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By Hilly Town, on November 24th, 2009% Who OLAS When Sunday, December 6, 2009 9:00pm – $5 suggested donation / beer and wine available – All Ages Where The Pepperclub (map) 78 Middle Street Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoHeavily influenced by Andalusian Flamenco and Arabic folk music, translated through a blend of American folk, rock, Arabic, and Afro-Cuban sounds, OLAS is an original, all acoustic mash-up of very raw and passionate music and dance, complete with songs sung in Spanish, original, non-traditional dance choreography, and traditional instruments such as the cajon, oud, ney and guitar. OLAS creates, congregates and plays for the love of playing. That’s it.
The musicians of OLAS come from a rich and diverse musical scene based in Portland, Maine. Chriss Sutherland and Tom Kovacevic hail from Cerberus Shoal and Fire on Fire, Dylan Blanchard from Portland’s premier salsa band Grupo Esperanza, and Leif Sherman Curtis from Conifer, who has released two records on Important Records. Dancers Lindsey Bourassa and Megan Keogh come from an eclectic dance background that includes ballet, modern, jazz, salsa, and flamenco. And palmeras Molly Angie and Anna Trunzo are local artists from Portland, ME who have spent the past year learning and performing the palmas rhythms inherent to the music of OLAS.
Lindsey Bourassa – dance and palmas
Megan Keogh – dance and palmas
Chriss Sutherland – guitar, voice and ney
Dylan Blanchard – cajon, percussion, voice
Tom Kovacevic – oud, ney, voice
Leif Sherman Curtis – guitar, voice
Molly Angie – palmas, voice
Anna Trunzo – palmas, voice
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By Hilly Town, on November 20th, 2009% Who Olas! flamenco music w/ Chriss Sutherland When Friday, December 18, 2009 8:00pm – $5 – All Ages Where Hogfarm Studios Annex (map) 140 Main Street, back alley Biddeford, ME, USA 04005 Other Info!olas! . una noche flamenco inspired, with chriss sutherland
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By Hilly Town, on August 11th, 2009% Who Brown Bird / Chriss Sutherland / Dead End Armory When Friday, August 14, 2009 9:00pm – $6 – 18+ Where SPACE Gallery (map) 538 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoBrown Bird + Chriss Sutherland + Dead End Armory
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By Hilly Town, on June 16th, 2009% Who Chriss Sutherland / The Boy Who Spoke Clouds / The Milling Gowns When Thursday, July 2, 2009 8:00pm – $5 – All Ages Where BUOY (map) 2 Government St Kittery, ME, USA
New gallery and performance venue!
Other InfoChriss Sutherland (myspace.com/chrisssutherland) + The Boy Who Spoke Clouds (myspace.com/theboywhospokeclouds, from Australia) + The Milling Gowns (myspace.com/themillinggowns)
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By Hilly Town, on June 11th, 2009% Who Wesley Hartley / Chriss Sutherland / Adam Earley When Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:00pm – FREE – All Ages Where Dogfish Bar & Grille (map) 128 Free St Portland, ME, USA Other InfoWesley Hartley + Chriss Sutherland + Adam Earley
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By Hilly Town, on May 22nd, 2009% I tried to get photos and interviews for all 9 acts performing at tomorrow’s Tower Of Song Festival (Saturday, May 23) and definitely came close, though a couple didn’t quite get finished. Below is a photo of the band that will close out the festival, Spencer And The School Spirit Mafia, taken at the incredible . . . → Read More: Tower Of Song Fest, What’s Left? Some Sorta Roundup
By Hilly Town, on April 28th, 2009% Who PERFORMANCE: Lost for Words When Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:00pm – $7 – All Ages Where SPACE Gallery (map) 538 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoRooted in Flamenco dance, driven by palmas, and borrowing elements from Afro-Cuban, Folk, Acoustic, and Arabic music, Lindsey Bourassa, in collaboration with an eclectic group of Portland dancers, musicians and artists, composes a story about movement. Through original music, flamenco dance, and spoken word Lost for Words is the visceral and corporeal representation of a written narrative about geographical, emotional, and expressive movement. Featuring dancers Lindsey Bourassa and Megan Keogh, and musicians Chriss Sutherland, Dylan Blanchard, Tom Kovacevic, Leif Sherman-Curtis, Molly Angie and Anna Trunzo.
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By Hilly Town, on April 10th, 2009% Who Chriss Sutherland / Denise Dill When Friday, June 26, 2009 9:00pm – FREE – All Ages Where Guthries (map) 115 Middle Street Lewiston, ME, USA Other InfoChriss Sutherland + Denise Dill
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By Hilly Town, on March 29th, 2009% Who Chriss Sutherland / Brown Bird When Saturday, May 2, 2009 8:00pm – All Ages Where Hogfarm Studios (map) Biddeford, ME, USA 04001 Other InfoChriss Sutherland + Brown Bird
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By Hilly Town, on March 12th, 2009% Who Chriss Sutherland When Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:00pm – Free – All Ages Where Bull Moose (Scarborough) (map) 456 Payne Rd. Scarborough, ME, USA Other InfoChriss Sutherland “Chriss will perform an acoustic in-store at 2pm in support of his 2nd solo album “Worried Love”. The album will be available for purchase at the instore, release date is March 17.”
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By Hilly Town, on March 10th, 2009% I’ll be away all next week, running around like crazy in Austin for the South By Southwest Music Festival. As far as I can tell, the only Maine band playing the festival (officially) is Sparks The Rescue.
Showgoing options for tonight are plentiful: If you’re into awesome pop music and are feeling fancy (and can . . . → Read More: Roundup (March 7-13)
By Hilly Town, on March 2nd, 2009% Who Chriss Sutherland [cd release] / Brown Bird / Chris Teret When Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00pm – $8 – 18+ Where SPACE Gallery (map) 538 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoChriss Sutherland (Worried Love cd release) + Brown Bird + Chris Teret
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By Hilly Town, on February 23rd, 2009% Who Brown Bird / Chriss Sutherland When Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:00pm – All Ages Where BUOY (map) 2 Government St Kittery, ME, USA
New gallery and performance venue!
Other InfoBrown Bird + Chriss Sutherland
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By Hilly Town, on January 17th, 2009% Who Brown Bird / Barn Burning / Chriss Sutherland When Friday, January 30, 2009 8:00pm – All Ages Where North Star Music Cafe (map) 225 Congress St Portland, ME, 04101
Calendar at http://pub14.bravenet.com/calendar/show.php?usernum=1135125992
Other InfoBrown Bird —-> “do not miss this opportunity to see brown bird as a five-piece for the first time in portland! members new and old join up to form a tiny orchestra that does what brown bird does best: a well-executed blend of styles ranging from gypsy to appalachia, dark and downright creepy to high-spirited foot-stomping madness. original trio members jeremy and jerusha robinson are reuniting with brown bird after an eight month hiatus in preparation for the recording of the next album!”
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Barn Burning
—-> “also coming up from rhode island is barn burning.”
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Chriiss Sutherland
—-> “chriss sutherland is gearing up to release a new recording in just a couple of months! come and enjoy chriss’s strong and passionate folk style, gorgeous rolling guitar and inpsired melody.”
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By Hilly Town, on January 5th, 2009% Who Larkin Grimm / Beat Circus / Chriss Sutherland When Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:00pm – $7 – 18+ Where SPACE Gallery (map) 538 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoLarkin Grimm + Beat Circus + Chriss Sutherland from the venue site: “Michael Gira (Young God Records, Swans) says of much-lauded psych songwriter Larkin Grimm, “She is pre folk, even pre music. She is the sound of the eternal mother and the wrath of all women.†That’s an even better endorsement than the recent ringing review she got in the New York Times for her new record, Parplar! She’s joined by local labelmate Chriss Sutherland (Fire on Fire) and the welcome return of Beat Circus, Brian Carpenter’s nine-piece gyspsy band of tuba, viola, guitars, banjo, violin and bass featuring members of Kayo Dot, Xiu Xiu, Karate and Cul De Sac.”
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