Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
October 2011
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Acoustic Music Series At The Ugly Mug in
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Brothers Craig and Keith Rayburn have been playing together all their lives and in The Rayburn Brothers Band, bringing their rough-hewn, but soulful, version of California roots music to the Santa Cruz area since 2008. Both are gifted songwriters, and their voices blend and intertwine as only brothers can. Though they often perform as an electric band, in this show Craig plays acoustic guitar and Keith plays dobro and slide guitar. Nick Heinz provides lead acoustic guitar and Dick Tacklind bass. Eliza James provides harmony vocals and some additional lead vocals. |
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Preston
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Preston Reed never
lets his extraordinary technique overshadow the beauty of his music, but he
attacks the entire instrument in a never-ending search for the orchestra he
knows is lurking inside. At full tilt, his fingers, thumbs, fists and hands at
once suggest a drummer, keyboardist, bassist and several guitarists at work.
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Yazmin & Beat
Zero: Indie/Folk/Pop whatever you call her, she is pure Yazmin, unique and
musically irresistible. Her influences span both hemispheres as she crosses
traditional boundaries into new landscapes, as much informed by Caribbean
rhythms as ancient Celtic melodies. At nine, Yazmin recorded her first original
song. At eleven, she had her first paying gig. At thirteen, she was keyboard
player, arranger, and vocalist for a world music ensemble, at seventeen,
bandleader and member of her own Latin dance band. Now, at twenty she tours as
a singer/songmaker with her duo Beat Zero, consisting of Yazmin on
keyboards and vocals, Bruce Bowers on violin, guitar, and harmony
vocals. She has two recordings, La Banda Nueva Live at the Alvord, and
her most recent EP release, Solo. Veteran songwriter Nanci
Griffith says this about her, "She was incredible. I sat out on the
porch, up the hill a little bit, and I was transported to another place. How
brilliant is she? She is absolutely fantastic. What a voice, what a keyboard
player, just absolutely extraordinary! " Be prepared to rock. Be prepared
to weep as all obstacles to the heart get gently pushed aside.
www.yazminmusic.com |
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Alisa Fineman and
Kimball Hurd have earned national acclaim for their songwriting and
world music repertoire, touring all over the country, appearing at festivals
such as California's Strawberry, Kate Wolf Memorial Festival,
Austin's South-By-Southwest, the Kerrville Folk Festival and
Jacob's Ladder Folk Festival in Israel this May. Known for her deep,
emotional singing voice, Alisa is perfectly complemented by
multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter Kimball Hurd, best known for his
role in City Folk. Hurd, a Bammie award winner, offers up songs from his
own catalog of powerful originals. His instrumental prowess adds dimension to
the duo's performances with vocal harmonies and an array of tasteful musical
accents on guitar, mandolin, mandola, dobro, banjo and slide guitar. Says
Jim Messina, “ I could listen to Alisa and Kimball sing all
night.” Percussionist extraordinaire Jimmy Norris will join be
joining them. Anticipate other special guests as well. " Alisa and Kimball
are easily among the best of the next generation of singer-songwriters." -
Tom Paxton http://www.alisafineman.com |
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Acoustic Music Series At The Ugly Mug in
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Doug Adamz is a masterful guitar
player, a soulful singer, and an outrageous harmonica player and a fiddler.
With the insightful poetry of his lyrics and his terrific sense of humor it all
adds up to a show you are not likely to forget. Some of his songs are engaging
stories, some are reflective and philosophical, and sometimes he just gets down
with the blues. He has two solo albums; Bernardo's Serenade (a
collection of truly original songs) and Guitar Solos (a beautiful
instrumental album of his works for solo guitar. |
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Fishtank Ensemble are the leaders in high-energy, cross-pollinated gypsy music. They bring their unique blend of Romanian, Gypsy jazz, Flamenco, Balkan, Turkish and Tango influenced music to the world. The dynamic, virtuosic, fiery that comprises Fishtank Ensemble take their roots both from their own varied musical and national backgrounds, as well as from their adventures and travels. The singer Ursula sang opera on the streets and town squares of Italy, until she found a love of gypsy music; their French violinist voyaged around all of Europe in a handmade mule-drawn caravan for ten years, collecting music and experiences. Their Serbian bass player has spent time playing with gypsies as well as some of the rock and roll's legends, and aptly defends his reputation as the best slap bass player in the world and the guitarist is a master of flamenco and gypsy jazz guitar who honed his craft in the gypsy caves of Granada, Spain. Whatever wild time you can expect from this band, it will never match their out of this world performance. http://www.fishtankensemble.com |
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Druha Trava
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A virtuoso instrumental
group with a charismatic lead singer, Druha Trava perform acoustic music
with strong bluegrass, folk, rock, and jazz influences. They use a basically
bluegrass line-up of guitar, dobro, bass, mandolin and banjo, though you will
see the banjo player pick up a clarinet and Irish whistles. You will also hear
them playing Bob Dylan and possibly the overture from Smetana's
opera The Bartered Bride transcribed for guitar and banjo!
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Border
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Border Radio, from
Southern California, has a style that moves from a hard-driving string band
sound, to ballads, to toe-tapping swing. Kelly McClune ( lead vocals,
guitar, accordion) and Mike Stromberg (dobro, guitar, vocals), were the
original duo founders in 2000, and John Lambdin (fiddle, mandolin) and
Robert Staron (upright bass) have joined since. Kelly and Mike write
much of the band's material and Kelly's okie roots and Patsie Cline
styled torch vocals combine with the band's California country tinged feel
to provide their signature sound. They have 4 CDs out so far.
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Druha Trava is a wonderfully individual band from the Czech Republic that is hard to describe. They perform new acoustic world music with bluegrass influences. You might hear them perform a bluegrass tune, Bob Dylan tune or one by another American or British artist, or one of their many originals. Though they basically use a typical bluegrass complement of instruments, you might see the banjo player also pick up a clarinet or Irish whistle. This along with the versatility of the dobro player helps create much of their unique sound. www.druhatrava.com |
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Last Updated: 09/28/11