Plutons Trio and the Rafael Tranquilino Band will perform during a doubleheader Space Craft concert event at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 at Rolling Bay Hall.

Plutons Trio is led by Chris Phillips, Portland’s West Side Blues Association’s “Keyboardist of the Year,” and was noted as, “a super funk monster with the soul of the old and the groove from the new” by Portland Mercury.

The Willamette Week said, “Tapping into the world of Jack McDuff, Lonnie Smith and Billy Martin/Wil Blades, Plutons fits right in.”

After working to put together the successful 10-piece funk/soul outfit Philly’s Phunkestra, Phillips spent time with the Roseland Hunters and shared stages with groups such as Dumpstaphunk, Rebirth Brass Band, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Wailers, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Galactic.

An instrumental power house of guitar, bass and drums with vocals that fuse rock, blues and funk in an alternative invocation of crossroads; past, present and future, the Rafael Tranquilino Band is known for searing riffs and old fashioned Delta-style slide and improvisation skills.

Their music is hypnotic, lifting listeners to where the tension is on purpose, to linger in the resistance before set free in sweet relief.

The group features Rafael Tranquilino on guitar and vocals, Leah Tussing on vocals, James Redfern on bass and Chris Carlson on drums.

Tickets are on sale now. The cost is $12 in advance and $15 at the door.

Visit www.spacecraftpresents.org to purchase and learn more.

Rolling Bay Hall is located at 10598 Northeast Valley Road.

Space Craft is a Bainbridge-based nonprofit performance group.