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By barbara mitchell

The Portland Tribune, Jan 11, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

Courtesy of Mass Line

It’s official: Gabriel Teodros is one to watch. The Seattle rapper comes to Berbati’s Saturday.

SONGWRITER

Lewi Longmire

Lewi Longmire and his ace band are venturing forth from their regular Thursday night perch at the Laurelthirst for an evening of first-class roots rock at the White Eagle that includes local jug band Sassparilla.

Longmire’s experience as one of the city’s most in-demand musicians serves him well as a frontman and bandleader – there’s a wonderfully loose vibe to his working-class blues and a palpable sense of musical camaraderie.

9:30 p.m. FRIDAY, Jan. 11, White Eagle, 836 N. Russell St., 503-282-6810, $6

Ali Wesley

Sweet-voiced songstress Ali Wesley manages to pull off the improbable on her debut album, “All Things (My Two Fish),” delivering a record that’s sweet and fragile and gritty all at the same time.

Wesley’s voice and the delicate, stripped-down arrangements draw you in like a sleeping puppy in a pet store window, but her words can sting as well as soothe.

In her musical world, crushing loss, ecstatic joy and the complexity of everyday living all are exquisitely beautiful things.

9 p.m. FRIDAY, Jan. 11, Towne Lounge, 714 S.W. 20th Place, 503-241-8696, $5

HIP-HOP

Gabriel Teodros

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