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Latina
Legends For the past decade or so, CDs from the Putumayo label have been introducing Americans to the riches of music from beyond our borders. Now the company is launching its first tour, starring Totó la Momposina from Colombia, Mariana Montalvo from Chile and Belo Velloso from Brazil. The trio, featured on the splendid new Putumayo release Women of Latin America, plays the Hult Center on Sunday, Nov. 21.
Belo's smooth, breezy vocals flutter over samba, bossa, and even some reggae rhythms. Montalvo, who has lived in exile since the U.S.-instigated overthrow of the democratically elected Chilean government in 1974, accompanies her traditional-based tunes with Andean folk instruments like the charango guitar and quena flute. La Momposina's danceable music incorporates the African, Cuban and Native American influences of Colombia's coast. Together, they'll provide a delectable sampler of South American sounds. Congrats to Putumayo and the Hult for continuing their efforts to broaden our musical horizons. A couple of other musical Latinas are also in town this month. Tish Hinojosa's siren voice and smart, socially conscious songwriting made her one of my favorite Austin musicians when I lived there. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Hinojosa also has a knack for irresistible hooks and hummable tunes that, but for country radio's straitjacketed formats and (perhaps) her surname, should have sent her to the top of the charts. Whether singing in English or Spanish, for kids or adults, with a symphony orchestra, a rock band, or solo, she's one of the finest musicians from Texas, and her show at Café Paradiso on Thursday, Nov.18, is a must for fans of country, women's, folk, and just about any other music. A pair of great Latino musicians comes to town on Thursday, Nov. 6 when the Brazilian-born brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad perform at the Shedd. The world's finest guitar duo has performed with orchestras all over the world as well as with many of the preeminent classical musicians, including Yo-Yo Ma and Dawn Upshaw. Composers such as Astor Piazzolla and Terry Riley have written for the Grammy-winning siblings and they also play original compositions as well as music by Bach, Villa Lobos, Gershwin, and more. Fans of classical music, world music, and guitar wizardry should see this one. Two other brothers play Brazilian guitar music at the Shedd on Nov. 17 when the John Pizzarelli Trio (featuring John's brother Martin on bass and pianist Ray Kennedy) returns to play tunes from their new Bossa Nova album. Pizzarelli has become the Harry Connick Jr. of jazz guitar, adding stage charm and smooth vocals to his six-string swing. Latino music is on tap at the UO's Beall Hall, too. On Monday, Nov. 22, the Oregon Percussion Ensemble, using indigenous and traditional Mexican and Aztec instruments, performs some of the earliest all-percussion works, including classics by Mexican composers Amadeo Roldan, Carlos Chavez and more. The ensemble will be joined by Eugene Symphony musicians on flute, piccolo, clarinet and trombone for "Xochipilli-Macuilxochitl," Chavez's "sonic reconstruction" of pre-conquest Aztec instrumental music. On Nov. 14, another Latino, ESO Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, conducts the Oregon Wind Ensemble in yet more Latino-oriented music by Chavez and "La Fiesta Mexicana" by Owen Reed. Speaking of Guerrero and winds, his main band performs Frank Martin's Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, a 20th century masterpiece that highlights the Eugene Symphony's Nov. 18 concert at the Hult Center. The Swiss composer blends French classical style, modern harmonic exploration, and a bit of jazz in a powerful work that'll show off the talents of the ESO's wind soloists. The concert also features Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony #3. Brand new music by some of our own young composers resounds on Nov. 17 when the Oregon Composers Forum presents new works by UO composition students at Beall Hall. On Nov. 20 Future Music Oregon brings works by UO faculty member, composer and media artist Joey Bargsten as well as student works. And on Nov. 13 when two of Eugene's most exciting new arts institutions — DIVA (Broadway & Olive) and the Eugene Composers Collective — combine for an evening of a dozen world premieres, ranging from music for robotic percussion instruments to a violin sonata. ECC's full house show at Sam Bond's earlier this year bodes well for this trailblazing group.
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The WOW Hall will host popular singer/songwriter Richard Buckner on Thursday, Nov. 11. Buckner caused a stir when his San Francisco-based band The Doubters garnered critical acclaim. The band didn't last long, but Buckner's wanderlust did, and he's translated that inertia into a successful solo career since 1994. The man and his guitar are constantly on the road, this time in support of his sixth studio album, Dents and Shells. Musically, it treads no new ground for Buckner, but it does reveal a new sense of optimism missing from his last work, Impasse, which was a personal look at loss and change. Lyrically, Buckner "paints on the canvas of heartbreak, loss and world-weary cynicism." He will appear along with Damien Jurado and Portland's Delorean, who craft wistful folk rock in the vein of Will Oldham or Nick Drake. If you're hankering for some smooth, danceable reggae visit John Henry's on Saturday as reggae artists Bambu Station and Iba make their Eugene debut. Founded in 1996 by vocalist Jalani Horton of St. Thomas, Bambu Station also features three St. Croix natives: drummer Andy Llanos, bassist Warren Pederson and guitarist Tuff Lion. Iba (pronounced "Eye-bah") is also from St. Croix. These artists are widely considered to be the cream of the new bands emerging from the Virgin Islands following the islands' successful export of reggae band Midnite. Bambu Station was warmly received during their debut at this year's Monterrey Bay Reggae festival in California. Roots Selector Swami I of Santa Cruz's Green-Up Sound System will warm up the crowd with reggae records before the performance begins. A favorite performer who visits us often is Scotland's Dougie Maclean. Called "Scotland's greatest living songwriter," Maclean is loved for his modern interpretations of traditional Scottish music. A superb fiddle player and guitarist, Maclean has written many songs over the course of his 26-year career which have become classics in his homeland, especially "Caledonia." Maclean passionately maintains a deep connection to the land and his family history in Scotland. In Dunkeld, his home and recording studio are the former one-room schoolhouse where he, his three brothers and his father went to school, which Maclean purchased 20 years ago when the property came up for sale. He is equally enthusiastic about maintaining the musical traditions of his Scots heritage, be it his own guitar composition with his quietly self-assured voice or a fiddle tune as old as the hills. Cozmic Pizza will host a fun show on Friday, Snake Oil Medicine Show. The band members — two brothers, a wife and a cousin — cultivate a circus atmosphere of Appalachian bluegrass, early jazz, reggae, zydeco and psychedelia wherever they play. The group members wear colorful costumes, display brightly painted canvases (a new mural is painted live on stage each night by a band member) and exude a positive energy and loving sense of family. The message they most want to share is Peace Through Music, and to that end, they make you want to dance and smile all night long. This show will be their Eugene debut performance and will feature music from their recently released fifth CD, BluegrassTafari, which came about as a result of their two trips to perform in Jamaica over the last two years. This is a "family-rated" show that would be suitable for children of all ages. They've played some high-profile shows in the past, including a tour with Yonder Mountain String Band, shows with Leftover Salmon and Peter Rowan's Crucial Reggae Band. Finally, on a local note, Jessie Márquez will perform Friday at Luna. The singer, guitarist and arranger for local Afro-Cuban ensembles Son Mela'o and Azuquita will release her new CD that night. Recorded in Havana in January 2004, Sana Locura (which means "Healthy Madness"), features the singer on some of her self-composed boleros and rumbas as well as other Cuban standards. The CD was recorded with the help of members of the Afro-Cuban All Stars and is a unique collaboration between Márquez and contemporary Cuban artists.
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