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Casey Neill & The Norway Rats, Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters

The Historic Eagle House

With a long history in Humboldt County, Portland songwriter Casey Neill returns to Eureka with his band to conclude a year long tour in support of his acclaimed new album Subterrene. With songs old and new, the show features raucous danceable grooves and celebrations of resistance. Joining them are fellow Oregonians Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters with songs that swagger like the Stones and charm like a Sunday afternoon front-porch session. Come celebrate Yuletide with these two Oregon bands on the final night of their California run in the gorgeous Historic Eagle House ballroom. CASEY NEILL & THE NORWAY RATS: The music of Casey Neill & The Norway Rats combines high energy rock rave-ups and haunting lush acoustic reveries built around melodic narrative songwriting. The Norway Rats are a collective of Portland indie all star players whose credits include The Decemberists, Eels, Viva Voce and more. Neill has been touring with the band and solo throughout the USA, Japan, and Europe for more than a decade, performing his songs at venues such as Town Hall in New York, San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, and the Newport Folk Festival. The new Norway Rats record Subterrene is a major leap forward for the band that No Depression calls “a milestone in Neill and company’s trajectory thus far” while Rolling Stone says ” (Neill’s) songs mask their complexities beneath a simple, singalong-worthy surface… these swimming waters have serious depth.” Critic Marco Rivera described it best for music blog Splendid: “Be it through raucous rockers, fragile acoustic ballads, passionate bursts of punk fury or soulful touches of Irish folk, Neill’s narrative talent and concern for real people’s struggles stand out. (Neill) evokes an epic feel that fits perfectly with the implicit grandiosity of this emotional material, delivered with a raspy, affectionate voice that recalls Life’s Rich Pageant-era Michael Stipe. The results are so evocative, you’ll be tempted to steep further in these memories, the better to share Casey Neill’s particular blend of personal and historical experience.” ASHLEIGH FLYNN & THE RIVETERS - www.ashleighflynnandtheriveters.com Like the Ohio to muddy Ol’ Miss, Ashleigh Flynn follows her troubadour heart. Flynn grew up in Kentucky and cut her teeth on local bluegrass music and Motown. A prolific songwriter and performer blessed with unbridled charisma, she has taken the stage at Bonnaroo and Bumbershoot, High Sierra and Vancouver Folk Fest and toured with the likes of Todd Snider. With a fresh slate of songs in her arsenal, Flynn returned to the studio with producer Chris Funk (of The Decemberists) to develop a bold new project: Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters. In both name and spirit, this all-female band is a nod to the “Rosie the Riveter” archetype and an homage to the millions of American women who entered this country’s male dominated workforce during World War II and kicked some serious ass. The record’s 11 tracks feature Flynn’s compelling brand of storytelling and soulful vocals, amped-up and virtuously enveloped by the electrified Riveters. Inspired in large part by her new guitar player Nancy Luca’s style and skill, the album hearkens back to early Stones and ‘70s psychedelic country rock, yet the result feels simultaneously new and necessary.

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WHERE

• The Historic Eagle House

PRICE

• $10

• Ages: 21+