Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
September 2008
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Caji &
Salomé |
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Caji, a distinctive
guitarist in the Brazilian style and unique singing interpretation redefines
the grooves from his hometown, Salvador, Bahia. He released is first solo work
in 2004 with Indie record company AmazRecords, with the participation of an
exceptional team of fine jazz musicians.
www.cajidabahia.com |
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Ricardo Peixoto and
Carlos Oliveira |
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Ricardo
Peixoto hails from the south of Brazil (Rio). He came to the Berklee
College of Music, in Boston, to study classical guitar, and quickly also
honed his jazz skills by playing around the area and studying with Pat
Metheny. When he moved west to study further at the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music he joined the Brazilian music scene here as a
soloist, composer, and collaborator (he has appeared in our series before with
Mike Marshall and, with vocalist, Claudia Villela, as well as
with Carlos). http://www.ricardopeixoto.com |
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Benefit For Lisa
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CHOJO JACQUES & BILLY BRIGHT MARY MCCASLIN GEORGE KINCHELOE & MARTY ATKINSON GINNY MITCHELL CHUCK MCCABE & JAY HOWLETT Singer-songwriter, children's performer and KKUP (91.5 fm) folk dj, Lisa Atkinson, took a serious fall a few weeks ago. She was hospitalized with life threatening injuries, but is now out of ICU and slowly recovering. It will be a very long time until Lisa can perform again and her medical bills are mounting. Two concerts for Lisa are planned for early September, with all proceeds going to help defray medical costs and cover living expenses. The musicians playing at both concerts are donating their performances. |
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Dan Crary
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Easily one of the top five
instrumental hot pickin’ guitar players on the planet. Combine bluegrass
wizardry with classical, Celtic, folk and many other genres and then
dangerously add gunpowder and hear an explosion of melody that few guitar
players can match. http://www.dancrary.com |
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Sherry Austin, Sharon
Allen, and Ginny Mitchell |
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Kate Wolf's
career, like her life (1942 - 1986) was relatively short, but it has had a
lasting impact on the folk music scene, spreading far beyond her native
northern California. She recorded 8 solo albums before her untimely death
following a bone marrow operation for leukemia in 1986. Other material was
released later, and in 1998 Treasures Left Behind: remembering Kate
Wolf, an album of her songs, performed by many distinguished artists
(including Nancy Griffith, John Gorka, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris,
Greg Brown, and Nina Gerber, who was Kate's long time guitarist and
friend), was released. The Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival takes place
every year in Northern California and many, many musicians continue to discover
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The Songs of Kate Wolf
with Sherry Austin, Sharon Allen & Ginny Mitchell |
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Three heavenly and
distinctive voices interpret the one of-a-kind songs of Kate Wolf.
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Ray Bonneville
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Redhouse
Records recording artist, Ray Bonneville, returns to Fiddling
Cricket for his annual appearance, after an extensive British Isles tour with
Tim O'Brien. His almost antique guitars and footboard percussion are
augmented by smoky vocals mixed with outstanding rack harmonica playing (he
started musical life as a harp blues player). His unique, roots influenced,
country blues style captures new fans wherever he goes. Ray has played all over
the continent for 30 years, with "home" being Quebec (where he was born),
Boston, New Orleans, Paris, Colorado, Seattle, Alaska (where he was also a bush
pilot), Montreal and now rural Arkansas. A citizen of both Canada and the US,
and bilingual, he is also well-known on the European circuit, where he tours
with J.J. Cale and Robert Cray. Ray has 6 solo CD's to his credit
and appears on many others. His 3rd CD, Gust of Wind, won a 1999 Juno
Award (the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy). His 4th, Rough Luck
captures his work undiluted - live, one man, no overdubs. His latest, Goin'
on Feel, released this year, stretches him into new territory with gritty
production and raw Americana instrumentation.
http://www.raybonneville.com |
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Eric Andersen plus
Atkinson-Kincheloe |
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Eric Andersen, folk legend
from Greenwich Village (and later Woodstock, NY), is now living in the
Netherlands. Wrote Violets of Dawn, Thirsty Boots, Close The Doors Lightly
When You Go and co-wrote Weather Report Suite with Bob Weir.
Eric's songs, voice, and guitar have created a career, spanning more than 40
years, that includes over 25 albums of original songs, and numerous tours of
North America, Europe, and Japan. His songs have been recorded by artists
including Judy Collins, Fairport Convention, Peter, Paul & Mary, Rick
Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, The Grateful Dead, and Francoise Hardy. In
2003 Eric won the Premio Tenco award with Patti Smith in San Remo,
Italy. It is an award given to outstanding songwriters. Previous awards have
gone to Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and
Lou Reed. His new album Blue Rain was recorded live in Oslo with
members of the blues band, Spoonful of Blues, a group that is often
invited to play in the Mississippi Delta. It was released in the US in 2007 on
Appleseed Recordings. http://www.ericandersen.com |
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Last Updated: 08/10/08