K k JANUARY 2016 K g VOL. 28 #1 H WOWHALL.ORGk the world’s premier touring guitar performed with the International festival, each show bringing Guitar Night troupe in 2009 and together the most interesting and 2011. His Latin Swing Project innovative acoustic guitarists to headlined the inaugural U.S. tour exchange musical ideas in a public of In The Footsteps Of Django in concert setting. For each tour, 2012. Brian Gore invites a new cast of Since Mike Dawes released his guitar luminaries to join him for debut single with Candyrat special evenings of solos, duets Records in June 2012, his interna- and quartets that highlight the tional profile has exploded. The dexterity and diversity within the young performer’s virtuoso style, world of acoustic guitar. Brian littered with subtle nuances and founded IGN in 1995 as a forum micro-techniques, has earned the for the world’s finest guitarists/ 24 year old Brit massive interna- composers to play their latest tional critical acclaim. Artists as original songs and share musical globally diverse as Gotye and ideas and talent with their peers. Newton Faulkner have worked Lulo Reinhardt, Django with Mike in the studio, whilst Reinhardt’s grand nephew, is a Justin Hayward of The Moody third generation master from Blues acquired a right hand axe Germany. He has retained the man in Mike as they toured incredible Reinhardt soul, speed together. and dexterity and updated the Mike’s stage show has been repertoire. Taught by his father, described as, “a youthful energy at twelve Lulo played in the Mike and charisma that blows the lid INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT Reinhardt Sextet and later the off the traditional guitar concert.” group Django Reinhardt and the His videos gain hundreds of thou- FEATURING LULO REINHARDT, MIKE DAWES, ANDRE KRENGEL & BRIAN GORE Heartbreakers. In 1991, he found- sands, if not millions of views in On Thursday, January 28, the Brain Gore. This is a seated con- by three of Europe’s finest acous- ed I Gitanos with his father Bawo as little as one week online. Community Center for the cert. tic guitarists: Gypsy Jazz legend and cousin Dege. Andre Krengel is a versatile Performing Arts and KLCC Guitar players and music fans Lulo Reinhardt, contemporary Lulo’s curiosity took him to and virtuosic guitar player who is proudly welcome International of all stripes are fortunate to find fingerstyle innovator Mike Dawes southern Spain in search of fla- mainly self-taught, with his own Guitar Night (IGN) to the WOW the 2016 North American Tour and multi-genre showman Andre menco roots, and to South unique style of playing, and is one Hall featuring Lulo Reinhardt, making a stop in Eugene. IGN Krengel. America, exploring various musi- of the foremost players in Mike Dawes, Andre Krengel and founder Brian Gore will be joined International Guitar Night is cal styles of Latin Jazz. Lulo CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 k INSIDE THIS ISSUE THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR P2 THE NEW HYDING JEKYLL P2 CHICANO BATMAN P3 SHABAZZ PALACES P3 WOW HALL AWARDS BALLOT P4 LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO P5 ANDY McKEE P5 KEITH ANDERSON P5 THE STU HAMM BAND P6 VANESSA CARLTON P6 AUSTIN JONES & RUN 2 COVER P7 STYLUST BEATS P7 SUPER DUPER KYLE P7 On Monday, February 1, the Com- a very earthly sense of groove. then the more traditional approach of munity Center for the Performing Arts At its core, Such Things is entirely writing and recording in making Dark and KRVM proudly welcome Saintseneca accessible and undeniably powerful, Arc, Saintseneca has largely been Little’s to the WOW Hall along with special unquestionably Saintseneca’s most cohe- machine. He began writing for Such guest Des Ark. sive, catchy output, and a work that Things by demoing songs composed of “The Ohio band Saintseneca made a cements the band’s singer-songwriter Zac anywhere from two to one-hundred-and- national name for itself with its moodily Little’s status as one of modern indie fifty tracks. PAID stellar 2014 album Dark Arc, on which it music’s most thoughtful and talented art- “Even though it might seem like this U.S. Postage U.S. Permit No. 303 No. Permit showcases an arsenal of unlikely instru- ists. Bolstering the more streamlined singular vision, at the core my creative Eugene, OR 97401 Eugene, Nonprofit Organization ments, from the bulbul to the bouzouki “pop” compositions is a raucous and strategy for the band is one that inher- to the bowed banjo,” reports NPR. fuzzed out sonic palette that beautifully ently involves other people,” Zac declares. “Throughout Dark Arc, all those worldly accentuates the record’s power of engage- “Ultimately, by involving other people (and alliterative!) sounds got channeled ment. that are really talented and that I admire, into rich, dark, lustrous songs — hooky, “When we were getting ready to we’ll come up with something that will accessible things that felt exotic and record with Mike (Mogis of Bright Eyes), transcend what any individual would be familiar, diverse and consistent. The I told him I wanted the songs to be fil- capable of. To me that’s the ultimate new Such Things follows suit, but with tered through sixties psychedelic pop,” creative goal; to have that element of even brighter and more intoxicating Little explains. “Not like a throwback spontaneity and the culmination of mul- results.” record, because I didn’t write those type tiple minds.” The new Saintseneca album Such of songs. What we wanted were modern “From start to finish, Such Things feels Things finds the band at the intriguing songs that sounded like a band had gone like the product of intense care — every intersection of metaphysics and rock and back in time to record them.” word and sound feels thoughtfully roll. While the thematic concerns of the Since its origin in 2007 as an teenage wrought,” notes NPR, “and, as a bonus, record address the very nature of human bluegrass outfit in Appalachian Ohio, it also sounds amazing blaring out of car consciousness, the decidedly hook-centric then its growth to a large, multi-instru- windows.” sound serves as a delightfully visceral mental live rock and folk collective Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Community Center for the Arts Performing 291 West 8th 97401 OR. Eugene, counterpoint, infusing the band’s unique whose onstage experiments would find door. Doors open at 7:30 pm and show- melding of folk, punk and epic rock with their way to tape on 2011’s Last, and time is 8:00. H K k WOW HALL NOTES The Community Center for the 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], www.wowhall.org, Box office hours Mon-Fri 12:00-6:00 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 2016 All rights reserved Notes Staff: Copy Editor & Advertising THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR Representative - Bob Fennessy, Layout & Design - James Bateman CCPA Staff: Program Coordinator - Calyn Kelly, Membership On Wednesday, January 27, Coordinator & Publicist - Bob Fennessy, Stage Manager - Selena Frame, Asst Stage Managers - Jason Bailey, Chris Evans, Davis the CCPA and KRVM proudly Koier, Lighting Director - Sam Hitchcock, Office Managers - Donna Carbone, Ross Shuber, Bookkeeper - Melissa Swan, Volunteer welcome The Bright Light Social Coordinator - Laura Farrelly, House Manager - Sam Harmon, Concessions Manager - Angela Lees, Shawn Lynch Custodian - Jona Waterstone Volunteer Staff: Zac Townsend, Dan Wathen, Art Gallery Director - Sam Harmon, Poster Distribution - WOW Hour along with James Supercave. Hall Poster Crew, CCPA Board of Directors: Chair: Aaron Dietrich, Vice Chair: Mike Janes, Secretary: Mysti Rose Frost, Treasurer: Questions bring art to life. McKenzie Goodwin, Members: Jacqueline Hamer, Robert Kelsey, Steve Lasky, Terri Wilson Songs can still ponder socio-polit- ical issues, the fragility and isola- tion of the human condition, and what lies ahead for earth. Moreover, music possesses the potential and gravitas to incite change, while reflecting the world’s faults and follies. The Bright Light Social Hour contemplates a “Future South” on their second full-length album, Space Is Still the Place [Frenchkiss Records]. The Austin artists — Curtis Roush [guitar, vocals, synths], Jack O’Brien [bass, vocals, synths] and Joseph Mirasole [drums, synths] — offer a different interpretation of the space around them throughout ten thematically connected songs. “It was shocking,” adds Curtis. assumes the pop idiom while con- The album will pose a few ques- “We realized how few individuals tinually charting its fringes. The tions, but you may leave with an were working jobs they felt self- result: a sound that is cerebral in answer or two as well. actualized by to some extent. lyric and muscular in command of The Bright Light Social Hour They’re pedaling for survival. beat and groove. Whether in convened while Curtis and Jack Our generation has grown up in winking jabs at corporations, or attended graduate school at the continuous financial crises, a lot of in frustration anthems angled at University of Texas in Austin. unemployment, a lack of opportu- the internet native, James They released their self-titled nity, widening inequality, and per- Supercave offers an uncompro- debut in 2010 and scored six vasive issues of race, gender, and mising mirror to life’s edges: the awards at SXSW 2011 Austin class. We’re taking a lens to some smooth, the rough-hewn, the odd- Music Awards. On the road, they of these gritty realities and espous- angled.