CD Release Party for “Red Newt” by – Alexa Wiley – Rachael Rice – Dan Haley
Event on 2012-05-25 21:30:00
CD Release Party for "Red Newt" by
Alexa Wiley
Rachael Rice
Dan Haley
White Eagle Saloon |
Friday, May 25
Since returning to her hometown in 2000, Wiley has organized music events at local colleges and for the Oregon State women's prison. She quickly became a fixture of the local — then regional folk scenes — playing, it seems, anywhere there was an acoustic stage.
Wiley has opened for and played with an outrageous range of fellow musicians, from legendary American folk icon Michael Hurley to brilliant up-and-coming talents like Lincoln Crockett and Paul Evans. Her style isn't quite folk, and it isn't quite world beat, it isn't exactly jazz and it isn't anything you've ever heard before (although you'll wish you had). She's really too modest to credit her own, unique muse. But it shows.
When Red Newt Records (a division of Frederick Productions) brought Wiley into Jim Brunberg's renowned Mississippi Studios for her first commercial recording sessions, she blew everyone away by nailing virtually every track in a single take. The result, the fourteen track LP eating that way, is a powerful, multilayered yet almost-understated set of Wiley's gorgeous, impressionistic songs.
- website:
- http://alexawiley.wordpress.com/
- Myspace:
- http://www.myspace.com/awileyp
About Dan Haley
Dan Haley has been a fixture in the Portland "East Side Sound scene" since he formed Ed & The Boats in the 80's after attending Mt. Hood Community College's esteemed jazz program. Haley became an indispensable side man playing guitar, mandolin and singing harmony with local legends Jimmy Boyer, Little Sue, and the Belmont Street Octet. In the 90's He distinguished himself improvising on mandolin in rock, folk and jazz settings and began his career as a guitar teacher.
Dan traveled to Germany where he recorded two albums and co-founded the folk-rock trio The Rails, eventually landing in Vermont where he spent the next decade gigging and playing on dozens of Vermont artists' recordings such as Spencer Lewis, Susannah Blachly, and Mark LeGrand. Dan continued to study jazz as well as Celtic, Bluegrass, and Klezmer mandolin styles, and teach guitar, mandolin, and music theory. His classes were eventually picked up by the Summit School of Traditional Music & Culture where he taught group approaches to improvisation for any instrument based on observing the white keys of the piano. He has taught songwriting at Champlain College and has been featured along with Starfish Studios colleague Marilee Hord at Nashville's Music City Roots, home of the Grand Ole Opry. Dan is beloved in Vermont and Oregon for his "fab/rustic art-pop" original songs and instrumental virtuosity.
Recently re-established in Portland, Dan now teaches music instruction, showcases his songs in solo shows, and plays as a sideman with local artists like Billy Kennedy andTim Acott. His approach to teaching is student-centered and grounded in improving technique while making music accessible to all ages and abilities.
Dan Haley has had the pleasure of opening for The Pretenders, Dan Hicks, Townes Van Zandt and Camper Van Beethoven in his various incarnations.
- website:
- http://danhaleymusic.com/
Map & Directions
at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon and Hotel
836 N Russell Street
Portland, United States
Tour de Hood
Event on 2012-06-10 00:00:00
Hood River, OR
Type of Event: Touring
Ride one of Oregon's most beautiful and challenging recreational rides! Experience the same course that challenge racers in the popular Mt Hood Cycling Classic stage race, while benefiting local youth programs and the Mt Hood Cycling Classic race organization. This is a one-of-a-kind Oregon recreational riding experience akin to touring around the Tour de France, where all kinds of riders ride ahead of the race and either ride to the finish or wait along the road sides for the racing caravan to parade by.
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