Short Takes: Look at Weekend Entertainment
Tom Netherland/Special to Bristol Herald Courier
Published: March 27, 2008
Updated: March 27, 2008
PUNK PIONEER Published: March 27, 2008
Updated: March 27, 2008
Iggy Pop and the Stooges mark the earliest recognized years of punk rock. Founders? Well, not exactly, but surely pioneers.
Steve Mackay joined the Stooges at Pop’s invite in 1970 and, with saxophone in hand, thus widened punk’s reach.
Mackay and his band Radon Ensemble headline a night of rock from an experimental viewpoint on March 28 at the Hideaway in Johnson City.
This is not poppy Green Day. This is not razor’s edge punk a la Rancid.
Instead, expect a taste challenge. Mackay fuses jazz with punk rock with apparently whatever else comes to his left-of-field approach.
As reflected on his album, “Michigan and Arcturus,” Mackay may have helped widen punk rock nearly 40 years ago, but he didn’t stay there. He still widens the borders of punk.
IF YOU GO
Who: Steve Mackay, The Scams, The Growth and Brian Saunders
When: March 28, 10 p.m.
Where: The Hideaway, 235 E. Main St., Johnson City
Tickets: $5
Info: (423) 926-3896
Web: www.myspace.com/saxmanmackay
ROAD TO THE ISLES
Take heart fans of Celtic music.
An evening of Irish and Scottish music takes hold on March 30 at Richlands Middle School in Richlands courtesy Road to the Isles.
The curious, though accurately named, five-person group features a sound steeped in traditional music long ago established by cultures centered in Ireland and Scotland.
No banjos. No mandolins. However, Road to the Isles absolutely represents and offers a long-ago look at the roots of Appalachian music.
Sounds different, played different and yet they are cousins in culture that stretches the span of the Atlantic.
Hear spoken-word stories. See them perform Irish Step and Scottish highland dancing. Listen to their new album, “The Road Home.” In turn, experience a look back at from whence we came.
IF YOU GO
Who: Road to the Isles
When: March 30, 3 p.m.
Where: Richlands Middle School, Richlands
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door for adults; $10 in advance, $15 at the door for students
Info: (276) 963-3385
Web: www.roadtotheisles.org
EDGAR ALLAN POE: MASTER OF MACABRE
Theater adores Stephen King’s literary forefather.
So why not another in a long line of productions focused on Edgar Allan Poe?
To wit, “Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Macabre” is scheduled to run from April 1-26 at the Barter Theatre Stage II in Abingdon. What the play may lack in terms creativity of choice could well compensate with originality of implementation.
Whatever, fans of things that go creepy-crawly adore Poe. The 19th century penman could evoke enormous realms of beauty as with the poem “The Raven.”
He could also provoke chills and no doubt has sparked generations of nightmares with short stories like “Tell-Tale Heart.”
This play will look at the man behind those works. And – surprise, surprise – he was a dark soul. Genius, oh yes. Dark - wonderfully and literarily so.
IF YOU GO
What: “Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Macabre”
When: April 1-26
Where: Barter Theatre Stage II, 133 W. Main St., Abingdon
Tickets: $10.25 for a single ticket, $8.50 each for groups of 15 or more
Info: (276) 628-3991
Web: www.bartertheatre.com
TOM NETHERLAND is a freelancer writer. He can be reached at .
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