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Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Rachel Goodman and Steve Palazzo
Folk, Singer-Songwriter - CD Release for California Morning
Saturday, March 9th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

In this CD release show Rachel Anne Goodman will be accompanied by Steve Palazzo, well-known local bluegrass guitarist and vocalist, who has played in our series at theUgly Mug many times before.

Rachel Anne Goodman was bit by the folk music bug growing up in California, surrounded by the burgeoning music scene of the SF Bay Area. Her songs draw from a life steeped in traditional country, old-time, folk and bluegrass music. She writes about home, nature and love, with a down-home, front-porch sensibility inspired by writers like Kate Wolf, Nanci Griffith, and Hazel Dickens. Her latest album, California Morning topped the national folk charts in August and received rave reviews in Bluegrass Today. https://bluegrasstoday.com/california-morning-rachel-anne-goodman/.

Rachel has also spent most of her life around radio. Many years ago, she was an intern at KZSC while attending UCSC, and she is now the Board Chair at KSQD.


Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Zoe Aqua, Dmitri Gaskin, Raffi Boden
An Evening of Eastern European Village Music
Saturday, March 30th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

Join Zoë Aqua (violin), Dmitri Gaskin (accordion) and Raffi Boden (cello) for an evening of traditional village music from three unique Eastern European Cultures: Transylvanian, Polish, and Ashkenazic Jewish. The three musicians have devoted their careers to mastering the music of these cultures. We will travel on a journey from village to village across the Carpathian Mountains, hearing the music each region has to offer, and also feature a number of the group's original compositions in these styles.

Zoë Aqua (violin) recently completed a 2-year stint in Cluj, Romania on a Fulbright studying Transylvanian folk music. While there she recorded the album In Vald Arayn- new compositions inspired by traditional music, developed in collaboration with Romanian and Hungarian musicians.

Dmitri Gaskin (accordion) performs around the world with Yiddish singer Anthony Russell in the duo Tsvey Brider, most recently in a program of Black and Jewish music with the Louisville Orchestra. Tsvey Brider released their album Kosmopolitn in 2022.

Raffi Boden (cello) combines his instrumental fluency with a reverence for folk traditions. Since graduating from Juilliard, Raffi has performed in ensembles from experimental chamber trios to raucous klezmer big bands in venues ranging from intimate neighborhood haunts to Carnegie Hall.




Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Jazz the Dog
…..with a Little Help From Their Friends!

Saturday, April 20th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

Rhan Wilson, Patti Maxine and Rick Zeek - collectively known as Jazz The Dog - are joined by Cooper Padilla and Ken Norton for a special evening of stoner songs, pot references, and intoxicating amusements.

All in celebration of April 20th: 420

https://rhanwilson.com/jazzthedog





Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Backyard Birds
Saturday, April 27th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

Backyard Birds performs a wide range of music, from Americana, country, pop and soul to a sprinkling of jazz standards and originals, in a fresh blend of three-part female vocal harmony and acoustic arrangements. Linda Baker (vocals, acoustic electric guitar), Jean Catino (vocals, tenor ukulele), June Coha (vocals, soprano ukulele), Larry Prather (bass) and Linc Russin (mandolin) love to rediscover and "uncover" great, overlooked songs. The three women's close-knit harmony singing, Russin's cool mando solos, Prather's expressive bass lines, and the band's eclectic material have drawn comparisons to the music of Rosanne Cash and the T Sisters.

Backyard Birds shows often include songs they love by Carlene Carter, Anna McGarrigle, First Aid Kit, Imelda May, the Zombies, Leonard Cohen, Sam Phillips, and the Beatles, among many more, always with new polish on gems they have lovingly rescued from the deep "forgotten song" pile.

https://www.backyardbirdsband.com/


Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Benny Bleu
Old Time and Meditative banjo and singer songwriter, on a National Amtrack Tour from upstate NY

With local old time banjo players, Alison Steele and Banjer Dan
Thursday, May 2nd, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

MORE INFORMATION TO COME


Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Rags Rosenberg & Patti Maxine
Singer Songwriter and Ace Steel Player
Saturday, May 18th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

MORE INFORMATION TO COME


Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
The Bills
Globally Inspired Roots Music from the West Coast of Canada
Thursday, May 30th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $30 adv / $35 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

With two JUNO nominations and multiple Western Canadian Music Awards under their belts, the Bills are renowned for their instrumental virtuosity, lush vocal arrangements, evocative songwriting, and a refreshing sound that transcends musical boundaries and defies simple categorization.

Strings, bellows, keys, voices, skin and bows - these are the vehicles for The Bills' unique sonic approach. With individual band members sporting world-class credentials in folk/roots, jazz, classical and world music, The Bills truly are a Canadian acoustic music super-group, and their explosive live shows have made them legendary folk/roots entertainers. Whether entertaining an intimate theatre audience, or rocking a festival crowd of 10,000, these five gifted multi-instrumentalists are masters at somehow leaving listeners breathless and revitalized all at once.

"The Bills are the biggest blast of fresh air to come out of Canada since The Band" -Glasgow Herald
"Fiercely unpretentious -and musically splendid" -Boston Globe


Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Peter Jansen/ Adam Traum
Virtuoso Finger-Style Guitarists
Saturday, June 1st, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

MORE INFORMATION TO COME


Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Bonny June and Bonfire
Vaudeville meets Americana. It's Bonny's Birthday!
Saturday, June 8th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

MORE INFORMATION TO COME


Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
Dan Frechette and Laurel Thompson
Canadian-American roots and folk
Saturday, July 6th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

MORE INFORMATION TO COME
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Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2024
According to Bazooka
Saturday, July 20th, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $28 dr

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or
crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)

MORE INFORMATION TO COME
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Last Updated: 03/02/24