Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
January 2009
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The Stairwell
Sisters |
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The Stairwell
Sisters crank out acoustic old time music with a punk rock intensity - a
deep and rowdy repertoire of timeless tunes and original material, carrying the
spirit and message of the urban evolution of country string band music. The
Sisters are: Lisa Berman, dobro, banjo, guitar; Martha Hawthorne,
bass, guitar; Evie Ladin, banjo, clogging; Stephanie Prausnitz,
fiddle, cello; and Sue Sandlin, guitar, harmonica. All the Sisters sing.
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Lil' Rev |
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Lil' Rev
is an award winning musician, songwriter, and story teller from Milwaukee,
performing on ukulele, banjo, harmonica, mandolin and guitar. He was voted
Wisconsin's #1 folk singer in 2004, was National Blues Harmonica Champion in
1996, and has been described as "The Jewish Pete Seeger". In this show
he will present an eclectic array of both original and roots oriented music,
from Yiddish and American Folk, to Tin Pan Alley and the blues.
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Antsy McClain & The
Trailer Park Troubadours plus special guest Edgar Cruz |
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Antsy McClain is a
songwriter, story-teller and entertainer who sings about life in an American
trailer park. His band, The Trailer Park Troubadours, are a skilled
assortment of musicians who play in the rootsy, rock and roll tradition of
their hard-working, blue collar forefathers. Their live shows are a unique,
critically-acclaimed mix of masterful musicianship and self-deprecating humor.
Antsy McClain, the Troubs lead singer and songwriter, is pushing the boundaries
of juke-box-heaven music. The Trailercana format is exploding all across the
country with the most trusted name in musical comedy combined with hot
pickin’ and sweet singin’.
http://www.unhitched.com |
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John Jorgenson
Quintet |
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John Jorgenson is known as one of the pioneers of the American gypsy jazz movement. . The John Jorgenson Quintet features guitarist John Jorgenson, a founding member of the Desert Rose Band, the Hellecasters, and six-year member of Elton John's band. Artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Bonnie Raitt to Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson's guitar work. Recently, John Jorgenson was chosen to portray Django Reinhardt in the feature film Head in the Clouds. At a John Jorgenson Quintet performance, audiences are amazed by John's dazzling guitar work as well as his mastery as a clarinet player and vocalist. Whether playing his own accessible compositions or classic standards, John and his band make music that is equally romantic and ecstatic, played with virtuosity and soul. http:// www.johnjorgenson.com |
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Kris Delmhorst plus
Jeffrey Foucault |
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Kris Delmhorst's
arresting new album Shotgun Singer began as an act of solitary
creation. Holed up in a rural cabin with minimal recording gear and a houseful
of instruments, Delmhorst recorded her new songs alone and off the clock, in
late night sessions that yielded layers of intimate vocals combined with nylon
string and electric guitars, cellos, keyboards, and percussion. She treated the
work like oil painting, allowing the canvas to breathe and change over the
course of many months until the picture emerged.
www.krisdelmhorst.com
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Chojo Jacques and Billy
Bright |
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Wayne
"Chojo" Jacques was a founding member and fiddle/mandolin maestro of the
Waybacks, and currently guests as fiddle and mandolin player with
Houston Jones and Chojo Jacques and Friends. His roots are in
Texas, but much of his 35 years of playing experience (in every kind of music
from traditional fiddling to rock and blues) has been in the north-west and the
Bay Area. http://www.chojo.net/ |
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Last Updated: 12/18/09