Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
February 2008
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Crooked Jades plus
Spring Creek Bluegrass Band
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Crooked Jades song in
new Sean Penn film, Into the Wild . The Crooked Jades are proud
and excited to announce that Erik Pearson's original tune Fork and
File from the latest Crooked Jades CD World's on Fire is part of the
soundtrack for the amazing new Sean Penn film Into the Wild which opens
this week in the US to wide critical acclaim. The Crooked Jades are on a
mission to reinvent old-world music for a modern age, pushing boundaries and
blurring categories with their fiery, soulful performances. Innovative,
unpredictable and passionate, they bring their driving dance tunes and haunting
ballads to rock clubs, festivals, traditional folk venues and concert halls
across America and Europe. www.crookedjades.com |
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Russ Barenberg &
Bryan Sutton |
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Acoustic guitarist Russ
Barenberg is known as one of the most melodic instrumentalists in
contemporary acoustic music, and his compositions are among the finest the
genre has to offer. He got his start in 1970 with the groundbreaking bluegrass
band Country Cooking and since then has been a member of a variety of
highly influential groups, most notably his collaboration from 1989 to 2001 in
a trio with dobro master Jerry Douglas and bassist Edgar Meyer.
Barenberg's 1979 debut solo album Cowboy Calypso showcased his
sophisticated playing and immediately established him as one of the premier
composers and arrangers in the emerging new acoustic scene. His work since
then, including his most recent collection, When at Last (2007),
reflects an ever-deepening musicality with continuing dedication to vibrant,
roots-based melodies and ensemble interplay.
www.russbarenberg.com |
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Michael Stadler &
Ray Bierl |
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In this concert Michael Stadler and Ray Bierl will each do one set and then pick and sing a few tunes together. |
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Michael Stadler, originally from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the shores of Lake Superior, has lived in the Bay Area since the 80's. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, who puts out a broad mix of country, folk, bluegrass, swing and old-time. His guitar arrangements have considerable complexity, involving fingerstyle, flatpicking and clawhammer styles. As well as playing solo, he is cofounder of the Mike Stadler and Mary Gibbons Band. Mike's debut solo CD, North Country, with a representative mix of material, was released a couple of years ago. www.michaelstadler.com |
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"…all round musician…one hell of a country singer" - Laurie Lewis, Bluegrass great |
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Ray Bierl was born in Vancouver, but grew up in San Diego, where, in the 60's he was a regular guitar "folkie" playing coffee houses and the festival scene, using a repertoire ranging from old-time southern to anti-war, cowboy, and Woody Guthrie. In the 70's he moved to the Bay Area, taking up the fiddle and eventually becoming part of The Hillbillies from Mars, the well-known contra-dance and concert band. He also plays contra-dance as a member of Swing Farm. Ray's new CD, Any Place I Hang My Hat has just been released, with a ringing endorsement from Tom Waits. http://raybierl.com |
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"I was 19 in
Mission Beach…It was there I was lucky enough to hear the voice of the
great Ray Bierl. No one knows how to weave you a song quite like Ray Bierl"
- Tom Waits. |
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Ledward Kaapana &
Mike Kaawa |
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Ledwaard Kaapana,
Grammy Award Winner. How many artist of any style sing this good and play
guitar masterfully and is an advanced rascal as well? Led Kaapana is nearing
his 40th year as a professional musician. His mastery of stringed instruments,
particularly slack key guitar, and extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e
(falsetto) voice have made him a musical legend. His easy-going style and
kolohe (rascal) charm have made him a favorite of audiences from Brussels to
his birthplace on the Big Island of Hawaii. Recording for Dancing Cat
Records, Led has done a number of solo projects, duets, and a project with
Allison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, and a number of bluegrass legends,
Waltz of the Wind . He has worked with Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins,
and many other Nashville notables. Led tours the US extensively and has also
appeared in Belgium , Germany , Canada , Japan , and Tahiti .
www.ledkaapana.com |
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Peter Case
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This years Grammy Nominee Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John is Peter Case's new album. After disbanding the Los Angeles new wave/power pop group the Plimsouls, Peter launched a career as an important American singer/songwriter specializing in the flat-pick guitar style and semi-autobiographical stories of drifters delivered in a narrative style. Born in the '50s and growing up in upstate New York , Case was inspired, like any number of young men of his generation, by Elvis Presley and the Beatles. He was also a fan of the folk and blues of Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, and Woody Guthrie and as a teenager took to the troubadour's life, playing coffeehouses and busking. He was discovered on the streets of San Francisco in 1976 by songwriter Jack Lee, with whom he collaborated in the Nerves. The meeting led to a move to L.A. and the formation of the Plimsouls in 1980. After the group found success with the power pop standard "A Million Miles Away," they called it quits and Case debuted with Peter Case for Geffen in 1986. It was a collection of hard folk songs produced by T-Bone Burnett and included co-writes with Burnett and Case's first wife, Victoria Williams, along with performances by John Hiatt and Roger McGuinn.www.petercase.com |
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Houston Jones and Chris
Webster |
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Houston
Jones is a California based high-octane Americana quintet. The band's blend
of musical spices; Bluegrass, Rock, Folk, Blues Gospel, and Celtic, seamlessly
mixes tight vocal harmonies and lightning fast picking into a tasty stew of
Americana. Founded in 2001 as a duo by vocalist and guitarist Travis Jones
and guitar wizard Glenn "Houston" Pomianek, the duo began adding the
talents of classically trained cellist Chris Kee on Bass, percussionist
Peter Tucker on drums and Henry Salvia on keyboard and accordion.
Joining the band on many of their performances is the former Waybacks' mandolin
and fiddle master Wayne "Chojo" Jacques. |
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Ramana Vieira - Fadista
Singer |
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Ramana
Vieira, daughter of Portuguese immigrants, grew up in the Bay Area barely
aware of her cultural heritage. Her mother's collection of fado music, includng
that of the world famous fadista, Amalia Rodrigues, made a lasting
impression, however, and in her 20's Ramana traveled to Portugal to train and
sing in fado clubs. She had found her cultural identity. |
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Last Updated: 02/12/08