Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
2010
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Goh Kurasawa/ Walter
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Goh Kurosawa, from
LA, has been a regular traveler along the West Coast for the passed several
years. His unique & dynamic style of creative solo guitar (acoustic,
classical, folk rock, flamenco, global & creative music) has never failed
to excite his listeners. He has just returned from Brazil, and this November he
will for the first time tour with his brother, Kai Kurosawa. Kai is one
of the leading figures in tap-style guitar playing; a wizard of the one of a
kind 24-stringed "Beartrax - Big Mama Bear" which he designed, and a
master on both modern & traditional bass-oriented instruments. They have
just headlined at the newly created Wild Beast Pavilion at Walt Disney's
California Institute of the Arts, during the 40th year anniversary &
reunion event, along with their drummer as the creative trio Sharp
Three.
http://www.happysad.org/goh/english/gk_bio.html
http://www.happysad.org/english/hs_bio.html |
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Walter Strauss is a
fingerstyle guitar wizard who successfully blends world beat, Americana, and
jazz into a unique brand of his own. For 15 years he performed as an ensemble
musician and also toured with Rounder recording eclectic folksters, The
Burns Sisters. Since moving to the Bay Area, a few years ago, he has played
for us as a trio - with bassist and vocalist Sam Bevan (David
Grisman, Joe Craven) and percussionist Kendrick Freeman (Alison
Brown, Rob Ickes). In this show he gets to strut his stuff solo.
http://www.walterstrauss.com/index.html |
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Acoustic Music Series At The Ugly Mug in
Soquel |
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Local artist, Sharon Allen, had a wonderful CD release party for her debut solo CD, "Along the Way", last year at Don Quixote's in Felton. The CD, a mixture of Sharon's own material and fine covers of songs from Billy Joe Shaver, Townes van Zandt, and Kate Wolf, highlighted Sharon's haunting soprano voice, supported by a host of local back-up talent. In this Ugly Mug show, some of that talent will also be on display, when Sharon revisits songs from the CD, backed by guitarist Charlie Wallace, percussionist Jimmy Norris, and the bass of Jerry Bradley. Sherry Austin may also put in an appearance for a couple of duets. http://www.sharon-allen.com/ |
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Tony Furtado |
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Tony Furtado combines a wicked acoustic slide guitar and magic banjo with a deep and wide repertoire of hot tunes. It takes guts to start your album off with The Bawds of Euphony, an instrumental banjo tune that draws its cryptic title from the words of a Wallace Stevens poem . But Tony Furtado is a man unafraid to go with his heart when it comes to his music. Tony's 14th album, entitled Deep Water , comes entirely from Tony's heart. This CD is 100% Tony Furtado, from the cover art that he created, to the collection of 14 songs that he wrote and chose specifically for Deep Water. Here you will find tunes that embrace his love of slide guitar, his prowess as a banjo player, and his ability to write a song that elicits deep emotion. Produced by the fabulous (and slightly mad) Sean Slade (The Pixies, Radiohead , Dinosaur Jr ., Dresden Dolls ), Deep Water wanders through a wide array of sentiment; from joy and love, to despair and hopelessness. Recorded in Boston , away from managers, label employees, publicists or loved ones, Sean and Tony came together to make a record Tony truly wanted to create. http://www.tonyfurtado.com |
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Keith Greeninger & Band
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Keith Greeninger:
Coming to you with new songs and your favorites. In June of 2005, Keith won
first place in the prestigious Telluride Troubadour national song writing
competition at the Telluride Blue Grass Festival. Multi-award winning singer
songwriter Keith Greeninger paints intricate portraits of the human condition
with powerful melodic images, deep engaging guitar rhythms and warm heart
wrenching vocals. As a young boy he would often fall asleep at night with a
transistor radio under his pillow. He could remember lyrics after only one
listen and the melodies came just as readily. With that radio tucked under his
pillow, Keith Greeninger discovered a passion. That's where it all began.
http://www.keithgreeninger.com |
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Cosy
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From Carnegie Hall to the Dr.
Demento Show and almost everything between are stops along the way for Cosy
Sheridan and her music. She has garnered top honors from some of the most
prestigious song writing contests: The Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk
award, The Telluride Bluegrass Festival's Troubadour Award and the Falcon Ridge
Folk Festival Songwriting Showcase Award. Trained in voice at the Berklee
School of Music in Boston, she is also an excellent fingerstyle guitarist. She
travels with her yoga mat, but without her gallbladder. She is compassionate,
very sharp, and will talk about anything on stage. She may sing songs about
body piercing, a more user-friendly Barbie Doll, the loneliness of an elderly
neighbor, or how small and humble things in life can sew your heart back
together. One way or another she will make you cry. Playing bass and providing
harmony vocals for Cosy will be TR Ritchie, an accomplished solo
performer in his own right, with 4 CD's of original music and awards from half
a dozen national songwriting contests.
http://www.cosysheridan.com/
http://www.trritchie.com/sitemap.htm |
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Lost Weekend Western Swing
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The allstar Lost Weekend band rides back into Don Quixote's for a Sunday dance and show matinee - downbeat in Felton will be at 1:00 PM! Come on out and see old friends and make some new ones, as California's favorite Western Swing band takes the stage.Lost WEekend's ace lineup: Bobby Black, steel guitar; Pamela Brandon, featured vocalist; Mark Holzinger, takeoff guitar; Paul Shelasky, fiddle, humor; Rick Alegria, drums; Jim Rothermel, sax and clarinet; Bob Schulz , cornet; Kevin Porter , trombone; Shota Osabe, piano; Bing Nathan, bass; Don Burnham, rhythm guitar, vocals. http://www.lostweekend.ws |
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Baby Gramps plus Ukulele
Dick |
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Baby Gramps: Baby
Gramps is an amazing amalgamation of everything that anybody's ever heard
including Mississippi John Hurt , Uncle Dave Macon , Charlie Patton , Blind
Blake , Captain Beefheart , the Tuvan Throat Singers and Popeye .
Baby Gramps has created a highly developed and completely original musical
concoction that is easily the most intriguing synthesis to come out of the
roots revival of the late 20th Century.
http://www.babygramps.com
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Last Updated: 11/01/10