You may have missed it, as things were organized quickly, but a number of Portland musicians got together Saturday to raise cash for long-time Big Easy doorman “Uncle” Eddy Libby, who’s been in the hospital lately thanks to diabetes complications and who doesn’t sport any health insurance. We don’t know anyone who doesn’t love this guy. If you’re looking to donate, send checks to Edward Libby, care of the Big Easy, at 55 Market Street in Portland.
That’s right, Darien Brahms is finally following up on 2003’s excellent Green Valentine with another disc from Cornmeal Records: Number 4. The album will be available in stores August 18 and a release party is scheduled for SPACE on September 6.
The August 9 Baystock Festival, featuring John Fogerty, will be the last gig for As Fast As before drummer Andrew Hodgkins and bassist Hache leave on a year-long sabbatical. Catch them while you can.
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- Portland scene report: June 8, 2007
Jason Spooner's new disc, Flame You Follow , officially dropped to record stores June 1
- Album
Pantheon of the Lesser , Ocean
- Worth the wait
The wait is over.
- Call the Truckers
It seems the big new thing on the local music scene is to include one super-cool cover from the ’80s on your new album.
- That’s just super(groups)
You know, ideas are the easy part. It’s the execution that gets tricky.
- Daisies a day
I’m in the camp that says band names are important.
- Seven Sirens
SPACE Gallery showcased a "Seven Sirens" all-lady lineup last Friday, in front of a packed house.
- So good
One way to experiment with songwriting is to throw convention out the window, eschew verses and choruses, try to be completely unique. Sometimes the idea appears that if a song sounds like anything that came before it, well, that's points deducted like a gymnast who missed her landing. It's derivative!
- She’s all okay
Darien Brahms has been pegged as an alt-country diva or an anti-war activist, but on her solo records she’s mostly been an old-school rocker.
- Darien Brahms + American Music Club
Not to diminish where she is right now, but Darien Brahms would make one hell of a novelty dive-bar act in 20 years.
- Two and one
There’s something thrilling about the right harmony of opposite-sex voices, the meaning and emotion they can convey, the balance of power and grace.
- Less
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, John Fogerty, Andrew Hodgkins, Darien Brahms
