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K k JANUARY 2019 K g VOL. 31 #1 H WOWHALL.ORGk ABOUT JOJO ABOT By Ruben Estrada On Saturday, January 26, the Hult Center for the Performing Arts proudly welcomes JOJO ABOT to the WOW Hall. Originally from Ghana but currently based out of New York City, JOJO ABOT is a genre bending artist using film, dance, painting, fashion, and of course, music, to express herself and her message. While JOJO ABOT will be performing here at the end of the month, Eugenians will have the opportunity to experience her work earlier in January at the Hult Center, where she will be presenting her immersive new project titled POWER TO THE GOD WITHIN. POWER TO THE GOD WITHIN is an artistic experience that presents the Black being as divine and all-powerful. The show premiered earlier this year at the National Sawdust in New York City. Throughout creating her show, JOJO ABOT has still main- tained a steady touring presence, spending the last year on the road performing with artists including Ms. Lauryn Hill, Common and Stephen Marley. The versatility of JOJO ABOT can be heard within just a single song. Take her performance of her track “To Li” for the 2017 New Year’s Eve concert in New York. Wearing a large, middle parted yellow wig, and sporting colorful facial painting around her eyes, she begins by staring into the camera and deliv- ering her opening lines --where she accuses her lover of touching another woman. In the song, sung in both English and Ewe, JOJO ABOT chirps to hit high sharp notes and bellows to deliver a powerful deep tone, inflecting notes with a growl every so often. Blending dancehouse, electronica, neo-soul, jazz and more, her music allows her to explore wide ranging themes such as racism, love, a woman’s right to choose and the divine feminine. As of now, Eugene is the only West Coast city where JOJO ABOT is scheduled to perform and show POWER TO THE GOD WITHIN. Rarely does the city get chosen to host such a unique artist. POWER TO THE GOD WITHIN will be shown at the Hult Center throughout the month of January. The WOW Hall will be her final show in Eugene. Come celebrate with a night to be remembered. Doors open at 7:00 pm and showtime is 8:00. Tickets start at $28 and are available through the Hult Center box office. H SAGE THE GEMINI P2 H OPIUO P3 H J.I.D P3 H HISTORY PUB P3 H EUGENE LIVE! P4 H ANDRE NICKATINA P6 INSIDE THIS ISSUE VIRAL FEST P6 H POLARFEST P6 H THRIFTWORKS P7 H MEMBERSHIP PARTY THANKS P7 H HOEDOWN SHOWDOWN P7 musical spectrum. Before meeting his future wife at a show in Washington, DC, Detroit-born Adrian was raised on rock and punk, with a carnival barker’s croon and an off-the-wall “claw-hammer banjo” approach to playing the acoustic PAID U.S. Postage U.S. guitar. Meanwhile, Meredith was an Permit No. 303 No. Permit Eugene, OR 97401 Eugene, Ann Arbor native who cut her teeth in Nonprofit Organization the old-time music scene, where she played traditional fiddle and clogged. Those two approaches come together with Adrian + Meredith, a project that honors the traditions of folk and Americana music while pushing beyond those genres’ boundaries. Adrian was already 10 years into an acclaimed solo career when Meredith made a guest appearance on his 2014 release, Roam. Since then, the pair’s ADRIAN+MEREDITH partnership has grown into a full-time On Thursday, January 31, the CCPA on Americana music. Their live show collaboration, with the two swapping proudly welcomes Adrian + Meredith to will have you on your feet dancing, clap- harmonies, trading solos, and acting as the WOW Hall along with special guest ping and stomping along with the rule- co-pilots. They’re a dynamic, hard- Hannah Sophia. breaking spirit of punk, the vintage working tour de force that creates instant Always ones to march to their own twang of old-timey folk, the sneer of fans with every show. They blend folk, drum, Adrian + Meredith make a differ- rock & roll, and even the frenetic bounce old time, postpunk, prewar jazz, soul, ent sort of roots racket. Since the release of early swing and jazz manouche. rock & roll, and country music in the of their debut album, More Than A In a city filled with country cowboys same set, sometimes same song. Adrian’s RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Community Center for the Arts Performing 291 West 8th 97401 OR. Eugene, Little (Hearth Music, 2016) the East and sit-on-a-stool songwriters, Adrian + twisted storylines drive home poignant Nashville-based duo has been pounding Meredith brings together two performers stories that make you think, while the pavement and putting their own spin who grew up on opposite ends of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 K k The Community Center for the WOW HALL NOTES Performing Arts is located in the Historic Woodmen of the World Hall (W.O.W. Hall), 291 W 8th, Eugene, Or 97401, (541)687-2746, [email protected], wowhall.org, Box office hours Mon-Fri Noon-6:00 PM. Printed monthly by Western Oregon Webpress, Circulation 3,800, General Support made possible by a grant from Lane Arts Council with support from City of Eugene Cultural Services Division, Copyright 2019 All rights reserved Notes Staff: Copy Editor & Advertising Representative - Bob Fennessy, Layout & Design - James Bateman CCPA Staff: Membership Coordinator & Publicist - Bob Fennessy, Programming Manager - Lori Hawley, Stage Manager - Justin Showker, Asst Stage Manager - Ed Kashin, Davis Koier, Robert Chappel, Office Manager - Danette Lamson, Bookkeeper - Melissa Swan, Volunteer Coordinator - Kaleah Bishop, House Manager - Blake Boxer Concessions - Angela Lees, Kambra Morris-Mitzner, Daniel Noall Custodian - Dave Diercks, Eric Herz, Lighting Director - Cody Owen, Volunteer Staff: Charles Peters, Dan Wathen, Poster Distribution - WOW Hall Poster Crew, CCPA Board of Directors: Chair: Aaron Dietrich, Vice Chair: Henry Weber,, Secretary: Janelle Krinsky, Members: Kathleen Blair, Hannah Finley, Robyn Kelly, Marlene Monette, Abe Neilson-Sword, Amy Sherwood SAGE THE GEMINI BIG AND GETTING BIGGER On Wednesday, January 30, “Red Nose”, also self-produced, clever candy references. 1988 Entertainment presents Sage which went from a regional sen- “I just have a big imagination, The Gemini “West For The sation into a national hit, earning period,” says Sage. “My songs are Winter” Tour 2019 with special a RIAA platinum certification. based on that. In my music, I’ll guest Raymon McMahon. Remember Me, Sage’s debut see color. It reminds me of candy, At 6-feet 5-inches tall, Sage album, earned critical acclaim cars, or a girl. It just flowed on The Gemini quietly makes his and debuted in the Top 50 of this one.” presence known when he walks Billboard’s Top 200. Next, in As Sage puts it, he’s “bringing into a room with a confident 2015, he joined forces with Nick imagination back.” Pop culture smile. That same presence defines Jonas for the hit “Good Thing”, could certainly use a healthy dose his music. The twenty-something which lit up Billboard’s “Hot of fun, and he’s serious about Bay Area native stands out by not 100” chart and notched over 17 that. “I’m like a big goofy kid. I just writing, rapping and singing, million YouTube/VEVO views. love cartoons. Amazing World of but also personally producing, And he teamed up with Flo Rida Gumball, Family Guy, American recording and even mixing the for the platinum “G.D.F.R.”— Dad, and The Cleveland Show majority of his material. which went Top 10 in ten coun- are some of my favorites. “It’s like I’m a one-man band,” tries and racked up 250 million Nowadays, I like to keep it posi- he grins. “I never wanted to be YouTube/VEVO views. tive.” the guy who’s like, ‘I don’t have Sage has toured with Wiz That’s precisely why Sage’s music out, because I don’t have Khalifa, Jeezy, Rich Homie Quan music is going to resonate for a anyone to record me or give me a and Ty Dolla $ign, and garnered long time to come. Sage quite beat.’ I’ve invested everything I praise from Complex, Noisey, literally drives every element of can into this vision, so I can The Fader, XXL, and more. He his music. A multitalented artist, always create songs my way.” contributed two anthems to the he’s an accomplished producer Sage has a signature touch that #1 Furious 7 official soundtrack whose vision has fueled his big- has yielded an impressive string album. Fresh Empire focused on gest successes from inception to of smashes since he first emerged him for the documentary “Sage chart domination. in 2013. Without traditional pro- The Gemini’s The Come Up” -- “I love the challenge of mak- motion, Sage’s self-produced exploring his alcohol and tobac- ing catchy urban music and doing breakout single “Gas Pedal” [feat. co-free lifestyle. bigger stuff, because I want to be Iamsu!] went double-platinum “Now or Later” is the first the biggest artist on the planet,” and became his first Top 40 release for a partnership between he adds. entry; receiving the remix treat- Sage’s own Global Gemini label Tickets are $20 in advance, ment from none other than Justin and Atlantic Records. The slick $25 day of show. Doors open at Bieber. He followed up with and sugary refrain is rife with 7:00 pm and showtime is 8:00. H 2 JANUARY 2019 WOW HALL NOTES FIND US ONLINE: WWW.WOWHALL.ORG tronic scene in 2010 with Robo HANNAH SOPHIA Booty, Opiuo’s career has evolved and grown throughout three full- length albums and several EPs.