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PW OPINION PW NEWS PW LIFE PW ARTS<br />
TRAX BY BLISS<br />
PATTY GRIFFIN, Patty Griffin (PGM/Thirty<br />
Tigers): HHHH<br />
Not since 2002’s “1000 Kisses” has Griffin recorded<br />
an album that sounds as organic and alive as this,<br />
her tenth, recorded mostly in her Austin home.<br />
The mysterious “Coins,” rendered with beautiful<br />
Spanish guitar and Robert Plant’s harmony,<br />
perceives present turmoil through her younger<br />
self’s eyes, while the funky blues of “Hourglass”<br />
complements rougher contours her voice has<br />
assumed since recovery from breast cancer.<br />
Amidst cello, drones, guitar, marimba, piano, and<br />
trombone, “Luminous Places,” triumphant murder<br />
ballad “Bluebeard” and dreamy “What I Remember”<br />
remind how poetic and stunning Griffin’s writing<br />
can be as she ponders age, justice, and women’s<br />
struggles. Music to savor and share. pattygriffin.<br />
com<br />
DIDO,Still on My Mind (BMG): HHH<br />
The British singer’s electronic pop has always gone<br />
down easy, thanks to her glass-smooth vocals and<br />
hooky yet chill melodies (like 1999’s “Thank You”).<br />
What’s new on her first album since 2013’s “Girl<br />
Who Got Away” is deeper domestic contentment.<br />
She and brother (and ex-Faithless bandmate)<br />
Rollo Armstrong skillfully layer synths, guitars,<br />
harmonies, analog loops and dramatic beats;<br />
standouts “Hurricanes” and the title track evoke<br />
her club beginnings while assessing distances<br />
since traveled. Some tunes seem Starbucks-ready,<br />
but the anthemic “Chances” and “Have to Stay,”<br />
about loving her son, genuinely pluck heartstrings.<br />
didomusic.com<br />
COCHEMEA, All My Relations (Daptone):<br />
HHHH<br />
Cochemea Gastelum, best known as saxophonist<br />
with the late Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings,<br />
traces the interconnectedness of cultures and<br />
nature throughout this appealing, percussive<br />
instrumental set. The melodic “Seyewailo” and<br />
“Sonora” showcase his sultry horn tone and jazz<br />
composition, but the album’s best represented<br />
by the spacey, pan flute-infused “Los Muertos”<br />
and especially engagingly polyrhythmic tracks like<br />
the funky “Mitote,” the prayerful, chant-opening<br />
“Asatoma” and cheery “Al-Mu’tasim,” which blend<br />
spiritual chants and magnetic rhythms of his Yaqui<br />
and Mescalero Apache heritage. daptonerecords.<br />
com/artists/cochemea<br />
JULIA JACKLIN, Crushing (Polyvinyl):<br />
HHH½<br />
The Aussie pop artist’s second full-length album<br />
opens with portentous bass and a luggage-throwing<br />
reckoning (“Body”) with a lover whose juvenile<br />
antics invite police and her departure. “I don’t want<br />
to be touched all the time/ I raised my body up<br />
to be mine,” she then sings during “Head Alone”;<br />
throughout this self-aware set she plumbs dual<br />
cravings for solitude and physical connection, and<br />
pushes back social expectations while grieving.<br />
She soberly nails impulses to relent to convenience<br />
during rocker “Pressure to Party,” and affectingly<br />
sings ballads like “Don’t Know How to Keep Loving<br />
You” and “When the Family Flies In.” juliajacklin.<br />
com<br />
•NITELIFE•<br />
–CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19<br />
Saturday—Old School Presents; Rob Schneider;<br />
Comedy Juice; Sebastian Cetina<br />
Sunday—Dave McNary’s All-Star Variety Show<br />
Wednesday—Ice House Open Mic; Wednesday<br />
Night Live w/Rudy Moreno<br />
Kings Row Gastropub<br />
20 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena<br />
(626) 793-3010<br />
kingsrowpub.com<br />
Live music most nights of the week<br />
MEOWMEOWZ! Retro ‘80s Thrift Shop<br />
2423 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena<br />
(626) 798-6969<br />
facebook.com/meowmeowz<br />
Fridays and Saturdays—Live music every<br />
Friday and Saturday; all ages welcome<br />
Old Towne Pub<br />
66 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena<br />
(626) 577-6583<br />
theoldtownepub.com<br />
Live music most nignts of the week<br />
Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association<br />
73 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena<br />
(626) 799-5689<br />
pasadenaballroomdance.com<br />
Saturday—Saturday Swing Dance features the<br />
Moontones<br />
Plate 38<br />
2361 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena<br />
(626) 793-7100<br />
plate38.com<br />
Fridays & Saturdays—Live music on select<br />
Fridays & Saturdays<br />
The Mixx<br />
443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena<br />
(626) 500-0021<br />
themixxpasadena.com<br />
Thursday—Alanna & These Fine Gentlemen<br />
Tuesday—Ledbetter Blues Band<br />
The Rose<br />
Paseo Colorado<br />
245 E. Green St., Pasadena<br />
(888) 645-5006<br />
wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com<br />
Thursday—Marc Cohn<br />
Friday—The Spinners<br />
Saturday—Menopause: The Musical<br />
Sunday— Soulful Sunday Brunch; Gordon<br />
Lightfoot<br />
T. Boyle’s Tavern<br />
37 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena<br />
(626) 578-0957<br />
tboylestavern.com<br />
Sunday—Geeks Who Drink Trivia<br />
Tuesday—Geeks Who Drink Trivia<br />
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY<br />
Arcadia Blues Club<br />
16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia<br />
(626) 447-9349<br />
arcadiabluesclub.com<br />
Friday—Ricky Z<br />
Saturday—James Intveld<br />
The Buccaneer<br />
70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre<br />
(626) 355-9045<br />
https://www.facebook.com/Buccaneer-847437898642883/<br />
Wednesday—Wednesday Night Platter Party:<br />
Bring your fave vinyl to be spun on turntable<br />
First Cabin<br />
46 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia<br />
(626) 446-2575<br />
Fridays-Saturdays—Pat O’Brien & the Priests<br />
of Love exalt the blues and classic rock<br />
The Granada<br />
17 S. First St., Alhambra<br />
(626) 227-2572<br />
thegranadala.com<br />
Thursday—Deejay Zonik; Deejay Marco<br />
Friday—Live music w/Orquesta Casabe; Deejay<br />
Pachanga; Deejay Marco; Deejay Miro<br />
Saturday—Live music w/Tabaco Y Ron; Deejay<br />
Tico; Deejay Marco; Deejay Miro<br />
Wednesday—Sensation Wednesdays w/Deejay<br />
Ricky; Deejay Kontrol; Deejay LJay<br />
J.C. Hyke Songwriter Serenade<br />
Matt Denny’s Ale House<br />
145 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia<br />
(626) 462-0250<br />
mattdennys.com, jchyke.com<br />
Tuesday—Ghosts of Electricity; ETC.; The<br />
Local Folk Heroes<br />
CINDY MANGSEN AND STEVE GILLETTE GRACE THE STAGE<br />
AT CALTECH SATURDAY NIGHT<br />
Western Beats; Axeldobman<br />
Pizza Place California<br />
303 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel<br />
(626) 570-9622<br />
facebook.com/pizzaplaceca<br />
Sundays—Open mic the first three Sundays of<br />
every month<br />
Villa Catrina<br />
251 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia<br />
(626) 294-1973<br />
villacatrina.com<br />
Thursdays—Comedy open mic every first and<br />
third Thursday of the month<br />
Wednesdays—Karaoke w/Deejay Zary<br />
WEST OF PASADENA<br />
Colombo’s Restaurant<br />
1833 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock<br />
(323) 254-9138<br />
colombosrestaurant.com<br />
Thursday—Trifecta<br />
Friday—Steve Thompson<br />
Monday—Eric Ekstrand Trio<br />
Tuesday—Tom Armbruster<br />
Wednesday—Jimmy Spencer & Karen<br />
Hernandez<br />
Days Inn Lounge<br />
450 Pioneer Drive, Glendale<br />
(323) 259-5900<br />
tommydodson.com<br />
Fridays—Tommy Dodson and friends present<br />
Cabaret Fridays<br />
The Oak and Vine<br />
117 E. Harvard St., Glendale<br />
(818) 507-7011<br />
theoakandvine.com<br />
Live music most nights of the week<br />
Winchester Room<br />
6522 San Fernando Road, Glendale<br />
(818) 241-5475<br />
thewinchesterroom.com<br />
Friday—Karaoke<br />
Saturday—Karaoke n<br />
POPULAR FOLK ARTISTS STEVE GILLETTE AND CINDY MANGSEN TAKE THE STAGE AT CALTECH SATURDAY.<br />
Fans can expect a concert of their original tunes, as well as songs by their fellow folk artists and some familiar standards.<br />
Gillette scored early career success, penning the song “Darcy Farrow,” which was a hit for Ian and Sylvia, John Denver<br />
and Nanci Griffith. The singer-songwriter and guitarist went on to create songs for such artists as Kenny Rogers, Waylon<br />
Jennings, Tammy Wynett and Linda Ronstadt, among many others.<br />
Mangsen sings, plays guitar and concertina. She gained a reputation early on with her haunting interpretations of<br />
songs from Francis Child’s collection of Scottish and English ballads. She is also known for her beautiful voice and for<br />
writing and performing numerous songs, including “Songlines” and an offbeat tune about a cat, “Rudy’s Great Adventure.”<br />
Check them out at compassrosemusic.com. — John Sollenberger<br />
Music starts at 8 p.m. Saturday in Caltech’s Beckman Institute Auditorium, 400 S. Wilson Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $20, or $5<br />
for Caltech students. Call (626) 395-4652 or visit pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org.<br />
20 PASADENA WEEKLY | <strong>03.07.19</strong>
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