Don McGreevy, Skerik, Crystal Beth
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Fri Dec 27, 2019, 8 pm
Good Shepherd Center/Chapel Performance Space
Wallingford (Seattle)
$5 - $15
You should know multi-instrumentalist Don McGreevy from his left-of-center work with Master Musicians of Bukkake, Earth, and Sulphuric. He also excels at drone-based compositions for large ensembles and as a solo artist. For the latter mode, check his 2015 album Aichmophobia, which explores kosmische territories in the realm of Popol Vuh and György Ligeti. Skerik is an insanely prolific and diverse saxophonist/keyboardist who’s taken artistic risks in dozens of bands. No telling what tricks he’ll pull here. Crystal Beth is the stage moniker of veteran improvisational clarinetist/singer Beth Fleenor, who’s played with Terry Riley, David Byrne, and many other luminaries. On her new album, Push Thru, she flexes glossolalia-laced vocals in alpha-female modes, like a Pacific Northwest Yoko Ono or Urszula Dudziak, and transfers her skills into art songs that sometimes rock, sometimes trance out, and sometimes float enigmatically.
by Dave Segal