KALA

Scott Strickland in Concert
2023-08-18 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | KALA, 1017 Marine Dr., Astoria, Oregon, 97103, United States
Last March’23 Austin, TX artist, Rock/Folk/Soul singer songwriter, Scott Strickland’s performance at KALA struck a deep chord with audience members. His rich soulful voice, intimate songs and authentic love for sharing his music poured over. Take a break from the outside and go into the music with Scott on this August eve.
On the heals of two critically acclaimed EP’s, Scott Strickland made his debut album during COVID. Music was a sideline for Strickland, with a graduate degree in filmmaking. When he relocated to Austin, his part time music passion transformed to a full time creative endeavor. He released his first self-titled LP in 2022. Testament to his love of film making, his video accompanying the first track “L.A.” says music journalist Peter Blackstock for Austin 360, “ . . . might be the best video, and song, to come out of Austin in the first half of 2022.”
WATCH Scott’s video: “L.A.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCADNCCKGvI
Friday, Aug 18, 8pm. Tickets $15. Doors open at 7:30pm. Full Bar. Cabaret table seating. KALA Performance Space. 1017 Marine Drive in Astoria.
Tickets available at door upon availability. KALA 503.338.4878
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The Robin Gibson Band
2023-07-22 20:00 - 22:00
KALA welcomes the Robin Gibson Band from Portland, Or. Originally from San Francisco, guitarist/vocalist Gibson has been on the guitar since 1966. His influences: Ray Charles, SRV, Allman Brothers, Link Wray, Big Brother & the Holding Co, Gov’t Mule, Tommy Castro, Kenny Blue Ray, Eric Clapton. “All the usual suspects that have been at the forefront of rockin’ blues,” says Gibson. You’ll hear a lot of these great tunes in Gibson’s sets. He’s joined by Ed Newton on bass and vocals, and Joey Sullivan, a Rhode Islander, on drums and vocals, both of which have been rockin’ since the cradle.

Blues is a great dance music. Dancing encouraged!
Saturday, July 22 at 8pm. Doors 7:30. $10 cover @ the door.

BIKINI BEACH Classic Surf Rock
2023-07-14 20:00 - 22:30
KALA presents the North Coast’s one and only surf band, Bikini Beach on Friday, July 14 at 8pm. Lead by multi-instrumentalist and guitarist Lorenzo Carlson, Bikini Beach delivers the gorgeous vintage grunge and ‘verb of the surf instrumental, from the Ventures to The Shadows and Dick Dale to the more obscure, non- radio hits.
You’ll hear Misirlou, Wipe Out, Telestar and a lot more tunes.
LIMBO CONTEST! At the end of the first set, stay limber for the Limbo Contest. Cash Prize for the Winner!
Tickets are $10 at the door. Doors open 7:30pm. 21+please

Sturtz
2023-06-30 19:30 - 21:30
KALA welcomes acoustic quartet STURTZ from Boulder Colorado, on tour, Friday, June 30 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 7:30pm.
The acoustic quartet – Andrew Sturtz [vocals, guitar], Jim Herlihy [banjo], Courtlyn Carpenter [cello, and Will Kuepper [bass]– falls somewhere at the intersection of folk and soul, with lead singer Andrew Sturtz’s melodic vocals soaring over the lower string instrumentals. Sturtz is based in Boulder, CO, and has toured across the U.S. opening for groups like the Eli Young Band, Trout Steak Revival, Lillie Mae, and Smooth Hound Smith.
NPR’s All Songs Considered described the band as “a reassuring breath of fresh air that pulls me back to simpler times” in their April 2020 blog. Sturtz released their debut album You’ve Done this Before in August 2021, and now they’re hard at work touring on this album and writing songs for their next album. When they’re not playing music, you’ll probably find them milling flour, farming, laying in a creek, or eating native foliage.

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Listen to Matty’s Song:

Dean Mueller Album Tour
2023-06-24 20:00 - 22:00
A professional musician for nearly 20 years, Dean Mueller has worked as a performer, producer, promoter, recording engineer and teacher. Now he begins a new phase of his career with Life Ain’t All Roses, his solo album debut. The first of several singles was released Oct 7th 2022 and the full album release is June 16, 2023.
The award-winning bassist-turned-singer-songwriter recorded his album of original Americana songs in Nashville with producer-pianist Kevin McKendree and members of John Prine’s band. Mueller recorded the album with the goal of creating “a cross between John Prine and Tom Petty.”
Mueller’s extensive previous performing and recording experience includes the Duffy Bishop Band, Blues Music Awards-nominated Insomniacs and the award-winning Julie Amici Band. As a promoter and producer, he staged more than 400 performances in the past decade, including tributes to Patsy Cline, Nina Simone and his favorite singer-songwriter, the late John Prine.
As part of his album release tour, Dean and his longtime bandmate Chris Carlson from the Duffy Bishop Band invite you to join them for an
intimate evening of storytelling through music.
Ticket Link: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6024602
Listen to Sky Fallin’:

Author Alyssa Graybeal
2023-06-16 19:30 - 21:00
Join KALA and HIPFISHmonthly in welcoming Author Alyssa Graybeal on Friday, June 16 at 7:30pm. Alyssa reads from her new release, FLOPPY, Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World, winner of the The Red Hen Press Nonfiction Book Award, and recommended by Ms. Magazine, Booklist, and Library Journal.

Reading, Q&A, Booksigning and complimentary dessert.
Doors open at 7pm. $8 admission.

A hypermobile memoir about the emotional landscape of the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome from a patient’s perspective. A playful story of falling down, getting back up again, and realizing you should have gone to the hospital sooner.
“Graybeal pulls us into the landscape of her ‘floppy’ body with precision and grace. Brimming with queer love, cats, and the awkwardness of being human, Floppy is a roadmap for how we must learn to fight for the truth of our experiences, and how we can love the broken, beautiful body-homes we all live in.” -Laraine Herring

KALA, 1017 MARINE DR. ASTORIA 503.338.4878

UNCLE MARY - Juke Joint Blues & Mad Carnival Folk
2023-05-27 20:00 - 22:00
KALA Stage welcomes Portland trio Uncle Mary, Saturday May 27 at 8pm, doors open 7:30pm.
They are Heidi Hodge on double bass, Kya Eckstrand on washboard percussion, and Pat Buckley on guitar. With their infectious energy they create a rich tapestry of sound; 3-part harmonies abound. Old blues from the 20’s and 30’s, originals and a variety of Americana, Uncle Mary light up the night! Dancing totally allowed!
Doors open 7:15pm and music flowing by 8pm.
Click here to purchase Early Bird tickets online: $13.
At the door $15.

Alice DiMicele
2023-05-20 19:30 - 21:00
Folk/Americana Singer Songwriter

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Doors open 7pm

KALA Performance Space presents Alice DiMicele, an Americana/Folk Singer-Songwriter based in Southern Oregon. Her voice is rangy, sometimes soft and intimate, other times bold and brassy, evoking a distinct mood in every song she sings. Alice built a dedicated fan base as an independent musician with stirring live performances spanning a three-decade career. Her new album, Every Seed We Plant, is her sixteenth release, a snapshot of life in these times—gut-wrenching, hopeful, vulnerable, intense.

As an accomplished songwriter, Alice draws on folk, jazz, blues, R & B, and rock & roll influences, landing her consistently on AAA, Folk, Americana, and Community radio stations around the country and internationally, including syndicated shows.

Her deep acoustic groove, unique vocal style, and heartfelt lyrics create and unmistakable sound that is all her own.

Alice has shared stages with Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez, JJ Cale, David Grisman Quartet, Steve Winwood, Ferron, Peter Rowan, Richie Havens, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and so many others.

Alices music has that great combination of earthiness and groove that keeps it funky from the inside out. She’s for real.

– Bonnie Raitt

“Free” from the album Every Seed We Plant.
alicedimicele.com

Skamokawa Swamp Opera
2023-04-14 19:30 - 21:30
Eclectic Folk, Rock, and Pop

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Doors open 7pm

Band leader Andrew Emlen, founded folk ensemble Willapa Hills, in 2003, running for 11 years, before the creation of Skamokawa Swamp Opera (SSO.) While Willapa Hills was predominantly folk, SSO veers into the uncharted territory of new wave rock covers produced acoustically, and genres on the other end of the spectrum. Band member Kyleen Austin’s classical opera chops, Jillian Raye’s contemporary underground rock sensibilities, and the pop punk rhythm’s of drummer Erik Friend have dished out a smorgasbord of quirky lovable music, making SSO a household favorite on the banks of the Columbia. And to his great credit, post-pandemic, Emlen now leads SSO into further uncharted territories.

The band now features Andrew Emlen on cello, guitar, mandocello, banjo, and vocals; Kyleen Austin on guitar and vocals; Erik Friend on percussion, mandolin, and vocals; and Wren Hendricks on guitar and vocals. This band is known for their vocal harmonies and unique arrangements for guitar, cello, banjo, mandolin, percussion and voice.

No genre left unturned, well maybe a few— they’ve been a favorite act at the Finnish American Folk Festival of Naselle, and their performance history includes Oregon’s premier music festival, The Pickathon, and their tenure as house band for Portland’s highly popular storytelling stage show, The Seven Deadly Sins. You’ll hear many of their tunes on KMUN radio from their latest album release, Foxglove Streets, with tunes penned by all of the band members.

Austin Rock/Soul Artist Scott Strickland w/ Singer Songwriter Natalie Price
2023-03-24 19:30 - 21:30
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Doors open 7pm. Cocktails!

Relocating to Austin in 2013, forming the SCOTT STRICKLAND BAND and releasing two critically acclaimed EPs ‘Fly to the Sun: The Eastern Sun Sessions (2015)’, and ‘Try This Love (2016)’, both undoubtedly had comparisons to contemporaries Seal, or Dave Matthews – but trust that if you could sing this way, you would sing this way. Despite his aesthetic, when Strickland’s idiosyncrasies shine through the music, it’s so easily absorbed that one may overlook its sophistication, to that reminiscent of Ritchie Havens, Bill Withers, David Crosby or Joni Mitchell (albeit with a thoroughly modern sound).

Music was a sideline for Strickland, with a graduate degree in filmmaking. When he relocated to Austin, his part time music passion transformed to a full time creative endeavor. He released his first self-titled LP in 2022. Testament to his love of film making, his video accompanying the first track “L.A.” says music journalist Peter Blackstock for Austin 360, “ . . . might be the best video, and song, to come out of Austin in the first half of 2022.”

Scott Strickland – L.A. (Official Video)

Strickland will be presenting an acoustic/electric solo set at KALA, and supporting his tour is Austin singer-songwriter NATALIE PRICE. Texas Music Magazine describes Natalie Price as “one of Austin’s most dynamic new signer-songwriters, just as comfortable dabbling in Americana or folk as she is indie-pop.” You can download her 2019 EP “Through The Fog,” and catch her latest arrangement, “The Island” on NPR’S music blog, where she sings a beautiful new tune, accompanied only by her African thumb piano.

The Tiptons Sax Quartet
2023-03-10 19:30 - 21:30
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THE TIPTONS SAXOPHONE QUARTET & DRUMS are an internationally renowned all-female saxophone quartet with drums, celebrating over 30 years as a band.

The Tiptons’ material ranges from micro-Big Band to Gospel, Bluegrass to Balkan, whimsical Chamber Jazz, and nocturnal Funk to Free Jazz Improvisation using saxophones, clarinet, their voices, drums, and inventive percussion to create a genre-busting ‘world soul’ sound. The band takes its name in honor of Billy Tipton, a female-born saxophonist who lived their life as a man in the 20th century to realize their dreams as a professional musician.

The Tiptons have released 13 CDs on labels such as Knitting Factory, New World Records, No Man’s Land and Stockfisch, as well as their own label, Zipa! / Spoot / Sowiesound. Their engaging sound reaches the deepest corners of our musical imaginations with saxophones, clarinet, voice, and drums. On their newest CD ‘COOKBOOK’ (2017), The Tiptons take ingredients from their boundless pantries and spice racks, using flavors inspired by music from New Orleans to Azerbaijan, mixed with tangos, hymns and rollicking sea shanties. You will be entertained by funky grooves and ironic recipes, dynamic improvisations and tasty compositions. COOKBOOK was recorded in Salzburg, Austria, mixed and mastered in Seattle, WA, and is commercially available worldwide on CD and by digital download.

Amy Denio (alto sax, clarinet, voice) is joined by co-leader Jessica Lurie (soprano/alto/tenor sax, voice), Sue Orfield (tenor sax, voice), Tina Richerson (baritone sax, voice) and Xavier Lecouturier (drums, percussion) from Seattle. www.thetiptonssquartet.com
