Another great week of entertainment on tap for the week.
Glenn Jones with Arborea, Old Man Forest, Selbyville
Friday 02.26.2010, Doors at 8:00 PM, Starts at 8:30 PM, $8, 18+
Buy tickets here or visit any Bull Moose Music location.
Since 1989, Glenn Jones has led Boston’s “avant -garage” instrumental rock band, Cul de Sac, whose musical adventures are documented on nine albums to date, including a soundtrack for cult-director Roger Corman, and collaborations with guitarist John Fahey and former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki. A 30-plus-year devotee of the Takoma school, Jones has written extensively on the steel-string guitar’s leading lights: John Fahey, with whom he was friends for nearly 25 years, and Robbie Basho, who befriended Jones during the five years before his untimely death in 1986. Arborea is Buck and Shanti Curran melding lilting lyrics, dulcimer, guitar, banjo and otherworldly sounds into a psych-folk evocation of the land and seascapes in their home state of Maine. Lewiston’s Old Man Forest and Portland’s Selbyville open the night.
Middle Eastern Night with The Shavarsh Kef Ensemble and Alhan Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
Saturday 02.27.2010, Doors at 7:30 PM, Starts at 8:00 PM, $10, 18+
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The Shavarsh Kef Ensemble carries on a Maine tradition of Middle Eastern music started by the late master musician Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian. The ensemble consists of five musicians who have played with, studied with and been inspired by Al: Eric LaPerna, percussion,Amos Libby, oud, Beth Borgerhoff, accordion, Michael Gallant, violin andSteve Gruverman, clarinet. They continue to play a rich mixture of Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Arabic folk and classical music. Alhan Middle Eastern Music Ensemble’s repertoire is drawn from compositions of some of the preeminent composers of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Turkey. They also perform Muwashshahat, a classical song form developed in 10th century Andalusia and performed throughout the modern Arab world. The group features Eric LaPerna; riqq and darbuka, Tom Kovacevic; oud, nay and vocals, Madeleine Hanna; lead vocals and frame drum and Michael Gallant; violin. All of the members have studied with some of the leading performers of Middle Eastern Music in the world today, including Simon Shaheen, Bassam Saba, Michel Merhej and the late Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian.
Gustafer Yellowgold
Saturday 03.06.2010, Doors at 1:30 PM, Starts at 2:00 PM, $8, All Ages
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Singer Morgan Taylor, when he’s not recording with members of Wilco and Duncan Sheik, caters to an active and often verbally inquisitive audience—perfect for children and families. We think this is some of the best children’s music around with Taylor entertaining kids and parents alike with cool songs that don’t insult a five year old’s (or a fifty year old’s) intelligence. He returns to SPACE with the latest installment in the story of Gustafer Yellowgold, a golden alien who comes to life in a “moving book” of songs and pictures, projected in full color onto a big screen, with subtitles for early readers. The New York Times called the Gustafer show and accompanying live music “a cross between ‘Yellow Submarine’ and Dr. Seuss, filtered through the lens of the Lower East Side.”
48 Hour Music Festival 2
Saturday 03.06.2010, Doors at 8:30 PM, Starts at 9:00 PM, $10, 18+
The 2nd Annual 48 Hour Music Festival is here! 30 artists from different Portland bands of all genres will be randomly shuffled into 6 supergroups, announced on Thursday afternoon. From there, each band has exactly 48 hours to construct and practice a 25 minute set of material, culminating in this 9pm Saturday performance. This entirely new pool of local talent,featuring members of Batshelter, Brenda, Johnny Cremains, Mink Wilde and the Gentlemen Callers, Ocean, The Chickadees, Haru Bangs, Moneycastasia, Esperanza, An Evening With, Antiseptic, Cryptic Overcast, Marie Stella (and more!) will be tested by a need for teamwork and a couple of sleepless nights. If this plays out anything like the first 48 Hour Music Fest, they’ll create one of the most exciting and creative nights of the year.
Contact Info
SPACE Gallery
538 Congress St.
Portland, ME 04101
(207)828-5600 (phone)
(207)828-5607 (FAX)
info@space538.org
