Blues Guitar Legend Returns to the Martin
7:00 PM, Saturday, June 14, 2014

The $10.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.

The great Roy Book Binder is set to play a concert at the Martin Hotel on Saturday, June 14. Something of a national treasure, Book Binder plays blues in the Piedmont style, a very old East Coast tradition based on ragtime and multi-part gospel guitar techniques.

Besides being a musical giant with unexceeded technique, Book Binder is known as a crowd-pleasing entertainer with deft comic timing, an encyclopedic knowledge of American roots music history, and an inexhaustible supply of tales collected over a lifetime of traveling and performing with greats like Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Rock Bottom, Fats Kaplin, Doc Watson, Bonnie Raitt, and Ray Charles.

Book Binder emerged alongside pal Dave van Ronk in the New York City coffeehouse scene of the mid-60s, the beginning of the so-called “folk revival.” And, his repertoire includes “Bookaroo” songs, played in a folk style reminiscent of Rambling Jack Elliot, and Don Edwards.

Book Binder’s real bailiwick, though, is blues in the East Coast or “Piedmont” style, named for the plateau that stretches from Richmond, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia. The style evolved in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, when ragtime, parlor, and gospel guitar players like Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, and Reverend Gary Davis began applying polyphonic finger-picking technique to the blues. Book Binder perfected his Piedmont technique as Davis’s protégé, working as the blind virtuoso’s driver and side-man during the late 1960s.

Book Binder has recorded eight albums, most in a “hillbilly” blues style that includes plenty of colorful banter between the tracks. Often, the stories and jokes stretch back to Book Binder’s formative years on the road with the Reverend Davis. Though based on old-time techniques, his songs sound fresh and relevant, often featuring original lyrics re-spun to reflect contemporary themes.

Book Binder continues to perform solo shows around the world, the last time we saw him he was about to leave for the Blues Festival in Hell Norway where he appeared along with Ramblin’ Jack and many other greats. He also teaches at MerleFest and the Fur Peace School, and keeps an entertaining travel “blog” on his website, RoyBookBinder.com.

So, if you’re in town over the weekend, don’t miss the chance to see one of the great bluesmen of all time, up close and personal, right here in Winnemucca. The show starts at 7 PM on Saturday, June 14, at the Martin Hotel on Railroad Street.

You may have seen and heard local band L.N.O.Y. during the last couple of years, somewhere playing background music. Maybe it was at the Chamber of Commerce Wine Tasting, at a Cruise night downtown or posted somewhere along the way during a Wine Walk/Margarita Walk night in Winnemucca. Then again, you may have experienced L.N.O.Y in one of it’s many other forms, in some guy’s garage late one night when you didn’t feel like going home just yet, and some people you knew we’re gonna drop in on a party at a friend’s house.  In one form or another, L.N.O.Y. has been lurking around Winnemucca for years.

L.N.O.Y. has just finished the recording of their fifth record, and so to celebrate, we are going to put them front and center, as the main attraction, for Music at the Martin on Friday, May 30.

Music at the Martin
with
L.N.O.Y.
Celebrating the release of “Pleas of a Scoundrel”
7:00 PM
Friday, May 30, 2014

The $10.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.

Jerry, JR, and Kirk, have been kicking around Winnemucca for their entire lives.  They grew up on the edges of respectability, seeking a more defiant, rebellious attitude toward the world.  Bands like Black Flag, Bad Religion, and Social Distortion provided the sound track for their youth, and this on-the-edge influence shows up in their own music.  Somewhere along the way they have discovered that the narratives and imagery of traditional music, folk music, what these days is called Americana music, fits well with the stories they have to tell. So they have more or less moved on from their punk rock roots, and have taken up playing acoustic.  We think you might be surprised by the result.

Autographed copies L.N.O.Y. ‘s  “Pleas of a Scoundrel” will be available for purchase at the show! 

 

Chamber Music they way it is meant to be heard
7:00 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014

$15 Tickets are On Sale Now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at: TheMartinHotel.Com

The College of Idaho Langroise Trio will return for their fourth concert at the Martin on Saturday, May 3, 2014.  These superb musicians have proven to be among Winnemucca’s favorites during their sold out performances in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2012.

It turns out that this nearly 250 year old art form has found its roots in the small informal setting of the Martin.  Chamber music, often referred to as “the music of friends”, works so well in the back room of the Martin, with its intimate surroundings and wonderful sound, that it has become a favorite of the Langroise Trio as well.  Violinist Geoffrey Trabichoff remarked after the 2006 performance that ” “We love playing in your intimate venue, where the excellent acoustic is exceeded only by the warmth of the audience.”

Established in 1991 the Langroise Trio are Artists-in-residence at The College of Idaho, where they form the string faculty. They have performed on chamber music series in Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, their fourth c.d. is in the planning stage, and the Trio was one of the first groups to give an “internet archived” concert on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center.

With its personnel among some of the foremost musicians in the country, the Langroise Trio offers an eclectic repertoire. Contemporary works by Idaho composers Jim Cockey and David Alan Earnest have been written especially for them and they stylishly play music from the Romantic, Classical, Baroque and Renaissance eras as well.

Geoffrey Trabichoff is Concertmaster of the Boise Philharmonic. He is the former concertmaster of the BBC Scottish Symphony and former leader of the Paragon Ensemble of Scotland. Geoffrey has broadcast numerous concertos for the BBC. He has been guest concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic and the London Symphony as well as the Northern Sinfonia, BBC Welsh and BBC Philharmonic Orchestras. He also served as concertmaster of the Mannheim Chamber and Hanover State Orchestras in Germany.

David Johnson has been principal violist of the Iceland Symphony and the Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, and a member of the Freimann Quartet. David was assistant principal violist for the Grant Park Symphony in Chicago and holds a Master of Music degree from Indiana University. He has been a featured soloist on numerous occasions and a featured artist on Iceland National Radio Broadcasts.

Samuel Smith has been principal cellist of the Ft. Wayne Philharmonic where he was a frequent soloist and a member of the Freimann Quartet. Samuel was also a cellist for the Grant Park Symphony of Chicago. He has served as assistant principal cellist of the Florida Symphony, and has been on the adjunct faculty at Anderson College and the summer faculty at Ball State University.

7:00 PM Saturday, March 29, 2014

 

$10 Tickets are On Sale Now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at: TheMartinHotel.Com

Dayton, Nevada, western singer, songwriter, and guitar player Richard Elloyan will appear at the Martin at 7:00 PM on Saturday, March 29. Richard’s musical inspiration is the Great Basin, the landscape of Nevada, and the lifestyle of the buckaroo.  This year, during Nevada’s  Sesquicentennial, the 150th anniversary of Nevada’s admission to the Union, Richard has a special focus on songs about Nevada.  His latest record release, “Come Back Home” carries the tagline “Song of the Silver State”.   All of the songs but one are penned by Richard, and carry titles such as Eureka Saturday Night, Nye County Drifter, Alkali Rose and Big Nevada Sky. 

Richard’s rich baritone voice beautifully carries these songs about sage brush, big skies, lonely places, long drives, and exciting nights in town, told from the perspective of a man that has traveled over the length and breadth of the state drinking in the rugged beauty, appreciating the hard edged landscape, and soaking up tales of the characters that make up its history. 

Though he has his degree in range management from UNR and pitched in to help mend fences when his friend became cow boss of the Flying M Ranch in Yerington, Elloyan firmly states he’s “not a cowboy but a good observer.” His love of the land and telling stories is drawn from growing up surrounded by the open landscape and colorful history of Virginia City.

After an enlistment in the Navy, Richard pursued his passion for the land by attending the University of Nevada at Reno and receiving a degree in Range Management.  Working for the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest  Service, Richard was able to work some of the most beautiful land in the country.  In his current position as an Environmental Health Specialist Richard travels the rural roads of Nevada and gathers inspiration down every road and over every rise. 

Ever Evolving Original Americana Root Rock and Alt County (mostly)
7:00 PM Friday, January 17, 2014

The $15.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.

An entry from a tattered journal found on the shores of Lake Tahoe…

 

“According to local lore, tucked deep in the snow blanketed Sierra Nevada mountains, rests a cabin secluded from the masses. After days of searching the shores of Lake Tahoe, I find a path of footsteps in the snow that winds through the moss laden trees of the forest. After hours trudging through knee-deep snow, I find myself gazing up a cabin where smoke is billowing from the chimney. To learn of what is inside, I crawl up to the window. As I wipe away the snow for a closer look, I find the crew consumed by their cause of crafting melodies and songs that warms the entire cabin. Here lies the heart and soul of Dead Winter Carpenters…”

In a time when music has been transformed and genre lines are left behind like the seasons, Dead Winter Carpenters are producing an ever-evolving style of music. The time spent, both in the studio in the woods and criss-crossing the American countryside, has provided Dead Winter Carpenters with a sound that blends Americana roots-rock with a tinge of straightforward ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ Alt. Country that is as hard-hitting as it is whimsical. While the roadsigns and towns pass by the windows on down the highway of tour, DWC are writing original material based on their life experiences. “Dirt Nap”, the band’s latest EP, is a musical journey which speaks magnitudes to these experiences.

“Judging from its penchant for California country, North Lake Tahoe band Dead Winter Carpenters sounds like it has its finger on the quickening pulse of a “high-mountain-town vibe.” – San Francisco Chronicle

Hailing from North Lake Tahoe, CA, Dead Winter Carpenters blends Americana roots-rock with a tinge of straightforward ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ Alt. Country to bring hard-hitting performances that are as edgy as they are whimsical. The band pushes and pulls at musical boundaries with top-notch, live performances while walking the line with unexpected musical flair. With an unbridled spirit, and an authentic approach to the art of songwriting, the experience of an evening with Dead Winter Carpenters epitomizes what live music is all about.

“For a band that cites the Fibonacci Sequence as an inspiration for its moniker, the devastatingly original sounds of North Lake Tahoe’s The Dead Winter Carpenters are completely accessible.” -Good Times Weekly: Santa Cruz, CA

Highlighted by vocal melodies and five part harmonies, the ferocious fluidity of the fiddle, deep pounding thump and thud of the upright bass, country ramblings of the telecaster and acoustic guitars, and the driving drums all meld together to create an experience that is sure leave you grinning from ear to ear.

“The quintet blends classic elements of roots and country music with choice influences from throughout rock history, including the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Townes Van Zant, that elevate them above your average new grass hybrid.” -Seven Days: Burlington, VT

The five-piece outfit is:

-fiddler/vocalist – Jenni Charles
-upright bassist/vocalist – Dave Lockhart
-guitarist/vocalist – Jesse Dunn
-guitarist/vocalist – Bryan Daines
-drummer/vocalist – Brian Huston

An ace group of cellists who will take on anything: Brubeck, Bach, and Beck
7:00 PM Sunday, November 17, 2013

The $20.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.

Since the group’s inception in late 2007, the Portland Cello Project (or, PCP, as their fans affectionately call them), has wowed audiences all over the country with extravagant performances, everywhere from Prairie Home Companion, to that punk rock club in the part of town your grandma warns you not to go to after dark. The group has built a reputation mixing genres and blurring musical lines and perceptions wherever they go.

No two shows are alike, with a repertoire now numbering over 800 pieces of music you wouldn’t normally hear coming out of a cello. The Cello Project’s stage setup ranges from the very simple (4-6 cellos), to the all out epic (which has included 12 cellos playing with full choirs, winds, horns, and numerous percussion players).

The Cello Project’s mission is three-fold:

1. To bring the cello to places you wouldn’t normally hear it. They’ve performed everywhere, from Prairie Home Companion, to touring with heavy metal guitarist Buckethead, to sports bars in Texas, to punk clubs in Boston, to halftime at Portland Trailblazer games, to music festivals focusing on a wide variety of genres, from rock, to folk, to pure classical to… pure noise…
2. To play music on the cello you wouldn’t normally hear played on the instrument. Everything from Beethoven to Arvo Paert to instrumental covers of Adele, Kanye West and Pantera.
3. To build bridges across all musical communities by bringing a diverse assortment of musical collaborators on stage with them. The PCP has collaborated with musicians such as Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary), The Dandy Warhols, Mirah, Laura Gibson, Thao, Eric Bachmann (Crooked Fingers), Matt Haimovitz, Ben Sollee, Dan Bern, among many others..

The first time you see the Portland Cello Project perform you might be perplexed when you hear affectionate fans shouting “We Love PCP!”

In spite of a barrage of musical and visual sensory overload, you’ll figure out that you aren’t in a crowd of horse-tranquilizer-snorting maniacs, and that “PCP” is the tongue-in-cheek acronym of this group of classically trained cellists.

But you’ll wonder what kind of a crowd this is. In the course of one of PCP’s epic 2-3 hour shows (the format of which is always a one-time affair the group writes almost entirely new arrangements for every performance cycle) you’ll see such sights as: old ladies, straight out of the symphony hall nodding their head to cello hip-hop; young children playing air cello while dancing to 16 cellos accompanying The Builders and The Butchers; hipsters too-cool-for-school mesmerized by Arvo Paert; members of the Decemberists playing late 19th century Russian compositions transcribed for Hammond Organ, a 40-piece choir, and of course: a symphony of cellos.

Since the group’s inception in late 2007, they have performed with a veritable “Who’s Who?” list of Portland musicians, from Laura Gibson to The Dandy Warhols, Horse Feathers, Mirah and Loch Lomond, just to name a few.

The cello is more-or-less the only constant in this amorphous collective from Portland, Oregon. Yet there is an organizer holding this anarchic display of controlled chaos together. You’ll see him sitting in the back row of the cello section at all of these shows, as if to appear an anonymous member of the horde. This is Douglas Jenkins. Jenkins, who often pens15-20 new scores for each performance, has led the band through two previous CD’s of original songs and covers, and has been at the heart of the band’s rise to immense popularity in their hometown.

The group’s newest full-length is being released on June 9th, 2009 on their new label, local independent Kill Rock Stars. This CD and indeed the relationship forged with this well-suited record label embodies the group’s belief that “collaboration is the cornerstone of independence and artistic freedom.” Two of the artists who have collaborated with PCP: Thao Nguyen of Thao With The Get Down Stay Down and local musician Justin Power, contribute four songs each to this CD, the Thao and Justin Power Sessions. And the other four songs on the record are strategically placed examples of cello sublimity and madness: from a Pantera cover, to a solemn religious piece by John Tavener.

Although it’s no longer an anomaly for popular musicians to work with an orchestra, it tends to be on the symphony’s terms, in the symphony’s concert halls, and for the symphony’s exclusive rates. The classically trained cellists of The Portland Cello Project are working to reverse that tradition by making their talents accessible to their guests wildest dreams, while bringing the instrument into venues where you wouldn’t normally see cellos.

Acoustic Pop, Rock, Folk, Soul, Bluegrass
7:00 PM Saturday, October 26, 2013

The $15.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.

Sharing a common love of music, whiskey and life on the road, Fruition were originally brought together by the lure of adventure. For the last five years, the Portland, OR string infused quintet has racked up the miles playing sold out shows in their adopted hometown and garnering new fans across the country. This summer, Fruition will release Just One of Them Nights, an album that finds the band tackling the many struggles and successes that come along with living a vagabond lifestyle and the search for artistic clarity.

Jay Cobb Anderson (lead guitar/vocals) and Keith Simon (bass) moved from Idaho to the Pacific Northwest with nothing but their instruments and some drinking money. They spent their days busking the streets and their nights exploring Portland’s rich music scene. In 2008, the duo met fellow street performers Kellen Asebroek (guitar) and Georgia-born Mimi Naja (mandolin/vocals). Feeling an instant connection, the foursome decided to embark on a new collaboration. Just a few short weeks later, the like-minded new friends found themselves in a living room crowded around a microphone and recording Hawthorne Hoedown – an album that took one day to record but forged a lasting connection.

For the next three years, Fruition traveled up and down Highway 101 busking the streets, playing small clubs, sleeping on couches, and building a devout fan base through word of mouth. They caught the ear of Hot Buttered Rum’s Nat Keefe in 2009, who eventually produced a self-titled album for the band in 2009. Shortly thereafter, Jay and Keith’s high school buddy Tyler Thompson (drums) joined the group, amplifying their sound and elevating them to the versatile Americana-meets-Rock n Roll enigma that they are today.

Over the years, Fruition have collaborated with Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth, Danny Barnes, ALO, Elephant Revival and The Head and The Heart. They’ve thrilled audiences at festivals including High Sierra Music Festival, Northwest String Summit and All Good Music Festival, and played for packed rooms at Portland, OR’s Crystal Ballroom, Boulder, CO’s Fox Theater, San Francisco, CA’s Great American Music Hall, Boston, MA’s Brighton Music Hall and more. With no signs of slowing down, the band takes each day as it comes. From broken down vans and whiskey shots, to the lovers and loved-ones who check-in through the miles, at the end of the day it’s Just One of Them Nights for this talented bunch who are experiencing a radiant present and looking towards an even brighter future.

Ass Kickin’ Redneck Stringband Music
7:00 PM Thursday, October 3, 2013

The $15.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.

We’re gonna open this show with Winnemucca’s own L.N.O.Y. (Listless Numbers of Youth). They will play a short set to begin the evening, and then you’ll get two full sets with Foghorn.

Foghorn Stringband is the shining gold standard for American stringband music, with seven albums, thousands of shows, over a decade of touring under their belts, and two entirely new generations of old-time musicians following their lead. Through all this, they’ve never let the music grow cold; instead they’ve been steadily proving that American roots music is a never-ending well of inspiration. From their origins in Portland, Oregon’s underground roots music scene, the core duo of Foghorn Stringband, Caleb Klauder, whose wistful, keening vocals and rapid-fire mandolin picking have always been the heart of the band, and Stephen ‘Sammy’ Lind, perhaps the best old-time fiddler of his generation, have spread the old-time stringband gospel all over the world, but they’ve also brought in new influences and inspirations from their many travels and fellow bandmates. Vintage country and honky-tonk became a staple of Foghorn Stringband thanks to Klauder’s intense passion for the music, and frequent visits to Louisiana have inspired the group to bring Cajun songs into the repertoire.

As the music has changed, the band has changed and reformed as well. Canadian singer and bassist Nadine Landry, from Québec via the Yukon, joined the band in 2008, bringing a wealth of experience as an internationally touring bluegrass musician. New member, singer and guitarist Reeb Willms, came down from Bellingham with a suitcase of old, vintage country songs and a powerfully beautiful, pure voice born in the farmlands of Washington State. It’s a new Foghorn Stringband these days, but the music is as furiously compelling as ever. For the group that first broke the good news about Southern old-time music to new generations, a new album and new tour dates are both a return to form and a fresh new start.

Wowing audiences across the country and across the pond playing over 200 days a year, Foghorn is one of the most sought after acts for festival stages and music camps, and are band mates for world renowned master old-time musician Dirk Powell and Cajun legends Joel Savoy and Jesse Lége. Recent festivals and venues they’ve played include San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival, Pickathon, Sioux River Folk Festival, The Old Town School of Folk Music, California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Freight & Salvage, Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Austin Stringband Festival, and many more, including extensive tours of the UK and Ireland! They were selected as Official Showcase Artists at the 2011 IBMA Conference.

Foghorn Stringband play the old way, the way you’d have heard stringbands play on Southern radio stations back in the 1930s. They don’t fancy up the music to make it more modern, instead they reach into the heart of the songs, pulling out the deep emotions that made them so enduring in the first place. Performing live, these multi- instrumentalists gather around a single microphone in the middle of the stage, expertly balancing their sound on the fly, and creating the rarest of music: songs that are at once wildly virtuosic and intimately hand-crafted. Foghorn Stringband play American roots music of the finest order.

A Special Double Bill

RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOTT
and
NELL ROBINSON

Wednesday, September 4, 2013
7:00 PM at the Martin Hotel

Limited Seating – Only 75 Tickets

Purchase your $25 tickets Now! On-line from The Martin Hotel

A rare package of American Roots and Folk music will grace the stage for a concert on Wednesday, September 4^th at the Martin Hotel.  The Stories and Seeds Trail Tour features the legendary Ramblin’ Jack Elliott along with singer-songwriter Nell Robinson.

An American musical treasure, Ramblin’ Jack is a five time Grammy nominee and two time Grammy winner. In 1998 Jack was presented with a National Medal of Arts award from the National Endowment for the Arts. This award, created by Congress on behalf of the American people, is a lifetime achievement award that recognizes the extraordinary accomplishments of individuals engaged in the creation and production of the arts in the United States.

Having a long and prolific career, Ramblin’ Jack has carried the seeds of story and song for decades, from one place to another, from one generation to the next.  Ramblin’ Jack picked up the American troubadour tradition and passed it along, most famously from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan.  A wide spectrum of musical artists have paid homage to Ramblin’ Jack Elliott including Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Waits.

Joining the Seeds and Stories collaboration is vital contemporary folk singer-songwriter Nell Robinson. Nell has two solo records and recently released a duet cd with Jim Nunally entitled “House and Garden” featuring rich stories, lyrics, and vocal harmonies.  Nell Robinson has performed at many American music venues including A Prairie Home Companion, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, Strawberry Music Festival, and the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkley.  Her singing has been compared to the iconic voice of Emmylou Harris and songwriting of Patty Griffin.  One critic recently call Nell’s music “a timeless, sepia-toned world at the intersection of bluegrass, country, folk, and Americana.” Joining Nell onstage will be a very talented young guitar player and singer named Logan Ledger.

This unique tour collaboration of the old and the new is planting the new seeds that will carry on the vital cultural tradition of storytelling though roots music.

This September 4^th show at the Martin Hotel starts at 7pm and has a special limited seating of 75.  Tickets are $25 and are on sale at The Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee.  The concert is presented by Great Basin Arts and Entertainment, a grassroots all volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.