Blue Lotus Jazz

The core of Blue Lotus Jazz is comprised of, Dave Wilson, Guitar and Shaoway Wu, bass. Blue Lotus Jazz showcases the vocalese of American jazz standards and Brazilian Bossa/Samba music. Nalini Cogswell, Guitar/Vocals, studied classical and jazz guitar in Boston in the mid 1970’s with renowned players such as Andy Caponegro, Mick Goodrick, Pat Metheny and John Damien. Blue Lotus represents a renewal of her passion and interests as a jazz musician.

~FREE~
Performance from 6-9 pm
at the Morris Graves Museum of Art.

Scatter the Mud

Scatter the Mud enthusiastically performs music of Ireland and other Celtic lands with spirit, imagination and an unwavering respect for the rich traditions from which it springs. Live Irish traditional music is an experience of a grand and uplifting nature- The beautiful, wild and mournful songs have been handed down throughout the generations. The band performs an entertaining repertoire of tunes such as jigs and reels, singalongs and many humorous songs.

~FREE~
Performance from 6-9 pm
at the Morris Graves Museum of Art.

Gamelan Sekar Sequoia is a community gamelan orchestra based in Arcata, California. GSS plays mostly traditional classical Indonesia music in the central Javanese court style on bronze instruments imported from the Surakarta region. Established in 2003, GSS has performed at Humboldt State University, the Morris Graves Museum, Arts Arcata, and Arts Alive in Eureka. GSS collaborative performances include puppeteer Sean Powers, puppeteer Qehn Jennings, and v.j. Ishan Vernallis. GSS has provided guest lectures, workshops, classes, and radio interviews, and has sponsored visiting instructors and performers for several sold-out shows in Arcata. GamelanSekarSequoia@gmail.com.

With over a decade of touring in the US and Ireland under their belts the husband and wife duo of Aodh Og O'Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Californian Christy Martin live as full time minstrels.  They travel from town to town in their van loaded with an ever increasing array of musical instruments (over 30 at last count) including hammered dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, Medieval and Renaissance woodwinds, North Indian Sitar, recorders, tinwhistles, banjo, guitar, percussion and even a bowed psaltry.

In a single night, Four Shillings Short perform Traditional Irish and Scottish songs, tunes and airs, Indian Ragas, Folk Ballads, Old-Time songs, Medieval and Renaissance instrumentals and a cappella numbers as well as contemporary folk and original compositions. Their sound has been described as "wondrously diverse", "truly refreshing" and "alternative neo-Celtic folk of the first order".

With Maria Bartlett on Bass  and Karrie Wallace on guitar & vocals, The Fabulous Blue play blues & jazz standards, & original songs ranging in styles from Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith & Fats Waller to T-Bone Walker, Billie Holliday & Duke Ellington.