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November 3 Asheba, The Fratello Marionettes #!&! ##&! @Te`SVc% #!&! ##&! @Te`SVc& #!&! ##&! @Te`SVc' Ticket Discounts: Youth-half price (ages 25 & under) Senior-$2.00 off (ages 65 & over) Members-$2.00 off Classes/Workshops/Jams aRXV)October 7 & beyond aRXV( Ticketing Info aRXV( A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATION t www.freightandsalvage.org About the Freight PERFORMER PROFILES: September 2012 5IF'SFJHIU4BMWBHF$PGGFFIPVTF #FSLFMFZ Society for the Preservation of Traditional Ramana Vieira & Ensemble Saturday September 1 .VTJD JTBOPOQSPGJUDPNNVOJUZBSUTPSHBOJ[B Ramana Vieira sings Fado like it’s never been sung before. tion dedicated to promoting the understanding Mundo Portuguese Magazine has called her “the new voice of and appreciation of traditional music—music Portuguese world music.” The San Francisco Chronicle says rooted in and expressive of the great variety that “no one in the United States is doing more to breathe new of regional, ethnic, and social cultures of peo life into Fado.” Fado means fate, and you can think of Fado as ples throughout the world. We are supported the Portuguese version of the blues, a heartfelt, haunting music by your attendance, grants from the Alameda full of despair and lost love. Ramana and her virtuoso ensemble County ARTSFUND, Berkeley Civic Arts play classics and originals, digging deep into traditional Fado Program, Bill Graham Supporting Foundation and transforming it into something utterly current. of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, Ramana grew up in San Leandro in a family of Portuguese The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, immigrants, singing along with her mother to the records the Kanbar Charitable Trust, the Walter & of Amália Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado. “Amália Rodrigues Elise Haas Fund, the Edmund and Jeannik is in my DNA,” Ramana said in a recent interview, “but so is Littlefield Foundation, National Endowment ,BUF#VTI BOE*TUBSUFEPVUJOBOFXXBWFCBOEw4IFTUVEJFE for the Arts, Bernard Osher Foundation, Wells voice and acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and had Broadway aspi Fargo Foundation, musician’s benefit perfor rations—until a record producer recommended that she explore her Portuguese roots. Since then, mances, volunteer efforts, and your generous she’s released three albums, including her latest, Lágrimas de Rainha 5FBSTPGB2VFFO XIJDI tax deductible donations. Billboard Magazine praised for its “willingness to take chances” and “soulful, torchy performances.” Her ensemble features Laura Boytz on cello, Jeffrey Luiz on guitar, Stephen LaPorta on percussion, & Alberto Ramirez on electric bass. Contact Info HoHLax Trio Wednesday September 5 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 Join the Hohlax Trio on a musical journey to Greece, from TELEPHONE: the backstreets of Pireus to the magical islands of the Aegean. E-MAIL: [email protected] With Jaime Smith on violin, Orestis Koletsos on bouzouki, WEBSITE: www.freightandsalvage.org and Apostolis Kounis on vocals, guitar, and oud, the trio plays a unique blend of traditional Greek music and contemporary urban riffs. The name Hohlax derives from Hohlakas, a beach on the island of Amorgos, where the band came together in 2007. Since then, they’ve played in Athens, Cyprus, and California, Board of Directors and are now returning for a second West Coast tour. Jaime Smith grew up in Sacramento, studied violin at the John Bidwell Peter Glazer New England Conservatory of Music, and won a Fulbright Chair Barbara Higbie Scholarship to Greece, where she attended the National Steve Meckfessel Clyde Leland Conservatory and studied makam, a system of Greek and 7JDF$IBJS Ray Murray Turkish melody types that provides a complex structure for composing and performing. Jamie has Nancy Castille Kerry Parker spent the past 12 years living in Greece, performing internationally and studying with Christos Secretary Russ Pollock Tsiamoulis, the country’s leading expert on makam theory. Orestis Koletsos, born in Paris and raised Bill Haggerty Sarah Robertson in Athens, began playing bouzouki at the age of 15 and has been performing, recording, and writing Treasurer Marci Rubin songs for more than a decade. Apostolis Kounis, from Larissa in central Greece, began singing and Polly Armstrong David Sawi playing guitar at the age of 12, studied at the Modern School of Music in Thessaloniki, and went on to Dion Aroner Steve Sidney Larry Chung Linda Tillery Athens to explore Byzantine music and harmony as well as the intricacies of the oud. John Croizat Austin Willacy For an evening of entrancing Greek melodies, catch the Hohlax Trio at the Freight. Robin Flower John Williamson Suzanne Fox O’Brien Party of 7, Cahalen & Eli open Thursday September 6 Start with Tim O’Brien, New Home Committee (SBNNZXJOOJOHDPVOUSZBOE bluegrass virtuoso from West $P$IBJST Virginia. Add his sister Mollie, Danny Carnahan IFSTFMGB(SBNNZXJOOJOHTJOHFS Warren Hellman (1934-2011) based in Denver. Stir in Mollie’s husband Rich, a brilliant musi cian in his own right. Then add Musicians Committee Tim’s sons, Jackson and Joel, and Mollie’s daughters, Brigid and Darol Anger Tony Marcus Lucy, and you have O’Brien Party Duck Baker Mike Marshall of 7. Sprinkle with the secret David Balakrishnan John McCutcheon ingredient—the music of Roger Greg Brown Libby McLaren Miller—and enjoy a delicious musi Bill Evans Steve Seskin cal feast. Kaila Flexer Richard Shindell 5JN XIPDPGPVOEFEUIFQJP Mary Gibbons Mayne Smith neering bluegrass band Hot Ronnie Gilbert Eric Thompson Rize in 1978, has recorded three Sylvia Herold Suzy Thompson albums with Mollie and more than a dozen solo albums, including Fiddler’s Green, Grammy win Patrick Landeza QBSUJBMMJTUJOH ner in 2005 for best Traditional Folk Album. He’s collaborated with Steve Martin, toured with Mark Knopfler, and written songs for such artists as Garth Brooks, Kathy Mattea, and the Dixie Chicks. Staff Molly, who appears regularly on A Prairie Home Companion and Mountain Stage, has recorded eleven acclaimed albums. In the words of the Washington Post, “The precision of her phrasing, the smooth Steve Baker Heather Herrington flow of her delivery, and the sheer beauty of her alto
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