folks may never know of. His creative genius sparks and ignites his fellow musicians, who travel to other worldly musical destinations not explored by many others.

Fittingly, Joe & The Sometimers’ new album Garcia Songbook pays homage to, while re-imagining, the music of one of the better known pioneers of Experiential Jam Music. Joe recorded and performed with Jerry in the acoustic quartet Garcia Grisman.

The Members…

35 years in the biz, Joe Craven wears a lot of hats; instrumentalist, vocalist, music producer, actor, storyteller, visual artist, carnival barker, noisemaker, fashion insultant, former museologist and creativity educator. He enjoys ‘playing forward’ folk tradition and process by mashing up ideas and sound tools from a variety of unexpected places, creating new music altogether. Joe has made music with Jerry Garcia, David Lindley, David Grisman, Alison Brown, Howard Levy, Vassar Clements, Rob Ickes and many other innovative artists. He is a featured artist/educator in the PBS television series, Music Gone Public, and Joe has created music and sound effects for commercials, soundtracks, computer games and contributions to several Grammy-nominated projects. From Carnegie Hall to street-corner busking, around the world and back – Joe’s at home and loving every minute. As an award-winning educator, Joe has taught with jazz vocalist Inga Swearengen, bassist Victor Wooten, children’s music innovator Paul Reisler and jazz percussionist Jason Marsalis. He’s the Executive Director of Vocáli Voice Camp and RiverTunes Roots Music Camp in California, the recipient of a Folk Alliance Far-West Performer of the Year Award and the Swannanoa Gathering’s Master Music Maker Award in North Carolina where Joe has taught for over a decade during Fiddle Week and, more recently, Contemporary Folk Week. “Joe Craven is magical” – San Francisco Chronicle

Jonathan Stoyanoff is a first call bassist who is a fan of, trained in, and very proficient at, a wide variety of vernacular music. He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA on a performance scholarship and, since then, Jonathan has been involved in a variety of musical projects. He has kept musical company with Larry Coryell, B.B. King, Robert Cray, Huey Lewis, Dave Mason, Jackie Greene, Ozomatli, Spearhead, Maceo Parker and many more. Jonathan has also played at some of the nation’s most prestigious festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, High Sierra Music Festival and Delfest.

Bruce MacMillanis a wonderfully intuitive musician dedicated to the holy temple of American Roots Music. His passion for the history and variety of America’s musical heritage has resulted in a versatility across many musical genres. From Blues to Bluegrass, Country to Jazz and Rock & Roll, Bruce plays with wonderful energy and artistry. He has performed upon many stages and at many music festivals, including the Strawberry Music Festival, High Sierra, and California Worldfest. With his wife Sally, they have two fine music stores in Chico and Redding, CA, known as The Music Connection where Bruce displays his chops as an educator, repairman and salesman. Bruce’s impressive skills on vocals plus all manner of guitars, Dobro and lap steel, bring a broad palette of sound to Joe Craven & The Sometimers.

Barry Eldridge The deep pocket grooves of drummer Barry Eldridge can be heard across an array of musical styles. His diverse skills cover wide territory: from high-intensity jazz-rock to world beat fusion and hip hop; from folk-grass Americana to one-drop reggae and second line and to backing a host of the region’s top singer-songwriters, Barry’s ability to support the music and bring inspired playing to the stage has earned him a reputation as one of the most versatile and in-demand drummers in Northern California. Having performed throughout North America at hundreds of venues and festivals with dozens of artists and bands, there is always something eclectic brewing in Barry’s creative cauldron.

Hattie Craven has built a reputation as one of the finest young, if not youngest, performers on the stages of the Strawberry Music Festival, Kate Wolf Music Festival, California World Fest, Hangtown Music Festival, The Redwood Ramble, Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, Wintergrass, Live Oak Music Festival, Delfest, Millpond Music Festival and others – and all to standing ovations. She has two recordings to her credit, “Eleven” (recorded at age 11) and “Bright” (recorded at age 15) both produced by her father Joe Craven. Hattie brings the important presence of a woman to the Sometimers sound with her stunning vocal work and captivating stage presence.

Garcia Birthday Band

Garcia Birthday Band (GBB), based in Portland Oregon, is the Pacific Northwest’s premier Grateful Dead experience! Formed in 1999, GBB is a group of veteran musicians celebrating and interpreting the vast repertoire of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, and bringing to life the good ole’ vibes that were contagious ‘on tour’ back in the day. But this isn’t a “tribute band”… Drawing on decades of individual and shared experience, GBB crafts and transforms this great music into something fresh and original. Solid chops, tight arrangements, and fine harmonies all contribute to the band’s musical travels and explorations of one of the greatest and most diverse songbooks of all time.