Thoughts for the weekend

Posts have been a little less frequent - will try to pick that up ... yeah, just slouching on the job here.  :-)

Friday
This weekend there's two shows that are part of the annual Siren Nation Festival, showcasing the original work of women working in music, film, performance and visual art. Tonight it's Anomie Belle, Sara Jackson Holman, Tara Jane O’Neil, and Katie Sawicki at the Someday Lounge ... 8pm / $15 for single night tickets.  Get your tickets here. On Saturday night, it will be  Annie Bethancourt, Erin McKeown, Shelley Short and Zoe Muth ... same place and time.  Check it the Siren Nation story at Oregon Music News.

Happy hour?  Happiness on tap at the Laurelthirst tonight with the James Low Western Front's monthly first Friday gig ... 6 PM, no cover

It's time for another LiveWire Radio recording at the Alberta Rose Theatre with guests Congressman Earl Blumenauer, filmmaker Andy Blubaugh, food and Ppop culture maven Karen Brooks, music from The Upsidedown (one of Peter Buck's numerous projects) and Erin McKeown.... 7:30 PM, $15/$30

Her Redbird cohorts, Peter Mulvey and Jeffrey Faucault, were there two weeks ago, so tonight it's Kris Delmhorst's turn at The Woods ... another wonderful singer/songwriter ...   7:30 pm, $15

Speaking of wonderful singer/songwriters, local indie fave Laura Veirs will be at the Doug Fir ... 9 PM, $14 

Rich Layton & The Troublemakers are at the cool eastside wine bar, Vino Vixens tonight - where they play a little quieter than usual, but that gets you really listening to Rich's fine songwriting (and stay tuned for their new CD coming soon - the level of writing and performance is going to turn some heads) ...  

On the blues front, Robbie Laws is at the Gemini in Lake Oswego (9 PM) and DK Stewart with the Soul Survivor Horns will be at Duff's Garage (9:30 PM).


Saturday
Couple of shows to point out include the Siren Nation show mentioned above, and ...

Need some early music to get the juices flowin' ... head over to EaT: An Oyster Bar for their Gumbo Cookoff with music by The Knuckleheads (a rotating allstar blues band that today will feature Paris Slim, Lloyd Jones and Steve Kerin) ... noon to 4 PM

At the Bagdad Theater is the second of two fundraising shows for Portland Rescue Mission that were organized by drummer Brian Blade.  I attended Wednesday's Music For The Mission show at the Crystal with Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois that was one of the most musically beautiful and satisfying events this year.  They did all of the songs from her groundbreaking Wrecking Ball recording from 1995 that Lanois produced.  The band, anchored by Blade and bassist Chris Thomas of The Fellowship Band, was amazing.   Tonight Blade, Thomas and the rest of The Fellowship Band will be joined by pianist Darrell Grant for what should be a superb (early) evening of jazz ... 6 PM, $25

Jim Flynn's In The House house party series will have the Duffy Bishop Band blowing the doors off tonight ... music starts at 7 PM and admission is $10... contact Jim for more details - 503-784-6824 or jimflynn AT realtytrust.com.

In another benefit show tonight, an assortment of Portland rockers and songwriters join together at Dante's for a Tribute to the Rolling Stones supporting Guitars 4 Vets. Should be a lot of fun ... 9 PM, $??

The Alberta Rose hosts The Quadraphonnes that will be a multimedia performance of music, film, art and dance. Sounds fascinating. Read more about it in Oregon Music News ....  8 PM, $15

And over at the Aladdin, Marc Cohn brings his soulful voice and fine songwriting to town ... 8 PM, $38

Enjoy the weekend!