The Jefferson Agrarian

Ed. note: John Prine is performing this Monday, April 12 at the Cascade Theater in Redding. The following article, penned by James Gilmore, was previously quoted in a Redding Record Seachlight article by fellow Jeffersonian Jon Lewis. There’s something unique about these Illinois folkies like John Prine and his contemporary, the late, great Steve Goodman. [...]

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“There are two types of folk music: quiet folk music and loud folk music. I play both.” Dave Alvin Live at the Cascade Theater on Thursday, June 25 – The legendary Dave Alvin brings his retinue to Redding for the first time! Opening for Alvin will be local faves The Jim Dyar Band. From the [...]

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At 7:00 PM this Friday, March 27, Mark Oliver and Kim Merlino welcome all to the screening of the film Viajero and the CD release of East Edge of the Milky Way at the Liberty Arts Gallery in Yreka. Viajero (2008) “I awoke in the damp of pine needles, I witnessed today a sign from [...]

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ALERT – CONCERT CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS! The State of Jefferson’s resident gypsy swing band Kazango Jazz will be performing Django Reinhardt-inspired tunes at Stage Door in Mt Shasta this Saturday, March 7, at 8pm. Featuring Angelina Rae on vocals, Marshall Rose on violin, Andrew Derossett on guitar, Jim Gilmore on guitar and Tom O’Hara [...]

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Here at the Jefferson Agrarian, we were all pretty psyched about Shoji Kameda’s appearance with ON Ensemble on international televison at the Democratic National Convention last August. So you can only imagine how excited we all are to find out that Masato Baba, another ‘graduate’ of Shasta Taiko, will be performing with TAIKOPROJECT at the [...]

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