You might not find el Vucko in a Spanish dictionary, but you will find El Vucko and his Orquesta at North Coast Brewing’s Sequoia Room on Saturday, May 31 at 6 pm. The ensemble offers a combination of East Coast and West Coast All-Stars, featuring versatile pianist...
Ensemble VIII, a vocal group under the direction of founder and conductor Dr. James Morrow and dedicated to presenting Renaissance and Baroque music, will present the last concert of its 2013-2014 season, Love Songs from Italy, on May 16 and 17 in Austin and...
Twenty-three year old Levi Saelua, (LE-vee sigh-LOO-ah) an award winning saxophonist and Jazz composer, will perform along with his quartet at North Coast Brewing’s Dinner Jazz at the Sequoia Room on Friday, May 9 from 6 to 9 PM. Levi, a 2012 graduate of the jazz...
Will Gordon, (the self-proclaimed ever so handsome) writer for The Concourse recently ranked 24 pilsners and guess what, Scrimshaw Pilsner came out on top as number one! If you’d like to skip most of the article called “Spring Beers, Ranked,” even though...
Vocalist Kendra Shank and master guitarist John Stowell will perform selections from their just released album, New York Conversations, at North Coast Brewing Company’s Sequoia Room on Wednesday, April 16. The result of an impromptu Manhattan recording session, the...
What happens when you mix western swing, blues, honky tonk, bebop and flat out jazz with sultry vocals, thrilling riffs, sassy delivery and gutsy irreverence? Well, pardner…you get Cow Bop, the genre bending cowboy jazz band that’s coming to North Coast Brewing...
The Portland Jazz Festival, in its 11th season this year, is presented each February in Portland, Oregon as a tourism initiative in celebration of Black History Month. Produced by PDX Jazz, a non-profit cultural arts organization, in partnership with Travel Portland,...
We couldn’t be prouder! The Claire Daly Quartet’s album Baritone Monk made JazzWeek’s Chart of the 100 Top Albums of 2013. This is a big deal in the jazz world. The Quartet is keeping company with Diego Rivera, Chick Corea, Kenny Barron, Kevin Eubanks and Christian...
This is the blog dedicated to the 2014 celebration of Grigori Rasputin’s Birthday. Old Rasputin Questions & Answers What was the first year the North Coast Brewing made Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout? 1995 Why did the Russian aristocrats hate Rasputin?...