Performances

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    PETE SKJOLD & FRIENDS, first time out of the stable

    Pete Skjold on bass, Ed Zinkon on guitar and Erinn Simmons on drums Friday,Ā April 4, 7pm @ theĀ Pomerene Center for the Arts Suggested donation $10 Reserve a table | 740.622.0326 orĀ pomerenearts@gmail.com JOINĀ Pete Skjold, Ed Zinkon and Erinn Simmons April 4, 7-9pm. Music arranged for the indoor acoustic space of the Pomerene Center. Nice mixture of blues, jazz and some rock. Expect amazing.Ā Reserve your table, bring your own beverage and help keep the lights on. WHAT IS A RENT PARTY?Ā At the time of the Great Migration north (1910-1930), blacks emigrating from the south settled the problem of Harlem’s inflated rents by throwing parties. Furniture was moved to the outside walls, musicians…

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    Wayfarers Perform New “Old Music” + some of their old favorites

    THE WAYFARERS Friday,Ā March. 7, 7pm @ theĀ Pomerene Center for the Arts Suggested donation $10 Reserve a table | 740.622.0326 orĀ pomerenearts@gmail.com We had a request for Irish music for the March Rent Party–obviously made in honor of St Patty’s Day–and thought of THE WAYFARERS. Admittedly we made the mistake of over-emphasizing the effect of Irish Traditional Music on American Mountain Music which like so much of what is truly American is a total mashup, in this case of Anglo – African – German – Scotch-Irish and maybe a little Irish music.Ā Ā (Read about the Scotch-Irish Ā here.) Though not Irish, the high energy mountain music as interpreted by the Wayfarer’s will draw a…

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    The Saturday Giant

    THE SATURDAY GIANT Friday,Ā Feb. 7, 7pm @ theĀ Pomerene Center for the Arts Suggested donation $10 Reserve a table | 740.622.0326 orĀ pomerenearts@gmail.com Who is The Saturday Giant ? The Saturday Giant is the one-man art-rock band from Columbus, Ohio, established in 2010. What does the press have to say about him? “Previously, Andrew Bird was the one exception to my anti-one-man-band rule. As of last weekend, Saturday Giant is my new exception” –The Other Paper “artful, epic, multifaceted rock music.” –Columbus Alive “Sometimes anthemic, sometimes intimate, sometimes downright odd indie pop tunes that you just can’t stop singing.”– Indie Monday Obviously this musician’s fortunes are going somewhere fast! So what’s he doing…