Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
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Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo
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Frank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world's top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Emmanuel, Mark O Connor, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List” for the Wall Street Journal.Yes, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo are amazing guitarists with extraordinary technical skills, but what you should also know is that their music is fun! Look at the collection of songs on their album, Melody Magic. They play the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as a non-stop romp, and they cover the classic from Rocky III, Eye of the Tiger, along with works by Bach, Bizet, Grieg, and Sting. The website all about jazz calls the album a “finely crafted collection of some of the greatest classic(al) music melodies in existence, arranged by one of the most talented, earnest-and-enlightened guitarists in the business today.” Artist sites and sounds: http://frankvignola.com and www.vinnyraniolo.com |
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Laurence Juber
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Often considered most famous for playing lead guitar in Wings from 1978 to 1980, Laurence Juber has since had a distinguished career as a solo fingerstyle guitarist. Fusing folk, jazz and pop styles, two-time Grammy-winner Laurence Juber creates a multifaceted performance that belies the use of only one acoustic guitar. Pete Townsend put it best in just two words: “A master!” www.laurencejuber.com |
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With four of the most popular Americana vocalists in the
Monterey Bay area, Sherry Austin & Henhouse delights their fans with
their engaging stage presence, upbeat songs, and great harmonies. Their music
covers the range from sweet love songs to gritty, rockin’ songs about
cars, trains, and love gone wrong. They sing with authority and passion,their
distinctive blend of folk, country and rock, is filled with warmth and
conviction. The blend of harmonies between the four women is exquisite.
Sharon Allen loves to sing. And people love to hear her sing. She possesses
a beautiful, unaffected voice that is gentle and sweet on the ears. |
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Radim Zenkl
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Radim Zenkl - mandolin player extraordinaire and
composer. Radim's style features progressive original and eastern European
traditional music flavored with string jazz, new age, bluegrass, flamenco,
rock, classical and other. The US Mandolin Champion is redefining the
mandolin and its role in music by designing new mandolin-family instruments and
creating new playing styles. He has invented a masterful technique, the
"Zenkl style," in which a single mandolin sounds like two. Besides
collaborating with the top musicians of the acoustic music scene, Radim has
built up an extensive repertoire for solo mandolin. In the recent years he
added a variety of ethnic flutes to his concerts and recordings.
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Bob Cheever’s songwriting career goes back a long
way. Further than July 1998, when he played for Fiddling Cricket in San Jose.
Then he was based in Nashville, had won the Kerrville Folk songwriting
competition, and was touring in support of CD, From Gettysburg to
Graceland, a thematic collection of songs about the history of the south.
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Cruz Control started out as a Santa Cruz ukulele
group, but quickly expanded into a multi-genre force. Consisting of Stan
Parola, Gary Cunningham, and Vince Tuzzi – this trio, with about 150
combined years of performing experience (nearly all of it as area residents),
has everything needed to keep you entertained. Performing almost entirely
covers, they stamp their own creative mark on tunes from a wide variety of
genres and performers…. from Stevie Ray Vaughn, Neil Young, Hank
Williams, and Guy Clark to The Beatles, J.J. Cale, and Roy
Orbison, and on…. |
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Last Updated: 01/24/16