Orcas Center’s Summer Concert Series returns to the Village Green
No tickets necessary thanks to our generous sponsors!

Isabeau Wai’u Walker
Lilo Sanchez

Sunday, July 27th at 5pm
On the Village Green
203 N Beach Rd, Eastsound, WA 98245

Isabeau Wai’u Walker

Isabeau Waia’u Walker has had to get creative to attempt the question of genre: “bright gloom,” “joy adjacent;” “island of broken, demented toys.” Hailing from her homeland Hawaii and having spent the latter half of her life in Oregon’s Pacific Northwest. Unless touring with Y La Bamba, in which she sings backup vocals, her feet and roots are always close to the shores of the Pacific Ocean (yearning for and pulled by her packs). Experience, observations and negotiations with race, culture, gender and class are inextricably woven into her purpose and product. Songs of love.  Songs of community and fight, of life and self. She lives in attractive vulnerability and sincere humility despite the power of her performances and songs. An early retirement as a full time secondary school teacher in 2019 has allowed her to tour, play local shows, and record more, releasing her EP, Better Metric, in 2020, then her first LP, Body, in 2022, with engineer, bandmate and friend Ryan Oxford at The Center for Sound, Light and Color. Since those releases she’s unsurprisingly caught the attention of and has been featured in and on several publications, podcasts and programs such as OPB, Live Wire Radio, Vortex Music Magazine, Willamette Week, KEXP.

Follow Isabeau Waia’u Walker online:
https://beaubeaubarina.com
https://www.instagram.com/beaubeaubarina
https://www.youtube.com/@beaubeaubarina

Lilo Sanchez

Lilo Sanchez is a Panamanian singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer whose professional career spans more than 25 years. He is widely known for his work with the alternative rock band, Señor Loop, with whom he has released 6 albums and played some of the most important festivals in Latin America, as well as US festivals like SXSW. His recent collaborations include singing with salsa legend Ruben Blades  and drumming for Lido Pimienta, Chicano Batman, Y La Bamba and a song with Carlos Méndez. 

Lilo’s solo work blends rock, jazz, reggae, blues, and R&B with a mysterious Latin flavor. The deeply introspective singles “Wolverine Blues” and “Candanga” emerged from his 2014 battle with cancer and journey through chemotherapy. “El Tesoro” a psychedelic tinged track written by Lilo’s brother, Caito, evokes memories of summers spent in the Panamanian countryside.

Lilo and his family moved to Orcas Island in 2020, seeking — and finding — refuge from the chaos of the pandemic. A short visit turned into a 4 year residency, with the island providing a sanctuary for his songwriting and recording. In that period, he has released “Cabin Fever” an instrumental dub track, and “Reporte del Tiempo” which mixes elements of Panamanian folklore and classic US country. Also, this past March he started releasing the first set of singles for his sophomore solo album with the tracks Sal Bendita and Casa de Herrero.

Follow Lilo Sanchez online:
https://www.youtube.com/@lilo_sanchez
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ohlrNR8M2EuGToe0qxt6y