About this Event
Wednesday, Nov 19th
Join us for an evening of Ambient / Chamber Compositions & Experimental Finger style Guitar. Hosting is Mother Foucaults bookstore. Located on the border of Portland’s inner southeast industrial district, Mother Foucault’s specializes in used, rare, and vintage books. Mother Foucaults creates the perfect cozy space and unique listening room for live music.
Donation - Sliding Scale $12-15 (cash / venmo at doors)
RSVP Online - Cash or venmo tickets collected at doors
Doors @ 7 pm
Music at 7:30 pm
715 SE Grand
With ~
Gregory Allison -
Gregory Allison creates with a single violin a sound that travels across great landscapes. He has toured the world with violin in hand and is endlessly inspired by the instrument’s journey around the globe, especially its use in South Indian Classical Music. His live performance blends the Indian Classical melodic improvisation with his soundscape sensibility as a film composer, offering the listener a sonic journey through time and space.Gregory’s solo artistic journey began with the release of his album “Portal” on his own Holy Volcano label in 2021.
The music on the album is an exploration through the seven Chakras in the body, and a sonic representation of the transmutation of energy within each energy center. Later that year, the label released his collaborative album A Light For Dark Moments with Tristan de Liege. He has released four more albums on the label: Life As A Film, with Tristan de Liege, Anything To Make It Loud, the debut album from songwriter Ella Luna, Mémoires, a collection of solo vibraphone pieces composed by de Liege, and his latest collaborative effort with de Liège, Samatha, an album of viola meditations inspired by Buddhist meditation practice.Gregory runs a studio in SE Portland where he records and produces music for his label and for clients from around the world.
Amber Russel -
Amber Russell is an acoustic experimental fingerstyle guitarist based in Portland, Oregon. She has an unorthodox, theatrical approach to her style of playing. Her music has been described as imaginative and captivating. She utilizes various techniques such as alternate tunings, unique approach to harmonics, percussive strikes mixed with catchy melodies. Amber gained recognition through social media and now has partnerships with Ibanez guitars, Halland Guitars, G7th Capos, Elite Acoustics, DiMarzio Inc and many more.
She has performed with artists such as Kaki King, Muriel Andersen, Yasmin Williams and many more for the International Women of fingerstyle concert in January of 2020 in Anaheim, California at the House of Blues. Her song “Portland Dance'' premiered for Candyrat Records in December of 2019 with over 26k views, Amber put together a 30 lesson guitar course for JamPlay.com in 2019, A top rated guitarist educational resource with hundreds of famous guitarist instructors available. She has been seen on KGW8 interview with Mtv’s Brian Mcfaden and has been a guest to many radio shows throughout the country, including Portland's own local radio Shady Pines Radio. Amber Currently lives in Portland, Oregon where she and her wife currently own and operate their guitar school and retail store, Rose City Guitar Company and Is still an active player in the musical performance industry.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mother Foucault's Bookshop, 715 SE Grand Ave, Portland, United States
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