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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOW Hall events 6/1 to 6/9/11
In the Gallery: The Temporal Nature of the Spaces We Inhabit: Oil Paintings by Brooke Borcherding: through June.
Wednesday, June 1
The Skatalites
Classic Ska
Doors 7:30 pm; showtime 8:00
Tickets $18 advance, $20 door, available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3705665
Friday, June 3
Medium Troy, Kore Ionz, State of Jefferson
Bohemian Dub
Doors 8:30 pm; showtime 9:00
Tickets $5 advance, pay what you want at the door ($3 min.), available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3678855
Saturday, June 4
Conjugal Visitors, Bad Mitten Orchestre, Water Tower Bucket Boys
Bluegrass
Doors 8:30 pm; showtime 9:00
Tickets $10 advance, $12 door, available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3674855
Tuesday, June 7
Rebirth Brass Band
New Orleans’ Marching Jazz Band
Doors 8:30 pm; showtime 9:00
Tickets $15 advance, $18 door, available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3705675
Wednesday, June 8
Pharoahe Monch, Endr Won, Star Buks, C-Villian
Hip-Hop
Doors 8:30 pm; showtime 9:00
Tickets $13 advance, $15 door, available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3678845
Friday, June 10
KNRQ’s Last Band Standing
Battle of the Bands
Doors 7:00 pm; showtime 8:00
Admission $5 at the door.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/2/2011 (day was incorrect last week)
On Wednesday, June 1, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and KRVM proudly welcome The Skatalites back to the WOW Hall.
The Skatalites, who last performed at the WOW Hall in 1999, are the premiere ska band from Jamaica. One could argue that they are one of the most influential groups in 20th century popular music. Officially formed in 1964 after playing in studios together all over Kingston, these musicians began to perform live shows all over the island and acted as the backing band for dozens of vocalists including Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and The Maytals, and Peter Tosh. They are the roots to the tree whose branches include rocksteady, reggae, rap, dub, punk, two-tone, 3rd wave, ska-jazz, ska-core and ragga. Now in their 47th year, they continue to please crowds while spanning the globe year after year. The band members now include Lester Sterling, Doreen Shaffer, Azemobo Audu, Natty Frenchy, Kevin Batchelor, Val Douglas, Andrae Murchison and Cameron Greenlee. Drummer and founding member Lloyd Knibb passed away May 12 at the age of 80.
From the start, The Skatalites changed Jamaican music forever. The creation of ska -- the father of rocksteady, the grandfather of reggae -- gave us eternal rhythms that now infiltrate the globe. In the 80s and 90s, English ska revival groups like Madness, The Specials and The Selector and their American counterparts The Slackers, HepCat, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, No Doubt and The Rocksteady 7, all acknowledged The Skatalites as a primary influence. This new generation has opened for and played with The Skatalites, raising awareness for and reviving the fan base for a new wave of ska. "Not only did they pave the way for the intricacies and nuances of the rocksteady, reggae and dub styles that followed, but they've been held in continual high esteem by musicians, intellectuals and such non-mainstream types as punk rockers,” states The Beat Magazine. “To feel how influential they are on a global scale, listen to their recent live album recorded in Argentina. You can hear the audience singing along to songs that don't have lyrics! What other band can connect with a crowd that way?"
Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, and are available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 7:30 pm and showtime is 8:00. The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). Adult refreshments are available downstairs. For more information please call 687-2746.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/4/2011
On Friday, June 3, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome Medium Troy for a “Pay-What-You-Want”Fan Appreciation Party at the WOW Hall with special guests Kore Ionz and State of Jefferson.
Winners of WOW Hall's Favorite Local Band Award for the last two years in a row, Medium Troy is back from a Northwest tour with another “Pay-What-You-Want” Fan Appreciation Party. “Last year's Pay-What-You-Want Show was a thank you to the fans for voting for us and since they did it two years in a row, we thought we should too,” says Troy frontman JoJo Ferreira. Medium Troy has been at work in the studio recording the full length follow up to their first album, Bohemian Dub. Medium Troy also released the limited edition Space Tree EP for The Warped Tour in 2010. While this album was only sold on CD at the Warped Tour, it is available for free on their Facebook and Soundcloud page. Medium Troy continues to evolve and encompass a greater variety of musical styles. They build on a foundation of rocksteady reggae and classic dub instrumentation with the addition of glitch hop production and thumping dubstep bass wobbles. Fusing bass heavy electronica with skittering drums and traditional melodic songwriting, Medium Troy reaches into an untouched strata of music. Notable performances include the Vans Warped Tour (Washington, Oregon, Idaho - 2009, 2010), Oregon Country Fair Mainstage (2010), Tayberry Jam - 2009, 2010) and Eugene Celebration Main Stage (2009, 2010). This summer they will perform at Mystic Garden Gathering, Tayberry Jam, Seattle Hempfest, Sound to Mountains Bike Fest and Burning Man! Medium Troy will be also be featured as The Unsigned Band of the Month in September's High Times Magazine. The band is in the final stages of releasing a professionally produced video for Space Tree.
Seattle's world-reggae-rockers Kore Ionz kicked off the New Year with a live in-studio performance on KEXP 90.3 FM that peaked at #19 on the station's Top Live Performances chart, falling right below Death Cab For Cutie. They finished off the set with a world premiere of the title track from the Love You Better EP, which was self-released in May. Kore Ionz is Daniel Pak (vocals and rhythm guitar), Ahkeenu Musa (percussion), Brendan DeMelle (bass), Teo Shantz (drums), Kiley Sullivan (keyboards), Mark Oi and Thaddeus Turner (lead guitar), Owuor Arunga (trumpet) and Izaak Mills (tenor sax).
Tickets are $5 in advance or take your chances and Pay-What-You-Want at the door ($3 minimum), and are available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00. The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). For more information please call 687-2746.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/5/2011
On Saturday, June 4, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and KRVM invite you to enjoy an evening of homegrown bluegrass at the WOW Hall with The Conjugal Visitors, Bad Mitten Orchestre and Water Tower Bucket Boys.
Conjugal Visitors mix mountain dance music, bluegrass, jazz, jug band, and good old rock 'n' roll. 2010 highlights include playing opening sets for Maria Muldaur and the Asylum Street Spankers, and performing at numerous festivals from northern Washington to southern Oregon, including the Northwest Folklife Festival, Oregon Country Fair and the brand new Beavergrass Festival. The Conjugal Visitors' newest CD, The Gang's All Here, spotlights the band's creative talents, with eight original songs and high-octane instrumental numbers that span genres from old time country to swing to tango to rollicking Russian folk music. Band members are: Reverend Jesse Lawton (vocals, mandolin), M.D. "Moz" Elsworth (vocals, guitar), Brien "Bobo" McMullen (upright bass) and Chip "Professor Horsehair" Cohen (vocals, fiddle).
Both Bad Mitten Orchestre and Water Tower Bucket Boys are originally Eugene bands who got their start opening for Conjugal Visitors shows at the World Cafe. They have since moved to Portland, so this is a homecoming/reunion show of sorts. The Bad Mitten Orchestre's music, often described as "Lyrical Folk Cabaret", features a blend of Americana and Gypsy roots. Conjuring vivid images of smoky bars, storybook characters, and angelic intervention, they illustrate themes of mystery, fate, and the beauty of the ephemeral. With two albums out and a third on the way, the band's sound has transformed with the addition of percussion along with the evolution of it's songwriting.
Portland’s Water Tower Bucket Boys recently celebrated the national release of Sole Kitchen, which was engineered, mixed, and produced by MxPX/Tumbledown front man Mike Herrera at Herrera's Monkey Trench Studios in Bremerton, Washington. No Depression said that it has a "harder edge than any folk album you're likely to hear this year. Their far-ranging influences enable them to see the common ground between folk, rock, punk and even jazz, and they draw from this common ground to create their unique sound." The Bucket Boys are Cory Goldman (banjo, guitar, vocals), Kenny Feinstein (guitar, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle, vocals), and Josh Rabie (fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, vocals) comprise the Bucket Boys.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and are available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00. The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). Adult refreshments are available downstairs. For more information please call 687-2746.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/8/2011
On Tuesday, June 7, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and KRVM proudly welcome the Rebirth Brass Band back to the WOW Hall.
Simply put, the Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans institution. Formed in 1982 by the now infamous Frazier brothers, the band has evolved from playing the streets of the French Quarter to playing festivals and stages all over the world. The band is currently touring in support of a new album, Rebirth of New Orleans. Rebirth is known for combining traditional New Orleans brass band music, including the New Orleans tradition of second line with funk, jazz, soul and hip hop influences. Their signature brand of brass funk has won over several generations of music lovers, and in a post-Katrina world, their name and music have become the soundtrack to their musically rich hometown. The group was founded by tuba / sousaphone player Philip Frazier, his brother, bass drummer Keith Frazier, trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, and other school marching band members from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School in New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood. The band was discovered at the 1982 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and recorded its first studio album in 1984. Ruffins later left and formed his own band. Rebirth regularly tours North America and Europe, and is second only to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in popularity and acclaim among the brass bands of New Orleans. “We don’t think of ourselves as stars. Once you become a star, you can’t go hang in the hood,” says Derrick Tabb, the troupe’s baby-faced, 6’4” snare drummer. “And we love the hood.” Rebirth's long-standing regular Tuesday night gig at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood of Uptown is one of the pillars of the New Orleans music scene, and has served as a reliable introduction to the city's nightlife for many newly arrived college students. “Rebirth has come a long way from their early days, playing for tips in the French Quarter,” writes Caroline Goyette in Pulse. “They’ve gigged in Europe, Asia and Africa; played stints with The Meters and Grateful Dead. They’ve seen 19 members pass through their lineup, among them jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins. And they’ve unleashed a signature groove — fast and brash, blazing, freewheeling horns anchored by a fat tuba beat — that’s fueled by the street music traditions they grew up with.” Band members are: Phil Frazier (tuba), Keith Frazier (bass drum), Derek Shezbie (trumpet), Glen Andrews (trumpet), Stafford Agee (trombone), Corey Henry (trombone), Derrick Tabb (snare drum), Vincent Broussard (saxophone) and Chaderick Honroe (trumpet).
Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, and are available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00. The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). Adult refreshments are available downstairs. For more information please call 687-2746.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/9/2011
On Wednesday, June 8, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome Pharoahe Monch to the WOW Hall along with Eugene’s own Endr Won, Star Buks and C-Villian.
Throughout his career, Pharoahe Monch has always chosen to reach the souls of hip-hop folk with high caliber lyricism over a wide variety of music inspired by some of the greatest musicians of all time. “Music is dear to me,” says Monch, “it is the soundtrack to our history.” The Queens, NY born and bred emcee began as a visual artist, putting his heart and soul on canvass. While in art school, Pharoahe was introduced to hip-hop through its visual manifestations of graffiti and fashion. From there he discovered DJ’ing and rapping and instantly recognized them as the viable means of expression they have been since their inception. An artist with new brushes, Monch found a partner in rhyme, Prince Poetry, and began painting on the canvass of hip-hop with Organized Konfusion, bursting on the scene with “Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken” and a remix of “Fudge Pudge” featuring O.C. Their self- produced, self-titled debut was critically lauded for inventive rhyme schemes, jazz related production and densely packed lyricism that challenged their listeners and stretched the boundaries of hip-hop. From there, the duo took another creative leap forward with sophomore release Stress: the Extinction Agenda, which features Pharoahe’s rapid fire staccato yet melodic delivery, internal rhyme schemes and breath control techniques that pushed him to the forefront of his contemporaries in rhyme, solidifying Monch as an emcee of the highest order. Following their third release, The Equinox, Organized disbanded. Pharoahe Monch reemerged as a soloist on 1998's Internal Affairs, one of the greatest underground hip-hop albums ever. “Simon Says,” the crowd moving hit powered by a Godzilla movie sample, became a monster single. The song appeared in the movie Charlie's Angels. Pharoahe resurfaced eight years later with the album Desire, garnering song placement on the highly popular Madden NFL 08 video game. Now in 2011, Pharoahe Monch stands ready for W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), taking a stand for higher thought and for the love of the art in hip-hop culture while standing firm against the many lowbrow approaches to the art form. “This record is my truth as it was written when I made it,” says Monch. “I would like this album to be on a frequency to let you open the doors to your God-self. I want this harmony to give you goose bumps and raise the hairs on your arms. W.A.R. is a coat of arms against the destruction of art.”
Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door, and are available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00. The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). Adult refreshments are available downstairs. For more information please call 687-2746.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/10/2011
Classes, Meetings & Workshops at the WOW Hall 6/2 to 6/9/11
Saturday, June 4:
West African Dance with Alseny Yansane
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday, June 5:
Coalessence: Community Ecstatic Dance
10:30 am - noon
Monday, June 6:
African Dance Fundamentals with Andrea DiPalma Yansane
7:00 - 8:15 pm
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Tuesday, May 24
Citizen Fish
Krum Bums
ManOverBoard
Apathy Cycle
7:00 PM
$10 Advance
$12 Door
Punk Rock
http://www.citizenfish.com
http://www.myspace.com/citizenfishofficial
http://www.manoverboardmusic.com
Wednesday, May 25
CCPA Annual Meeting
Reception 6:00 pm; meeting 6:30
Thursday, May 26
Z-Man
Equipto & Mike Marshall (as K.I.M.)
The CUF
4TREES
DUCES5 with SEMM
Hosted by Charlie Blu
(Ghetto House rental)
8:30 PM
$10 Advance
$12 Door
Hip-Hop
http://www.myspace.com/zmainey
Friday, May 27
Leroy Bell & His Only Friends
7:30 PM
$12 Advance
$15 Door
Soul
http://www.leroybell.com
Saturday, May 28
Yogoman Burning Band
Greenlander
Sea Bell
Brooks Robertson
8:30 PM
$8 Advance
$10 Door
Rock
http://www.yogomanburningband.com
http://www.greenlanderband.com/
http://www.brooksrobertson.com/
Sunday, May 29
Dance (Space) Project
6:30 PM
$10 Advance
$12 Door
$15 Reserved
Dance Performance
Tuesday, May 31
Petar Ralchev Quartet
Kef
7:30 PM
$13 Advance
$15 Door
$18 Reserved
Bulgarian Folk
http://www.petarralchev.com/
http://www.balkanmusic.org/kef/index.html
Wednesday, June 1
The Skatalites
7:30 PM
$18 Advance
$20 Door
Classic Ska
http://www.skatalitesmusic.com/
Friday, June 3
Medium Troy
Kore Ionz
State of Jefferson
8:30 PM
$5 Advance
$5 Door
Bohemian Dub
http://www.facebook.com/MediumTroy
http://www.koreionz.com
Saturday, June 4
Conjugal Visitors
Bad Mitten Orchestre
Water Tower Bucket Boys
8:30 PM
$10 Advance
$12 Door
Bluegrass
http://www.myspace.com/conjugalvisitors"
http://www.youtube.com/conjugalvisitors
http://www.myspace.com/badmittenmusic
http://www.watertowerbucketboys.com
http://www.myspace.com/watertowerbucketboys
http://www.cdbaby.com/wtbb
Tuesday, June 7
Rebirth Brass Band
8:30 PM
$15 Advance
$18 Door
New Orleans’ Marching Jazz Band
http://www.rebirthbrassband.com
Wednesday, June 8
Pharoahe Monch
Endr Won
Star Buks
C-Villian
8:30 PM
$13 Advance
$15 Door
Hip-Hop
http://www.myspace.com/pharoahemonch
Friday, June 10
KNRQ’s Last Band Standing
7:00 PM
$5 Door
Battle of the Bands
http://www.nrq.com/
Saturday, June 18
Face To Face
Blitzkid
The Darlings
(Mike Thrasher Presents rental)
8:00 PM
$20 Advance
$22 Door
Punk Rock
http://www.mikethrasherpresents.com
http://www.mikethrasherpresents.com/dbmonkey/event.cfm?cal=thrasher&id=50477
Friday, June 24
The Blimp Record Release Party
The Blast Majesty
Held Up Hands
8:30 PM
$5 Door
Rock
http://www.myspace.com/mastertheblimp/
http://www.myspace.com/theblastmajesty
http://www.myspace.com/zdead60s/
http://garagepunk.ning.com/profile/VioletTimes
Saturday, June 25
The Athiarchists
The Low Men
Explode-A-Tron
The Procrastinators
7:30 PM
$5 Advance
$5 Door
Hard Rock
http://www.myspace.com/theathiarchists
http://www.theathiarchists
Friday, July 22
Foalter (acoustic)
8:30 PM
$12 Advance
$15 Door
Acoustic Rock
http://www.floater.com
Monday-Friday, July 24-29
Musics Edge Rock Camp
Thursday, July 28
Matt Schofield
7:30 PM
$10 Advance
$12 Door
Blues
http://www.mattschofield.net/
Friday, July 29
Musics Edge Rock Camp Show
Sunday, July 21
Matisyahu
Tea Leaf green
(Square peg Concerts rental)
6:00 PM
$25 Advance
$28 Door
Jewish Reggae
http://matisyahuworld.com/tickets/
Saturday, July 30
Ben Sollee
Thousands
8:30 PM
$13 Advance
$15 Door
Singer-Songwriter
http://www.bensollee.com/
http://thousandsband.com/
Thursday, August 4
Rasputina
Smoke Fairies
7:30 PM
$15 Advance
$18 Door
$20 Reserved
Women’s Cello Society
http://www.rasputina.com
Friday, August 5
Bootfest 4:
We Have Guns
AKA White Devil
I Am Ruin
Pantheon
Below Akheron
The Entry
6:30 PM
$7 / $12 Both Days
Hard Rock
Saturday, August 6:
Bootfest 4:
New World Sinner
Monday With A Bullet
Omnihility
Harness
Rocket Propelled Chainsaws
Game Over
6:30 PM
$7 / $12 Both Days
Hard Rock
Saturday, August 13
Hoedads Reunion
6:30 PM
Free for Hoedads
Monday-Friday, August 15-19
Musics Edge Rock Camp
Friday, August 19
Musics Edge Rock Camp Show
Wednesday, September 7
Rev. Horton Heat
Nashville Pussy
(Monqui Presents rental)
7:00 PM
$18.50 Advance
$20 Door
Psychobilly
