EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY: Composer and guitarist Shane Parish has a special show coming up at Buvez Sunday, Aug. 25. He’ll play, as well as host Japanese native and resident of Truth or Consequences, NM Tatsuya Nakatani. Nakatani is a percussionist, composer and master teacher. Also on the bill is Dhana Jeera, which is Jeremy Kiran Fernandes, who will perform music inspired by “Tuareg, Mauritanian, Ethiopian and Moroccan music.” This show is priced at a sliding scale between $10–20. Please take cash money and as much as you can afford. Doors are at 7 p.m., with music starting at 8 p.m. For more information, please see tatsuyanakatani.com and shaneparish.com.
WORLD WHERE YOU LIVE: Those popsters in KIT just released a new single last week named “One More Ticket.” The band reports the song was mixed by Patrick Doherty and mastered by Jesse Mangum. While it still has some of the blue-eyed soul displayed in the band’s debut single, this new one lives much deeper in dream pop land. If you can imagine, say, Crowded House with less earnest vocals and just generally relaxed all the way around, you’ll be close to what this sounds like. Find it on Spotify and keep up with the band at instagram.com/kit.rocks.
LITTLE BIT ‘O SOUL: R&B fans should be pleased to learn The Original Splitz Band is beginning a residency at Athentic Brewing Co. that will see the band playing there every fourth Friday through Nov. 22. The first night is Friday, Aug. 24 from 7:30–10:30 p.m. Tickets for each performance are $7 in advance or $10 at the door. For more information, please see facebook.com/Theoriginalsplitz.
GATHER TOGETHER: Covenant Presbyterian Church will host an African Gospel Celebration Sunday, Aug. 25 from 2–4 p.m. The church is located at 1065 Gaines School Road. This event is coordinated by Africana Digital Ethnography Project and Aaron Carter-Enyi. According to the organizers, the event will feature “a free concert/workshop on African choruses and songs for the Athens area. The event will introduce a free web resource with sheet music based on the oral traditions of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Reception to follow with culturally relevant dishes.” For more information, please see facebook.com/covenantpresbyterianchurchathens and africanadept.org.
ALL BY YOURSELF: Goin’ Solo Events and Southern Brewing Co. have teamed up to present the Athens Brewsic Fest Saturday, Aug. 24 from 2–10 p.m. Now, pay attention, because this is a free event and open to all ages. Featured performers this day are Halogenic, Second Nature, Hello My Name Is, Waleska, Well Kept and School of Rock. Anyone interested in vending opportunities or being a sponsor should drop a line to [email protected]. For all other information, please see facebook.com/goinsoloevents, facebook.com/SouthernBrewingCompany and sobrewco.com.
THE VISION WITHIN: Due to the frequency, not to mention the general density contained therein, of releases coming off the Hooker Vision label, it sometimes takes weeks to get around to covering something. Such is the case with the latest album by Rachel Evans, The Rabbit and the Hawk. These pieces were recorded in January and February 2023 and are from specific scenes in the film she scored An Evening Song (for Three Voices), which was directed by Graham Swon. As character portraits, they do a fine job of being emotionally evocative without being schticky or sentimental. The only instrumentation on the whole thing is electric piano, voice, cello and synthesizer. It’s contemplative without being explicitly moody which gives it a lightness it might not otherwise have had. Find this at hookervision.bandcamp.com.
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE DEPARTMENT: A recent announcement from AthFest Educates Executive Director Mary Joyce celebrated the fact that the 2024 AthFest Music & Arts Festival raised over $90,000 for arts education in Athens-Clarke County. Specifically, these funds are earmarked for “high-quality, accessible music and arts education for K-12 students.” For more information, please see athfesteducates.org.
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