This coming Friday and Saturday, June 5th and 6th, Dunsmuir will be hosting a number of acts for your entertainment. Samba Da is coming to the Dunsmuir Grill & Creamery at 8:30pm on June 6th. Following up on their wildly successful area debut at last year’s Mt. Shasta Music Festival Summer Concert Series, Samba Da returns to Siskiyou County for a Brazilian Carnavale dance party at the Creamery (5740 Dunsmuir Ave.).
Samba Da’s irresistible dance music and spectacular stage presence have quickly established them as one of the hottest groups on the West Coast. With one foot rooted in California and another in Brazil, Samba Da musically unites the Americas, drawing from percussion styles of South and Central America and blending them with funk and reggae familiar to North America. Samba Da headlined 3 of the largest carnival parties in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego; were featured at Harmony Festival and Sierra Nevada World Music Festival.
Advance ticket purchases and dinner reservations are recommended for those planning to attend, as this intimate
event could sell out in advance. Phone 530.235.4585 to reserve a table for dinner. Tickets may be purchased at
Berryvale Grocery in Mt.Shasta, Bog Bean Books & Music in Redding, Music Coop in Ashland, by phone at 530.918.4804 and online at www.positiveproductions.net. The show starts at 8:30 PM. Ages 21+.
On Friday, Dunsmuir’s long-time hot spot for music, Sengthong’s BlueSky Room, will host The New Up and The Slants at 9pm. The New Up has a sound that’s described as “smoldering, post-punk-brushed dance-rock” (Isthmus), and “hip modern pop with a strong psychedelic streak” (Good Times). The New Up is celebrating the release of their new EP Better Off (August 2009) with a weekend run of shows in NorCal and the Pacific NW,
before launching their third national tour this fall.
NPR’s All Things Considered says, “It’s tempting to peg The Slants in some existing Asian genre: Canto-pop, J-Metal, Viet Core… but they’re not quite that simple.” In case you haven’t heard, The Slants are an Asian synth-pop band that have been melting faces off all over the country. Since their creation, The Slants have toured the country five times, received press for turning down a million dollar recording contract, and are the first (and, so far, only) Asian band to be a Fender Music featured artist. The band’s self-recorded,
self-produced and self-released Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts has everything that a perfect record should have: shattering hooks and anthemic choruses, powerful guitar and keyboard lines, and just the right mix of rock with
darker, dance themes – with an Asian twist. Cover is $8 & $5 with dinner purchase (18+)
Then, on June 6th, Ron Hoopes & Freshfire Jazz Trio return to Sengthong’s for a performance that is likely to sell out, so get your tickets quick. With tasty original compositions, great group synergy and artful skill, Fresh Fire is both fresh and full of fire. Along with Ron, bassist Nathan Sivananda and drummer John Aviani are co-creators of Fresh Fire’s distinctive approach to music-making — something they’ve been doing together for many years in their town of Mount Shasta, Calif. It’s always a pleasure to hear them be sure to catch Freshfire this time.
$10 cover / $7 with dinner purchase – show starts @ 8:45pm. Call for reservations . . .this show will sell out! 530-235-1046
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