Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
March 2012
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Goh Kurasawa / Doug Adamz
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Goh Kurosawa, from LA, is increasingly becoming
recognized for his dynamic compositions and performances on acoustic,
classical, electric and sitar instruments. He covers many genres and is
sometimes referred to as a musical "wakonyosai" - an approach to Western
knowledge with Japanese spirit. In 2009 his composition, Hitori, was one
of half a million works, from 163 countries, submitted to the Just Plain Folks
Awards in Nashville, where it placed in the top 6 in the solo guitar category.
He has toured many parts of the world and, with his 24 string bass playing
brother Kai, performed for us in 2010. This time he comes solo.
www.happysad.org/goh
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Doug Adamz, from Texas, now resident in Marin, is a
masterful guitarist (not to mention harmonica, fiddle and vocals), with a
terrific sense of humor. He has two solo albums, Guitar Solos, a
collection of original pieces for solo guitar, and Bernardo's Seranade,
a collection of original songs, as well as taking part in an amazing array of
other projects, including composing for the Kronos Quartet and playing
(fiddle) for President George W. Bush in Palo Alto (we won't hold that
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Acoustic Music Series At The Ugly Mug in
Soquel |
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Matt Lax (nee Lacques),
guitar, mandolin, vocals, was a member of the Aptos High Jazz Band when
it won the Big Band State Championship and played at the Montreux Jazz
Festival. After stints in Austin and LA he settled in SF in 1983, joining the
African music scene, playing with Zulu Spear for 10 years. Around 1991
he rediscovered the country, folk, swing and roots music now known as
Americana, eventually forming Matt Lax and Nearly Beloved. They have
played the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, and countless Bay Area venues,
and are just releasing their third CD, Where's Bob, which has been
described as "roots music for malcontents" by one reviewer. Matt also
plays with the West African music band, the Palm Wine Boys, and teaches
at SF Juvenile Hall. The rest of Nearly Beloved, for this performance are
Michael Stadler, a formidable singer-songwriter and instrumentalist
(guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo) in his own right, bass man Paul Oguin,
who played the very first show in our series (Chojo Jacques Trio), and
guest Jonathan Dryden on accordion.
http://www.nearlybeloved.com/home.html |
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Blame Sally |
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Blame Sally is a collaboration of four solo female singer-songwriters from San Francisco who have recorded and performed together frequently over the past decade. The members of the group include Pam Delgado (percussion and vocals), Renee Harcourt (guitar, bass and vocals), Jeri Jones (guitar, bass and vocals) and Monica Pasqual (piano, accordion and vocals). The group was formed in 2000, and in 2001, KFOG "began playing the band's music on the popular 'Acoustic Sunrise' show, leading to more gigs and bigger venues"; the band "got national attention through XM Radio and by the end of 2006, the band was playing more than 50 shows a year." |
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Girlyman plus Adrianne
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After Girlyman's first gig they earned enough to buy a milkshake. Now they sell out The Barns at Wolftrap, The Old Town School of Folk Music, and The Freight and Salvage. The venues have gotten more famous, but filling the seats is just part of the story of Girlyman's connection to their audience. Fans drive hundreds of miles to hear their three-part harmonies. If they live overseas, they make a special trip to America. If they bring friends, the newcomers leave hooked. The Village Voice calls Girlyman “really good, really unexpected, and really different.” When a rabbinical student writes a prayer based on their music, that's really unexpected. When a fan tattoos their lyrics on her feet, that's really different. The band's blend of acoustic, Americana and rock winds its way into your life. Indy folk rocker Adrianne opens. http://girlyman.com |
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Mollie O'Brien and Rich
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Mollie O'Brien, who grew up in West Virginia, is known
for her early career as a jazz singer in New York, her folk and country
collaborations with brother, Tim O'Brien, solo work in the areas of
bluegrass, folk and country, gospel, old-time and traditional southern mountain
music, and with her blues band in Colorado, where she moved in the 80's. She
does not play an instrument and she does not write songs, she is simply a
vocalist par excellence. |
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Acoustic Music Series At The Ugly Mug in
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R. Peter Davies and Gabriella
Monk of the Liverpool, England, group, The Good Intentions were
winners of the Maverick Magazine, UK, "song of the year" contest in 2010
and in 2011 were named the Best Americana Act of the Year by the
British Country Music Association. Their Americana folky sound has been
compared to Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris. The band's music is
based around sweet harmony in the alt. country, Americana and bluegrass styles.
They have two CD's out, produced by Rick Shea, from LA, who also sings
and plays on the albums, and who performed with them when they visited The
Ugly Mug two years ago. This time local ace steel player, Charlie
Wallace, will accompany them.
http://thegoodintentions.co.uk/ |
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Good Luck Thrift Store
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Good Luck Thrift Store
Outfit: Take two Americana singer-songwriters, an indie-rock veteran of a
drummer, country-born bassist, and metal-bred pedal steel player, and what do
you get: the rough-hewn yet driftwood-smooth; rebel-headed, but heart-of-gold
sound of The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit. The outfit includes
singer-songwriters Chris Doud and Will Taylor, bassist Taylor
Webster, drummer Aaron Burtch, and master of all lead instruments,
Matt Cordano. Any Outfit member may tell you that it's plenty just to be
at the pinnacle of a local music scene embracing roots and Americana music,
but, as one recent convert put it, “the rest of America needs to hear
this noise.” Likened to anything from Old Crow Medicine Show
and The Avett Bros. to Asleep at the Wheel, Bob Wills and
even Neil Young (depending on which live set you happen to catch) they
most often defy categorization, usually settling for some hybrid of Americana,
folk, rock, bluegrass, and that sweet, old country & western. They describe
their efforts as trying to make good, honest, insightful music, that's not
afraid of a good time and a little fun, that people will move their feet to,
and that also goes real well with a straight road and a long drive.
http://www.reverbnation.com/tgltso |
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Evie Ladin
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Evie Ladin is known primarily as the clawhammer banjo
player, vocalist, clog dancer and driving force behind San Francisco's very
popular all-gal teardown old-time group, The Stairwell Sisters. The
Evie Ladin Band, is a "quieter and gentler" (sometimes!) string
ensemble (Dina Maccabee, violin; Erik Pearson, guitar and dobro;
Keith Terry, bass and percussion), allowing Evie to be out front with
interpretations of old and new music in the old-time, traditional folk,
country, and contemporary veins, including much of her own strong songwriting.
Her solo CD, Float Downstream, released in 2010 is a beautiful and
beautifully produced piece of work with its soulful, rhythmic, old-time sound.
In this concert Evie will feature material from the CD and from her
contributions to the Stairwell Sisters repertoire. She will also have her
dancing mat with her and in addition to clogging there will be some incredible
body percussion from Keith ("the human hambone") and Evie.
http://www.evieladin.com/ |
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The Juncos are an exciting young group from Santa Cruz with a stylistic mix incorporating elements of folk, alt-country, jug band, honky-tonk, rockabilly, and old-time. Joshua Lowe (guitar and banjo) is the lead vocalist and songwriter, Jeff Kissell plays double bass and harmonizes, Sometimes there are additional members on fiddle, mandolin, and lap steel. They have a very fine debut CD, At the Feet of Old Bristlecone. www.thejuncos.com |
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Linda McRae
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Linda McRae is a Canadian singer/songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist who earned 2 Platinum and 3 Gold records as
bassist/accordionist with former Canadian Celtic/Roots group Spirit of the
West between 1988 and 1996. Linda then left the band to resume her solo
career and has since released 3 solo CD's, all of which have received high
praise from reviewers world-wide. Linda's soaring, honest, vocals hold nothing
back. She nails a song to the wall. She plays clawhammer banjo, acoustic
guitar, accordion and porchboard bass, combining old-time sounds with universal
themes of heartbreak & redemption offering an intriguing sepia postcard
from the past that is vibrant and alive in the present. In 2011 Linda toured
Ireland and the UK twice, performed at numerous festivals in Canada and the US,
and conducted a song circle, workshops and a concert at California's Folsom
Prison. She is currently working on her fourth solo recording, Rough Edges
and Ragged Hearts, scheduled for release in April 2012. Linda also writes a
monthly column for BC Musician's Magazine entitled This Winding
Road. http://www.lindamcrae.com/ |
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Houston Jones |
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Houston Jones, the
high-octane Americana quintet from the Bay Area, will ignite the evening with
their mixture of original folk, bluegrass, blues and gospel tunes. Featured are
former Waybacks guitarist Glenn Houston, vocals and guitar of
Travis Jones, Henry Salvia on keyboard and accordion, Josh
Zucker sitting in on standup bass, and Peter Tucker (also formerly
of the Waybacks) on percussion. |
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Last Updated: 02/17/12