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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 make her one of the best interpretive singers in Executive Director Associate Director American pop today.” Susan Lefkowich Lisa Manning Molly and Tim have long wanted to collaborate on a family project, and the music of Roger Miller Development Director Marketing Director 'BNPVTGPSDMBTTJDTMJLFi,JOHPGUIF3PBEwBOEi&OHMBOE4XJOHT w HBWFUIFNBXPSUIZGPDVT5IF result is Reincarnation, recorded at Tim’s home studio in Nashville. Keith Mineo Andrea Hirsig Concessions Manager House Manager O’Brien Party of 7 + the songs of Roger Miller = 1 party you won’t want to miss. Cahalen & Eli open the show. When they played on BBC Radio 2, the host called their perfor Bob Whitfield Michael Sawi mance “quite extraordinary.” Cahalen Morrison comes from the high desert country of northern New Production Manager Webmaster Mexico; Eli West is based in Seattle. Together, these two young musicians deliver exquisite harmo Celeste Kopel Renee Gaumond nies and great musicianship on guitar, banjo, mandolin, and bouzouki. According to Tim O’Brien, Program Associate Program Associate “Cahalen & Eli are making music that the world needs.” Clyde Crosswhite Tim McGraw Facilities Director Volunteer Coordinator
A 286 2 Theme World Music Journey, a benefit for the Tibetan Aid Project with Diana Stork, Diana Rowan, Portia Diwa, Daniel Berkman, Variations Teed Rockwell, and Omkar Bhave Friday September 7 A CAPPELLA Come to the Freight tonight and treat your September 9 the Bobs self to enchanting harp performances, the soul ALT-COUNTRY, COUNTRY ful sound of the kora, and traditional Hindustani 4FQUFNCFS 0#SJFO1BSUZPG ragas—all for a benefit to preserve the endan October 4 Adam Traum gered culture of Tibet. October 14 Robbie Fulks Diana Stork is a Berkeley harpist of inter national renown who has performed for such BLUEGRASS/NEWGRASS/OLD-TIME diverse groups as the Lines Contemporary 4FQUFNCFS 0#SJFO1BSUZPG Ballet, the Maihar Orchestra of Maestro Ali September 12 Bill Monroe Birthday Celebration Akbar Khan, and the Peace Ceremony of Thich 4FQUFNCFS #FSLFMFZ0ME5JNF.VTJD Nhat Hahn at Grace Cathedral. Harpist Diana $POWFOUJPO5IPNBT.BVQJO Rowan combines exquisite classical technique Daniel Rothwell & Co., XJUIBGVMMJNNFSTJPOJOUPGPMLUSBEJUJPOTBTGBS Rafe & Clelia Stefanini, ranging as her native Ireland, Eastern Europe, the Cheap Suit Serenaders and Persia, the original birthplace of the harp. September 14 Berkeley Old Time Music Bay Area native Portia Diwa plays traditional $POWFOUJPO3JMFZ#BVHVTX Celtic, Latin, and classical music as well as her Trevor & Travis Stuart, Pharis & PXOPSJHJOBMTPOBTUSJOHOFP$FMUJDMFWFS Jason Romero, the Stairwell Sisters IBSQBOEBTUSJOHi)BSQTJDMFw September 19 Sycamore Slough String Band Daniel Berkman, based in San Francisco, plays guitar and korB BTUSJOH8FTU"GSJDBOMVUF BLUES delving deeply into the traditional music of Senegal, Gambia, and Mali as well as composing his September 21 5IF#MVFT#SPBET Tracy Nelson, PXOPUIFSXPSMEMZPSJHJOBMT5FFE3PDLXFMMJTBQSPGFTTPSBU4POPNB4UBUF BNVTJDDSJUJDGPSIndia Dorothy Morrison, Annie Sampson, Currents, and a devoted student of the Hindustani raga, which he performs on an instrument called Angela Strehli & Deanna Bogart the touchstyle veena BHVJUBSMJLFGSFUCPBSEQMBZFECZUBQQJOHUIFTUSJOHTTJNVMUBOFPVTMZXJUICPUI CHILDREN’S hands. Omkar Bhave will accompany Teed on tabla. All proceeds go to the Tibetan Aid Project’s effort to produce and distribute thousands of impor 4FQUFNCFS 1BUDIXPSL4FSJFT tant books to Tibetan refugees throughout Asia, leading not only to increased literacy but also to the Rudy Trubitt, Ruth Halpern strengthening of Tibet’s cultural and spiritual heritage. CLASSICAL 4FQUFNCFS $MBTTJDBM!UIF'SFJHIU Robin Sharp & Laura Dahl John Santos with Wayne Wallace and Orestes Vilató FOLK Saturday September 8 September 27 Carol Denney $IBSJTNBUJDCBOEMFBEFS QFSDVTTJPOJTUFYUSBPSEJOBJSF BOEGJWFUJNF GOSPEL Grammy nominee John Santos, with stalwarts Wayne Wallace and Orestes 0DUPCFS 0BLMBOE*OUFSGBJUI(PTQFM$IPJS Vilató, occupied the pinnacle of Latin jazz in the Bay Area for more than twenty years playing as the Machete Ensemble. These three men know GUITAR how to make music that rocks, swings, sizzles, and grooves. 4FQUFNCFS 5FKB(FSLFO &SJD4LZF Born and raised in San Francisco, John absorbed the musical traditions Mark Goldenberg of his family, rooted in Puerto Rico and Cape Verde. His fascination with GREEK "GSP-BUJONVTJDIBTUBLFOIJNUP/FX:PSL 1VFSUP3JDP $VCB #SB[JM September 5 HoHLax Trio and Colombia. He has excelled not only as a strong band leader and unpar alleled percussionist, but also as a composer, producer, writer, and teacher, PORTUGUESE working with young musicians from Berkeley’s Jazzschool to Boston’s September 1 Ramana Vieira & Ensemble Berklee College of Music. JAZZ 8BZOF BMTPBOBUJWFPG4BO'SBODJTDP JTB(SBNNZ September 8 John Santos w/ Wayne Wallace nominated trombonist, composer, and arranger who has played & Orestes Vilató with Ray Charles, McCoy Tyner, Steve Winwood, and Lena 4FQUFNCFS &SJL+FLBCTPOT4USJOHUFU Horne. His playing is melodic, graceful, and full of warmth. September 28 Upsurge! Latin Beat Magazine has called Orestes “the most influential October 5 Cartoon Jazz Orchestra Cuban timbalero north of Havana.” Born in Camagüey, Cuba, a October 7 earPlay Jazzquintet key player in the rise of East Coast salsa with artists like Rubén 0DUPCFS -JTB:WPOOF'FSSBSP Blades, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, and the Fania All Stars, & Houston Person, with the Orestes came to Northern California as a member of the Santana Tammy Hall Trio band thirty years ago and has been a local treasure as well as an international sensation ever since. ROCK If your heart thumps to a Latin beat, don’t miss these three giants of jazz. 4FQUFNCFS 4IFMMFZ%PUZ9UFU Sunday September 9 SCOTTISH The Bobs October 10 Holdstock & MacLeod Amazing vocal acrobats and perennial Freight favorites, October 12 Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas The Bobs—Matthew Bob Stull, Richard Bob Greene, Dan Bob SONGCRAFTERS Schumacher, and Angie Bob Doctor—serve up unforgettable performances, outrageous covers of classic songs, and wonder September 15 Lucy Kaplansky ful, witty originals. In shows that are part theater, part comedy, 4FQUFNCFS %JSL)BNJMUPO and part performance art, this a cappella “band without instru October 11 Stacey Earle & Marke Stuart ments” uses voices and body percussion to make music that is 0DUPCFS 5PN3VTI hilarious, inspiring, and often beautiful. If you haven’t seen SPECIAL EVENTS them before, think Manhattan Transfer meets Monty Python. Or September 7 World Music Journey w/ imagine Jimi Hendrix and George Gershwin jamming with Karl Diana Stork, Diana Rowan, and Groucho Marx. Portia Diwa, Daniel Berkman, Formed in the Bay Area in 1981, The Bobs have played every Teed Rockwell, Omkar Bhave where from Lincoln Center to Berlin’s Passionkirche, earned four Grammy nominations, and won just STRING MAGIC about every a cappella award there is to win. They’ve recorded 15 albums, including Songs at Any 4FQUFNCFS &SJL+FLBCTPOT4USJOHUFU Speed and (FU:PVS.POLFZ0GG.Z%PH, and a DVD, 4JHONZ4OBSMJOH.PWJF:FBSTPG5IF#PCT, 4FQUFNCFS 0MPW+PIBOTTPO$BUSJPOB.D,BZ which includes extensive footage of performances at the Freight. September 22 Real Vocal String Quartet To say that The Bobs have a good sense of humor is a little like saying that LeBron James has a decent move to the hoop. The funny thing is, they’re brilliant musicians—who just happen to be VINTAGE & SWING certifiable. In the words of comic Paul Provenza, “Some performers are brilliant comedians, some September 20 Sylvia Herold & the Rhythm Bugs are genius musicians, and some just make you happy to be alive. The Bobs are all of that—and then 0DUPCFS 4XFFU)PMMZXBJJBOT some.” If you’ve seen them before, you know how much fun this show will be. If you haven’t seen Leftover Dreams UIFNZFU DIFDLFNPVU:PVSFJOGPSBUSFBU
A 286 3 Erik Jekabson’s String-tet, Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Musical Art Quintet opens 5IFUI"OOVBM#FSLFMFZ0ME5JNF.VTJD$POWFOUJPOJODMVEFTDPODFSUT XPSLTIPQT Sunday @ Tuesday September 11 the Freight, schedule on the back page. TRVBSFEBODFT TUSJOHCBOEDPOUFTUT GBNJMZDPODFSUT BOE more. Participants travel from across America for the chance to hang out, dance, and pick and sing With two albums behind alongside of some of the top musicians and dancers in the old time fiddle and banjo world. him, Berkeley native Erik Check the BOTMC website for details. The workshop schedule at the Freight is on the back page. +FLBCTPOBOEIJT4USJOH tet celebrate the release of Thomas Maupin, Daniel Rothwell & CO., their new CD, "OUJ.BTT, a Rafe & Clelia Stefanini, the Cheap Suit Serenaders Thursday September 13 DIBNCFSKB[[DPODFQUBMCVN inspired by artwork from The legendary Tennessee 4BO'SBODJTDPTEF:PVOH buckdancer Thomas Maupin Museum. Erik is a young and his group will be return trumpeter, composer, and ing this year. Festival director educator, with a sound Suzy Thompson says, “Thomas that Allmusic Guide has has that something extra described as “a perfect bal found in all truly great danc ance between melodic art ers, where even small move istry and probing, knotty jazz improvisation.” ments are invested with deeper After earning music degrees from Oberlin meaning.” Buckdancing, or College and the San Francisco Conservatory GMBUGPPUJOH JTBGMVJE MPPTF of Music, he’s spent time on the road with limbed style of percussive dance that is an ancestor of clogging Illinois Jacquet, John Mayer, Galactic, and the and tap dance. Thomas, now 74, learned buckdancing from his Howard Fishman Quartet, and has performed grandmother and says that he has her timing but with flourishes at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as of his own. He’ll be dancing along with his grandson Daniel on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He cur Rothwell, an electrifying performer who tells countrified jokes and rently divides his time between leading his own stories and hollers out old time favorites like “Good Old Mountain Dew.” Also performing with the groups, playing and composing for other bands, group will be 2012 World Champion Buckdancer Jay Bland, who apprenticed with Thomas. and teaching at Chabot College, Cal State East 'BUIFSEBVHIUFSEVP3BGFBOE$MFMJB4UFGBOJOJBSFBNPOHUIFFMJUFUJFSPGWJSUVPTPGJEEMFST#PUI Bay, and our neighbor, the Jazzschool. have won ribbons at Clifftop, old time music’s biggest and most prestigious contest. Rafe grew up in )JTNBTUFSGVM4USJOHUFUJODMVEFT.JDIBFM *UBMZ CVUGFMMJOMPWFXJUIPMEUJNFNVTJDBOENPWFEUP"NFSJDBJO$MFMJBMFBSOFEUIFGJEEMFGSPN Zilber on tenor sax, Mads Tolling on vio her father and has established herself at age 22 as one of the strongest young fiddlers in the country. lin, Charith Premawardhana on viola, John Their music is firmly grounded in tradition, with a repertoire that includes many fiddle and banjo Wiitala on bass, Smith Dobson on drums and tunes so challenging that they are rarely played today. vibraphone, and Erik himself on trumpet and Wearing period threads and playing vintage instruments, the Cheap Suit Serenaders serve up a flugelhorn. HJEEZCMFOEPGVQUFNQP)BXBJJBOTUPNQT SBHUJNF *UBMJBOQPMLBT BOENPSF BTUIFZSFDSFBUFUIF Opening tonight’s show are the five extremely NVTJDPGUIFHPMEFOBHFPGKB[[*OUIFT XIFODPGPVOEFS3$SVNCXBTTUJMMBOBDUJWFNFNCFS talented classical musicians of Musical Art PGUIFCBOE UIFZJTTVFEUISFFSQN JODIEJTDT OPXDPWFUFEDPMMFDUPSTJUFNT KVTUMJLFUIFEJTDT Quintet—Anthony Blea and Jory Fankuchen UIFZMJTUFOFEUPBOEMPWFE8JUI#PC"SNTUSPOH "M%PEHF 3JDL&MNPSF 5POZ.BSDVT BOE XFIPQF on violin, Charith Premawardhana on viola, Terry Zwigoff performing on ukuleles, Hawaiian steel guitars, fiddles, cellos, banjos, mandolins, Shain Carrasco on cello, and Sascha Jacobsen accordions, and musical saws, the band will bring alive great music and great times. on string bass. They play a new genre they call Nuevo Chamber, blending world music with Riley Baugus w/ Trevor & Travis Stuart, classical, weaving together strands of every Pharis & Jason Romero, the Stairwell Sisters Friday September 14 UIJOHGSPN"SHFOUJOFUBOHPUP"GSP$VCBOTPO from klezmer to electronica. Bill Monroe Birthday Tribute with Laurie Lewis Wednesday September 12 For the third year in a row Laurie Lewis HBUIFST BO BMMTUBS cast in a rollicking The 10th annual Berkeley Old Time Music Convention continues with banjo virtuosity, classic coun tribute to Bill Monroe try harmony, and rowdy buckdancing. who gave bluegrass Old time fiddle and banjo music got a huge boost from the movie Cold Mountain, and we’re proud its name, its distinc to present one of its important musical contributors, North Carolina’s Riley Baugus. Riley not only tive style, and for most QSPWJEFEUIFTJOHJOHWPJDFGPSUIFDIBSBDUFS1BOHMF QMBZFECZ&UIBO4VQMFF CVUIFBMTPIBOEDSBGUFE of the 20th century the reproductions of Civil War era banjos seen in the film. Appearing with Riley will be the Stuart embodied the essence Brothers, Trevor and Travis, identical twins from Bethel, North Carolina who have brought their of the art form. NVTJDBMMPWFS"NFSJDBBOE&VSPQFGPSUIFQBTUUXFOUZGJWFZFBST5SBWJTQMBZTUIFJSHSFBUVODMF Laurie is the perfect host for this event. Austin Starney’s banjo, and Trevor follows in the musical footsteps of their fiddling grandfather, She won a Grammy for her work on the album the Reverend Henry King, a Methodist preacher, mortician, who loved to stay up all night playing 5SVF-JGF#MVFT5IF4POHTPG#JMM.POSPF was for dances. twice named International Bluegrass Music In the tiny town of Horsefly, British Columbia, Pharis and Jason Romero build banjos and play "TTPDJBUJPO'FNBMF7PDBMJTUPGUIF:FBS BOEIBT guitar and banjo to accompany themselves on the old time songs they love. Their tightly woven CFFOBMPDBMUSFBTVSFTJODFUIFNJETXIFO harmonies embellish old time country songs about hard living, loss, and love. Their recent album, A TIFDPGPVOEFEUIFHSPVOECSFBLJOHCMVFHSBTT Passing Glimpse XBTUIFXJOOFSPGUIF"NFSJDBOB"MCVNPGUIF:FBS quintet, the Good Ol’ Persons. The Stairwell Sisters formed in the hills of San Francisco in 2000. With Lisa Berman on dobro, "OBMMTUBSDBTUPG#BZ"SFBCMVFHSBTTMVNJ Evie Ladin on clawhammer banjo, Martha Hawthorne on bass, Stephanie Prausnitz on fiddle, and Sue naries will join Laurie on stage. Alice Gerrard 4BOEMJOPOHVJUBSBOEUJQMF UIJTiBMMHBMPMEUJNFUFBSEPXOwGFBUVSFTJOUSJDBUFJOTUSVNFOUBMT IBJS has played with Hazel Dickens in Hazel and SBJTJOHIBSNPOJFT BOESFEIPUCVDLEBODJOH5IFZWFQMBZFEFWFSZXIFSFGSPN4DPUMBOEUP-JODPMO Alice, as well as with the Strange Creek Singers, Center to Hardly Strictly, and we’re pleased to welcome them back to the BOTMC! BOE5PN #SBE"MJDF-BVSJFTMPOHUJNF collaborator Tom Rozum will add his mando lin mastery, along with Butch Waller of High Patchwork Series Rudy Trubitt, Ruth Halpern Saturday September 15, 11 am Country fame. Chad Manning, of the David 1BUDIXPSL4FSJFTDPIPTU3VEZ5SVCJUU PG5IF4JQQZ$VQT SFUVSOTUP Grisman Bluegrass Experience and Laurie the Freight stage with an intimate, engaging solo acoustic set of old and Lewis and the Right Hands, will play fiddle. OFXTPOHTGPSFBSTPGBMMBHFT"XBSEXJOOJOH3VUI)BMQFSO EVCCFE Patrick Sauber, another Right Hand, will play “a spelling binding master storyteller,” by the Los Angeles Times, spins banjo. Tony Marcus will serve as master of cer tales to delight kids & adults alike, from world folklore, as well as impro emonies and singer of the lowest bass notes. vising stories based on audience suggestions, right on the spot. Come see some of the brightest lights in blue grass for this glorious tribute.
A A282866 4 4 Lucy Kaplansky Saturday September 15 The Blues Broads Lucy Kaplansky has a voice you won’t forget. Clear, pure, and full of tender feeling, it cuts through the noise of the world and pierces Tracy Nelson, Dorothy Morrison, you in the heart. Her show tonight promises a rich mix of folk, Annie Sampson, Angela Strehli & roots rock, and country, all delivered with great warmth, humor, and intelligence. She’s “a truly gifted performer,” according to the New Deanna Bogart Friday September 21 :PSLFS “with a bag of enchanting songs.” 0ODFVQPOBUJNF -VDZXBTBIJQLJENBLJOHUIFTJOHFSTPOH XSJUFSTDFOFJO/FX:PSLXJUI4V[BOOF7FHB $MJGG&CFSIBSEU BOE the late Bill Morrissey. It was easy, the /FX:PSL5JNFT said, “to pre dict stardom for her.” Then she changed direction, earned a Ph.D. in Psychology, and began working with mentally ill adults. Music kept calling her back, though, in the form of friends who wanted her to sing on their albums, Shawn Colvin, Nancy Griffith, John Gorka. She went on to record half a dozen outstanding solo albums —5FO:FBS/JHIU and Every Single DayXPO#FTU1PQ"MCVNPGUIF:FBSGSPN the Association For Independent Music—and she also collaborated on two enormously entertaining and popular “super group” projects, Cry, Cry, Cry with Dar Williams and Richard Shindell, and Red The Blues Broads are the real deal, with Horse with John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson. Now that Lucy’s a mother with a hip kid of her own, her deep roots in gospel and rock and roll, coun music has deepened and grown more complex. She has a new album, Reunion, due next month, and try and funk, and most especially the blues. is headed back into the studio for a second Red Horse collaboration. 5SBDZ/FMTPODPGPVOEFEUIFMFHFOEBSZHSPVQ Mother Earth and shared the stage with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Grateful Dead. Olov Johansson & Catriona McKay Sunday September 16 %PSPUIZ.PSSJTPODPXSPUFBOETBOHHPTQFMT Sweden meets Scotland in the music of Olov Johansson BMMUJNFCFTUTFMMFS i0I )BQQZ%BZw4IFT & Catriona McKay, and the result is “fresh, charming, and sung with Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs, and dynamic,” in the words of music magazine Roots, Rock, Blues, Rita Coolidge. Annie Sampson starred in the and Beyond. Olov plays the Swedish nyckelharpa, literally key original San Francisco production of Hair,DP harp, which dates back to 14th century Gotland and is related founded the popular rock group Stoneground, to the hurdy gurdy. Catriona plays the clarsach, also known as and has recorded with everyone from Elvin the Celtic harp. In their enchanting new album, Foogy, these Bishop to Sammy Hagar. Angela Strehli came two talented instrumentalists bring their musical traditions up in the Austin bar scene, learning from such together in original compositions that feature fast and furious blues greats as Muddy Waters and Stevie Ray GJOHFSXPSLBOEMFJTVSFMZ MZSJDBMQBTTBHFTUIBUMJOHFSJOUIF Vaughan. Deanna Bogart has played with Joe mind long after the song is over. Louis Walker to Carole King. Olov and Catriona first met backstage at a concert in The Blues Broads are backed by some of some Stockholm in 2002. He was appearing with Väsen, Sweden’s top traditional group, and she was of the best musicians in the business, Gary appearing with Fiddler’s Bid, which the Scottish Folk Awards named Best Live Act—and named Vogensen on guitar, Steve Ehrmann on bass, $BUSJPOBUIF*OTUSVNFOUBMJTUPGUIF:FBS"GUFSUPVSJOH4XFEFOBOEDPMMBCPSBUJOHPOFoogy, they Mike Emerson on keyboards, and Paul Revelli arrive at the Freight for an evening of masterful musicianship and evocative original music that cel on drums. All five singers will each take a turn ebrates two rich folk traditions. in the spotlight, but it’s when they sing together that the whole becomes even greater than the Sycamore Slough String Band Wednesday September 19 sum of the parts. Don’t miss it! Brought together by an affinity for the music of the Grateful Dead, the musicians of the Sycamore Slough String Band gath Real Vocal String Quartet ered in an Oakland recording studio early this year to discover Saturday September 22 where the music would take them, and where they would take the music. One result is their new album, First Rehearsals, “a superb collection of mostly Dead covers,” in the words of the Grateful Dead Archive blog. The album “showcases the magic UIBUDBOIBQQFOXIFOGJOFNVTJDJBOTXFMMWFSTFEJOUIF%FBET unique approach to small group improvisation get together to play their favorite tunes from the Grateful Dead songbook. The band’s bluegrass/newgrass arrangements tease out new layers of meaning to chestnuts long familiar to Deadheads, making this one of the most exciting revisits of Dead music in many years.” Another result of those sessions Choose a box, any box, and the Real Vocal in the studio is this show, which promises to be hugely entertaining for fans of rich, complex music String Quartet will think outside of it. They’re QMBZFEXJUILOPXIPXBOEKPZ a string quartet and a women’s vocal quar The band features David Thom on mandolin, guitar, and vocals, Dave Muhlethaler on fiddle, man tet. They play Irish fiddle tunes and Brazilian dolin, and vocals, Roger Sideman on bass and vocals, and David Gans on guitar and vocals, the band choros, chamber music and wild improvisa boasts four sterling musicians, each with a gift for exploring, jamming, and musical vision. UJPO5IFZCBDLFEVQ'FJTUPOIFSJOEJFQPQIJU Metals, and their debut album is a “breathtaking Thursday September 20 bouquet with one luscious hybrid after another,” Sylvia Herold & the Rhythm Bugs according to KQED’s California Report. Sylvia Herold, of Wake the Dead, Cats & Jammers, and Euphonia An original member of the famed Turtle fame, has been collecting uncommon songs for more than three Island String Quartet, violinist and vocalist decades. For her latest album, The Spider and the Fly, Sylvia has Irene Sazer founded the group with ideal col compiled a selection of swing and early pop tunes that lend them laborators Alisa Rose on violin and vocals, TFMWFTUPUISFFQBSUIBSNPOZTJOHJOH5IFQMBZGVMQSPHSBNUBLFTJUT Dina Maccabee on viola and vocals, and Jessica name—and its spirit—rom the Fats Waller song “The Spider and the Ivry on cello and vocals. Irene has played with 'MZ wBUBMFPGMFHHZTFEVDUJPOBDDFOUFEXJUICVHMJLFWPDBMT'SPN artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra and Bjork. IJHITPDJFUZKB[[UPMPXEPXO#BTJO4USFFUCBMMBET UIFGPDVTJTPOUIF Alisa is a member of the Quartet San Francisco elegant vocal arrangements, reminiscent of the Pied Pipers and the and has played with Michelle Shocked, Josh Boswell Sisters. Since its release, The Spider and the Fly has charted Ritter, and Bauhuas. Dina, too, has played with six weeks on the CMJ Jazz charts. “A treasure trove of days gone by an eclectic mix of performers including Wilco, played by musicians who know how to swing!” says Peter Kuller of Donovan, Tin Hat, and Sufjan Stevens, and has Radio Adelaide, Australia. composed scores for several San Francisco film Ed Johnson of Novo Tempo and Jennifer Scott of The Jennifer Scott NBLFST+FTTJDBQMBZTXJUIBWBOUDBCBSFUDPN Trio join Sylvia as vocal collaborators. These two superb jazz singers bring a wealth of experience poser and singer Amy X Neuburg & the Cello BTBSSBOHFSTBOEDPNQPTFSTUPUIFMJHIUIFBSUFETXJOHBOENJEDFOUVSZQPQTPOHTPOPGGFS$BSZ ChiXtet and has toured with the Beth Custer Black on upright bass and Jason Lewis on drums give the songs legs and make them dance. Jennifer &OTFNCMF TJOHFSTPOHXSJUFS7JFOOB5FOH BOE tinkles the ivories, Ed tickles the guitar strings, and Sylvia thumps a mighty archtop guitar. Balkan women’s choir Kitka. Join Sylvia Herold and the Rhythm Bugs for a rollicking jaunt to a bygone era rich in songs of The Real Vocal String Quartet brings together romance and love. a wealth of musical possibilities.
A 286 5 Dirk Hamilton Sunday September 23 Shelley Doty X-Tet %JSL)BNJMUPOJTTVDIBQSPUPUZQJDBMTJOHFSTPOHXSJUFSHVJUBSQMBZFS Saturday September 29 someone ought to make a movie about him—and in fact Dirk does appear front and center in the upcoming documentary Folk, which examines how “I play rock with three artists at dramatically different stages of their career work to reach a j a z z a t t i t u d e , ” an audience. Dirk is well cast as the seasoned vet. He’s just released his Shelley Doty said in an interview in 17th album, solo mono, which recordnet.com describes as “raw and real,” the “inventive,” and “delicately nuanced,” with “a bluesy, contemplative feel.” San Francisco He’s bringing his guitar and harmonica to the Freight to play songs from Chronicle. I give my UIFOFXBMCVNBOEGSPNIJTUIJSUZGJWFZFBSTJOUIFNVTJDCVTJOFTT musicians a record Dirk moved from his hometown of Stockton to Los Angeles in the late ing of the melody, 70s and went into the studio with Steely Dan’s producer, Gary Katz, who then tell them to helped him get a deal with ABC Records. Four albums and two record com come up with their panies later, he returned to Stockton and counseled troubled teens. He was own interpretation.” playing for fun in a bar band when the inspiration to write returned. After Tonight, she’ll have recording a few more albums, he found out that his music had a following in Italy, and he started Julie Wolf on keys playing there every year. He’s currently based in Plano, Texas, but Italy remains a second home. This and accordion, Mike Sugar on electric and fall, he’s adding England, Switzerland, and the Netherlands to his European tour. acoustic bass, Dale Fanning on drums and per Dirk Hamilton has paid his dues. Tonight at the Freight is your chance to reap the reward. cussion, Beth Vandervennet on cello, and don’t be surprised if there are a few special guests. Whoever joins her on stage, Shelley will deliver Classical at the Freight the goods on electric and acoustic guitar, with “energy, funk, and surprise,” in the words of Robin Sharp & Laura Dahl Monday September 24 Guitar Player Magazine, which also praised her Classical at the Freight brings in the Bay Area’s “smoky, soulful voice.” best classical musicians for an hour of outstanding 4IFMMFZB#FSLFMFZOBUJWF DPGPVOEFEUIF chamber music in an informal, friendly atmosphere. popular West Coast band Jambay, touring San Francisco Chamber Orchestra music director Ben SFMFOUMFTTMZCFGPSFEJTCBOEJOHJO*O Simon hosts. There’s no stuffiness, no mystification, 1999, she won the Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent just an invigorating evening with gifted musicians Search and closed the show playing guitar with sharing the beauty and joy of this timeless art with new Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, audiences young and old. and Chrissie Hynde in front of 22,000 cheering Tonight brings a rare opportunity to hear the SFCO’s fans. Since then she’s immersed herself in a elegant and impassioned concertmaster, Robin Sharp, XJEFBSSBZPGQSPKFDUT JODMVEJOHDPXSJUJOHBOE in recital with her Stanford University colleague, pia doing music for the film 4USBOHF'SBNF-PWF nist Laura Dahl, playing the music of Johannes Brahms, Amy Beach, and Ernest Boulanger. and Sax, that premiered in London this May. Robin served as concertmaster of the Berkeley Symphony with Kent Nagano for six seasons and is Fans of catchy originals performed with currently a solo performer, chamber musician, and concertmaster of SFCO, as well as teaching both passion and commitment will want to see the privately and at Stanford. Laura is a founding member of the Harmida Piano Trio and is also the 4IFMMFZ%PUZ9UFUEPUIFJSUIJOH founder and artistic director of the A. Jess Shenson Recital Series at Stanford and the Music by the Mountain festival in northern California. Teja Gerken, Eric Skye, Join us for Classical at the Freight and enjoy stimulating music, beautifully played. Mark Goldenberg Carol Denney Thursday September 27 Sunday September 30 The fun starts in the lobby before the show, with an old time music jam, and just gets better when Carol Denney hits the stage. She plays guitar, fiddle, and English concertina, and she sings tra ditional songs as well as witty, incisive originals, usually with an edge—well, just about always with an edge. She’s personal, she’s political, she cares about music and people, and she puts it all out there whenever she performs. U. Utah Phillips praised her “mighty fine songwriting,” the Daily Planet called her a “folk hero,” and here’s what the Oakland TribuneIBEUPTBZi"QPMJUJDBMTVQFSIFSP Teja Gerken weaves to some. A nasty little mosquito slowly sucking blood on a sum together strands of mer day to others. Nosier than Larry King, quicker of wit than a folk, jazz, classical, speeding Robin Williams.” and world music to 4IFMMCFKPJOFEPOTUBHFCZ4UFWFO4USBVTTPOTUBOEVQCBTT BTXFMMBTTQFDJBMHVFTUT1MVT UIF make his own seam evening will include a “crankie”—a paper movie that cranks from one roll to another, an old puppetry less tapestry of intri effect set to live music. Don’t miss Carol Denney playing songs of joy, love, and political struggle. cate originals. Many of his compositions employ alternate tunings, Friday September 28 UXPIBOEFEUBQQJOH BOEQFSDVTTJWFFGGFDUT Upsurge! others simply rely on his keen sense of melody UpSurge! is poetry. UpSurge! is jazz. It’s the love and movement. An active participant in the of language blended with the power of fascinating vibrant Bay Area acoustic scene, he’s shared rhythms and funky grooves. The BerkeleyPatch the stage with such guitar visionaries as John calls the group “a unique fusion of eclectic jazz and Renbourn as well as with his mentors, Duck provocative poetry that reaches deep into the soul.” Baker and Peppino D’Agostino. Eric Skye, after The City of Oakland honored the group with an offi TUJOUTXJUIIJTPXOCMVFTCBOEBOEBTFWFOQJFDF cial proclamation, thanking them for twenty years of vintage jazz group, was inspired by bluegrass celebrating “Oakland’s beauty, people, culture, and GMBUQJDLJOHHSFBU%BWJE(SJFS/PXBEBZT&SJD music,” as well as for “striking spiritual, emotional, plays with an eclectic and original style, meld and intellectual chords within us all.” ing bluegrass and blues, classical and funk. His Poets Raymond Nat Turner and Zigi Lowenberg make up the metaphors, sling the similes, and latest album, A Different Kind of Blue, is a solo paint the word pictures, accompanied by piano, horns, drums, and bass. Raymond grew up in the guitar tribute to the landmark 1959 Miles Davis 8BUUTOFJHICPSIPPEPG-PT"OHFMFT;JHJHSFXVQJOUIF/FX:PSLCPSPVHIPG2VFFOT3BZNPOE recording. Mark Goldenberg has been lead gui founded UpSurge! in 1990, and Zigi soon joined him on stage. With imaginative compositions, inno tarist for Jackson Browne since 1994. He’s also WBUJWFBSSBOHFNFOUT BOEJOZPVSGBDFDPNNJUNFOU UIFJSFDMFDUJDFOTFNCMFNJYFTKB[[BOEQPFUSZ a producer and his songs have been recorded with politics, and freely adds musical flavors from klezmer to calypso. Their influences range from by Linda Ronstadt, Chicago, amd Chris Botti. "NJSJ#BSBLBUP8BMU8IJUNBO (JM4DPUU)FSPOUP#FSUPMU#SFDIU5IFZWFQMBZFEKB[[GFTUJWBMTGSPN Legendary record producer Don Was called Monterey to Ghana, and released two albums, All Hands on Deck, which earned an Indie Award nomi Mark, “the Shaquille O’Neal of popular guitar. “ nation from the Association for Independent Music in 2000, and Chromatology. Don’t miss this chance to see three incredible 'PSBOFWFOJOHPGGFBSMFTTQPFUSZBOETXJOHJOHKB[[ BVOJRVF DVUUJOHFEHFNJYPGNVTJDBOEUIF craftsmen on guitar. spoken word, catch UpSurge! at the Freight.
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