PLPA: The Paperboys

Safe to say, after three decades and 4,000-plus shows, The Paperboys are musical icons of the Pacific Northwest. The Celtic folk band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Tom Landa founded in Vancouver, B.C., in 1991 now incorporates bluegrass, Mexican and zydeco – to name just a few influences – in its notoriously feel-good show. They have produced 10 albums, written scores for movies and tour periodically across Europe. But the six-member ensemble mostly has a reputation among its devoted Northwest followers as simply a great, live band. Fronted by Landa, Geoffrey Kelley on flute and guitar, and Karissa Landa on fiddle – all three providing vocals – The Paperboys have been critically acclaimed in music magazines on both sides of the border, as well as on NPR and the CBC. But Port Ludlow will feel like a hometown show.