Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
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Ian Tyson |
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Ian Tyson has long been one of Canada's most respected singer-songwriters. A pioneer who began his career in the early days of the first folk boom in the 60's, he was one of the first Canadians to break into the American popular music market. In the years that followed he hosted his own TV show, recorded some of the best albums ever made, quit the music business and became after years of backbreaking work a rodeo rider and a successful rancher. But with his songs covered by Neil Young, Judy Collins, Suzy Bogguss, Gordon Lightfoot, Bobby Bare and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, among many others, he returned to music with a vengeance in the mid-80s. He found himself able to combine his two separate lives in new songs that explained the reality of western culture and the mindset of a cowboy in a sometimes-alien world. Tyson's list of honours from the Order of Canada to platinum records, Juno Awards and Canadian Country Music Awards is too lengthy to repeat. He tours constantly across Canada and throughout the United States. www.iantyson.com |
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Druha Trava
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Druha Trava is a wonderfully individual band from the Czech Republic. They perform new acoustic world music with bluegrass influences. You might hear them perform a bluegrass tune, Bob Dylan tune or one by another American or British artist, or one of their many originals. Though they basically use a typical bluegrass complement of instruments, you might see the banjo player also pick up a clarinet or Irish whistle. This along with the versatility of the dobro player helps create much of their unique sound. Druha Trava means "Second Grass" in Czech. Speaking the universal language of music, this well-rehearsed group plays bluegrass and Americana with a Czech accent. Smokey lead singer Robert Krestan puts his soul into every word of covers like Dire Strait's Telegraph Road and Dylan's Another Cup of Coffee. Killer banjo by Lubos Malina and dobro by Lubos Novotny (recognized by American audiences who have seen them on previous US tours) are joined by new members Petr Sury and Emil Formanek. www.druhatrava.com |
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Peppino D'Agostino &
Stef Burns |
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What a combo. How did the great Italian acoustic guitar instrumentalist Peppino D'Agostino hook up with Alice Cooper's legendary guitarist Stef Burns who is currently lead guitarist for Huey Lewis & The News. D'Agostino and Burns fast became friends in 2000 when a mutual friend introduced them. Burns came to see D'Agostino perform solo and immediately invited the acoustic guitarist to see one of his gigs with Huey Lewis & The News. The result is a much anticipated CD on Steve Vai's Favored Nations Label. Bayshore Road , the explosive duo recording from Peppino D'Agostino and Stef Burns, is certain to fascinate music lovers while featuring two of the most innovative and critically acclaimed guitarists working today. That just scratches the surface of a collection celebrating technical virtuosity and the melodic and rhythmic joys of the acoustic (D'Agostino) and electric (Burns) guitar. The two wrote and recorded the collection -- which features seven originals and three covers, including a snappy, ultra-percussive twist on Joe Zawinul's classic Birdland -- at the studio they share, located on Bayshore Road in a small town near San Pablo Bay just north of San Francisco. www.favorednations.com |
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Bruce Molsky
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"Old-time music's answer
to Ry Cooder" - Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
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Bruce Molsky has developed a reputation as a premier, or possibly the premier, old time fiddler of our day. Amazingly he is also an accomplished guitarist, banjo player and vocalist. His art is to weave fiddle, guitar, banjo, and song into a compelling style of American and world traditional music. Bronx born, his early influences were Jimi Hendrix, Mississippi John Hurt and Taj Mahal. By the time he went to college his goal was to be a bluegrass guitarist. After being dragged to a fiddle convention in 1973 he realized that what he was actually playing was traditional Appalachian and Old Time music. Three years later he moved to Virginia to learn at the source. He melds the archaic mountain sounds of Appalachia, the power of blues and the rhythmic intricacies of traditional African music. His interests now also extend to Celtic, and Scandinavian music and he has become a sort after CD producer for other artists. |
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Jan Smith Duo |
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This lady has one sweet voice and she knows how to use it. Before she visited us a couple of years ago I said her debut self produced CD, "Tin Heart", was, in my opinion, the best singer-songwriter CD (all originals) I had ever been sent. Her show, backed by her husband’s very fine mandolin and guitar playing did not disappoint, especially as it added some traditional material, such as Carter Family songs, to her own fine song-writing repertoire. A couple of quotes will give you the picture: “Jan Smith has a voice that is smooth and full of passion…one of the best folk releases we have received...” - Roots Music Report “A mixture of bluegrass, traditional country, and folk with a discerning pop ear, Smith’s songs would be as equally at home on a major motion picture soundtrack as in a Nashville club...” - The Cville Weekly Jan recently released her second, Nashville produced, CD, “29 Dances”. |
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Reilly & Maloney
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Dirty Linen's Tom Nelligan writes about the new CD Reilly & Maloney Together Again: From the mid-1970s through the late 1980s, the voices-and-guitars duo of Ginny Reilly and David Maloney made delightful harmonies together, and as this new concert CD announces, they're back together after a decade-plus pursuing their solo careers. Old fans will be happy to hear that they've lost none of their vocal magic. Reilly still has one of the sweetest voices in folk music, an ethereal soprano that dances lightly around Maloney's grittier baritone, and the contrast in their voices and their unique sense of harmony makes for some wonderful duets. The largely optimistic-themed and always-thoughtful set list combines a few originals, like Maloney's pensive Alone in Silence with a wide range of covers of writers ranging from Tom Paxton and John Prine to Bruce Springsteen and Rogers & Hart. Together Again marks the welcome reunion of two distinctive performers. www.reillyandmaloney.com |
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Claudia Villela &
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Music alive bursting with
flavors from Brazil's richest heritage of rhythms and moods. Claudia
Villela's and Ricardo Peixoto's synergetic performances,
compositions and improvisations earned raving reviews from critics and
spellbound audiences all over. Both nostalgic and contemporary, their sensual,
evocative music transcends language, intermingling African and European
sensibilities. Award winning Villela (vocals , percussion, piano)and Peixoto
(guitars) have collaborated for 12 years. They were raised in the same Rio de
Janeiro neighborhood but met in the SF bay area in 1984.
www.claudiavillela.com
www.ricardopeixoto.com
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Jan Smith Duo |
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Jan Smith is a
Virginia-based roots/Americana singer-songwriter. Jan has her own distinctive
delivery with a genre style similar in some ways to Kate Wolf's
alt-country / folk approach. This lady has one sweet voice and she knows how to
use it. Her show is backed by her husband's very fine mandolin and guitar
playing. On stage she adds some traditional material, such as Carter Family
songs, to her own fine song-writing repertoire, which include elements of folk,
country, pop and bluegrass. A couple of quotes about her debut, self-produced,
CD, Tin Heart, will give you the picture: "Jan Smith has a voice that
is smooth and full of passion...one of the best folk releases we have
received..".....Roots Music Report
www.honeybirdmusic.com |
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The Bluehouse plus Simon
Bruce |
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As one of Australia's
premier independent bands, Bluehouse combine original folk-flavored pop
melodies meshed with heavenly, intricate harmonies and inspired guitar and bass
playing along with witty, sardonic banter thrown in between songs. Entertaining
audiences with an extremely engaging show full of beautiful singing, hot
playing, clever thinking...along with wit and charm, Jacqui &
Bernadette will take you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions….a
"must see, must hear" the Sydney Morning Herald recognized the
band's essential eclecticism, terming their music "delicious
folk-pop...tinged at times with sweet gospel soul, before plunging into raucous
guitar riffs" and "exuberant, sad, wise, harmonically dazzling...a
lively display of both instrumental and a cappella with attitude and polished
pop." Touring almost constantly, Bluehouse have shared the stage with
Neil Young, Cowboy Junkies, UB40, Neil Finn, Elvis Costello, Tommy Emmanuel,
Neil Finn (of Crowded House) and others. They've been compared to
the likes of the Indigo Girls and k.d lang, but with a much more
aggressive style.
www.bluehouse.net |
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Audrey Auld Mezera &
Nina Gerber |
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Audrey Auld Mezera
from Tasmania, Australia |
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Way Out West Reunion
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"Wholly Cow... They¹re back in a special reunion that everyone's talking about! Yeah, they may have older rigging, but the dynamic trio that was Way Out West from 1985 to 1992 - singer and strummer Tracy Walton (Mumbo Gumbo), string and percussion wizard Joe Craven (formerly with David Grisman & now beyond) and guitar-tickling wordsmith Bill Edwards - will dust it off & strap it on all over again - the hot pickin¹, the beautiful singing, the favorite songs and, of course, the funny business." www.joecraven.com |
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Last Updated: 12/07