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A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATION t www.freightandsalvage.org About the Freight PERFORMER PROFILES: October 2012 5IF'SFJHIU4BMWBHF$PGGFFIPVTF #FSLFMFZ Society for the Preservation of Traditional Adam Traum Thursday October 4 .VTJD JTBOPOQSPGJUDPNNVOJUZBSUTPSHBOJ[B When Adam Traum sings, you can almost hear the smile on his face. tion dedicated to promoting the understanding )JTWPJDFJTMJHIUBOEDMFBS BOEIJTTPOHTBSFTFMGEFQSFDBUJOHBOEPGUFO and appreciation of traditional music—music funny. The Savannah Morning News says that Adam “fluently combines rooted in and expressive of the great variety blues, folk, rockabilly, and country into a sound that captures the depth of regional, ethnic, and social cultures of peo and truth of America’s musical roots.” He plays guitar, mandolin, bass, ples throughout the world. We are supported BOEMBQTUFFM BOEIBTBLOBDLGPSDIVSOJOHPVUDBUDIZSJGGTBOEIBSE by your attendance, grants from the Alameda driving rhythms. County ARTSFUND, Berkeley Civic Arts Adam grew up in a musical family in Woodstock, New York. His father, Program, Bill Graham Supporting Foundation Happy Traum, was a mainstay in the Greenwich Village folk scene, of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, releasing the first version of Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” Now based in The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Sonoma, Adam teaches guitar and has recorded four instructional videos the Kanbar Charitable Trust, the Walter & for Homespun Tapes, including Acoustic Blues Guitar with a Flatpick. Elise Haas Fund, the Edmund and Jeannik Joining Adam tonight for his Just Like Home album release concert Littlefield Foundation, National Endowment will be Joe Kyle, Jr. on bass and David Thom on mandolin, with his father for the Arts, Bernard Osher Foundation, Wells Happy sitting in, and a few surprise guests taking the stage to help serve Fargo Foundation, musician’s benefit perfor VQ"EBNTPXOCSBOEPGEPXOUPFBSUI"NFSJDBOSPPUTNVTJDUIBUGFFMTKVTUMJLFIPNF mances, volunteer efforts, and your generous tax deductible donations. CartoonJazz Orchestra Friday October 5 5IF$BSUPPO+B[[0SDIFTUSB MFECZNVMUJSFFENBOBOENVTJD FEVDBUPS+FGG4BOGPSE DPWFSTUIFHBNVUPGDBSUPPOJOTQJSFEKB[[ Contact Info playing music by such innovative composers as Raymond Scott, John Kirby, and Danny Elfman. If you’ve ever watched Saturday 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 morning television you know these zany, wildly colored composi TELEPHONE: tions with their catchy melodies and wild rhythmic shifts. E-MAIL: [email protected] Inspired in part by Don Byron’s brilliant album, Bug Music, WEBSITE: www.freightandsalvage.org Jeff launched the CartoonJazz project at the Stanford Jazz Festival in 2003 and was so successful that Jeff continued the project, with members of the band contributing new arrange ments and expanding the repertoire. Tonight’s orchestra will feature Rolf Johnson, Eric Wayne, Board of Directors and John Worley on trumpets, Tony Davids, John Hunt, and Rick Walsh on trombones, Fil Lorenz, Dick Mathias, Doug Rowan, Hal Richards, and Jeff on wood John Bidwell Peter Glazer winds, and a rhythm section of Don Bennett, Randy Johnson, Andy Ostwald, Mark Rosengarden, and Chair Barbara Higbie Benny Watson. Steve Meckfessel Clyde Leland For a night of merrie melodies and looney tunes, catch the CartoonJazz Orchestra at the Freight. 7JDF$IBJS Ray Murray Nancy Castille Kerry Parker Secretary Russ Pollock Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Bill Haggerty Sarah Robertson Treasurer Marci Rubin with special guest Kugelplex Saturday October 6 Polly Armstrong David Sawi Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir—the power and glory of 55 Dion Aroner Steve Sidney talented singers—joins with the klezmer band Kugelplex, to Larry Chung Linda Tillery present the premier performance of “Hungarian Gospel Suite,” John Croizat Austin Willacy a collection of traditional American gospel songs set to original Robin Flower John Williamson music inspired by Transylvanian Romany dance music. Written Suzanne Fox by Kugelplex’s Dan Cantrell, accompanied by the band’s large ensemble of Eastern European folk musicians, and sung by the New Home Committee incomparable choir, the Suite brings together two ethnically diverse and geographically removed cultures in a unique blend $P$IBJST of gospel and klezmer. Danny Carnahan The OIGC grew out of a gospel music workshop at Jazz Warren Hellman (1934-2011) $BNQ8FTUJO5FSSBODF,FMMZMFEUIFXPSLTIPQBOEIBTTFSWFEBT artistic director of the choir ever since. The choir’s outstanding band includes Ben Heveroh and Louis Burrell on keyboards, David Belove on bass, and Miles Lathan on drums. Musicians Committee Kugelplex, formed in 2001, features Dan Cantrell on accordion and saw, Jason Ditzian on clarinet, Jewlia Eisenberg on vocals, Michael Darol Anger Tony Marcus Pinkham on percussion, David Rosenfeld on mandolin and violin, and Duck Baker Mike Marshall Eugene Warren on bass. David Balakrishnan John McCutcheon Greg Brown Libby McLaren Bill Evans Steve Seskin Sunday October 7 Kaila Flexer Richard Shindell earPlay Jazzquintet Mary Gibbons Mayne Smith The earPlay Jazzquintet brings together a multitude of Ronnie Gilbert Eric Thompson musical influences—from Brazilian choro to vintage funk, Sylvia Herold Suzy Thompson "GSP$VCBOUPKVNQTXJOH DPVOUSZXFTUFSOUPUIFMBUFTU Patrick Landeza QBSUJBMMJTUJOH in digital sound design—and interweaves them with jazz and 20th century classical idioms. The resulting tapes try of sound is a mix of structured composition and bold Staff improvisation, with elements of poetry and stage magic stitched in for dramatic effect. Steve Baker Heather Herrington -FBEFS.JDIBFM4NPMFOT BDPNQPTFS BSSBOHFS NVMUJ Executive Director Associate Director instrumentalist, and vocalist for nearly four decades, takes his inspiration from the contemporary jazz Susan Lefkowich Lisa Manning of Art Lande, the vocal flights of Bobby McFerrin, the Sufi poetry of Hafiz and Rumi, and the stage Development Director Marketing Director magic of Jeff McBride, as well as the music of Brazil, West Africa, northern India, and modern com Keith Mineo Andrea Hirsig posers like Brian Eno and Gabriel Faure. Michael sings and plays piano, synthesizer, alto flute, and Concessions Manager House Manager balafon, a West African cousin of the xylophone. Alex Murzyn plays three kinds of saxophone, two Bob Whitfield Michael Sawi kinds of flute, and bass clarinet. Fred Randolph plays bass, guitar, saxophone, flute, and percussion. Production Manager Webmaster Brian Rice places drums, tabla, and percussion. Michael Hatfield sings and plays vibes, accordion, Celeste Kopel Renee Gaumond percussion, and marimba lumina, an electronic instrument that sounds like a conventional marimba, Program Associate Program Associate and he also uses a sampler to record and play back brief “samples” of music. Guest artist Heather Clyde Crosswhite Tim McGraw Rogers incorporates spoken word and stage magic into the performance. Facilities Director Volunteer Coordinator For a kaleidoscopic experience combining jazz and world music, poetry and magic, open your mind to the earPlay Jazzquintet.
A 286 2 Theme Vocal Jazz Open Mic w/ Ellen Hoffman Monday October 8 Variations The Freight presents Vocal Jazz Open Mic, an evening that gives vocalists JODMVEJOHZPV BOPQQPSUVOJUZUPTUFQJOUPUIFTQPUMJHIUXJUIUIFTLJMMGVM A CAPPELLA support of pianist and composer Ellen Hoffman. November 4 Vocolot All voices and all styles, professional or beginner, are welcome; Ellen will ALT-COUNTRY, COUNTRY help you sound your best, with or without written music. Ellen has performed with artists including Tuck & Patti, Linda Ronstadt, October 4 Adam Traum and Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, directs the Berkeley Broadway Singers, October 14 Robbie Fulks and has a long history of inspiring and encouraging singers at open mics. BAGPIPE October 23 Carlos Núñez Maestro Shashank BLUEGRASS/NEWGRASS/OLD-TIME October 20 Kathy Kallick Band presents Spirit of Krishna Tuesday October 9 November 3 The Crooked Jades 4IBTIBOL4VCSBNBOZBN .BFTUSP4IBTIBOL JTBNBTUFSPGUIFGMVUF November 12 Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin, and Carnatic music, the classical music of Southern India. His Spirit of Peter McLaughlin Krishna program is an enthralling tapestry of intricate rhythms, soulful & Chris Brashear vocals, and poignant melodies, full of contrasting tones and textures, evok November 17 1st Annual Berkeley Banjo ing a profound range of thoughts and feelings. Extravaganza w/ Bill Keith, Born in 1978 in Rudrapatna in the Hassan district of Karnataka, Alan Munde, Bill Evans, & more Shashank learned to play bamboo flute from his father. He has recorded CHILDREN’S more than 55 albums, and is featured as a special guest on John November 3 Patchwork Series McLaughlin’s Floating Point (SBNNZOPNJOBUFEGPS#FTU$POUFNQPSBSZ Asheba, The Fratello Marionettes Jazz Album in 2009. In concert, he typically includes an original Ragam CLASSICAL Tanam Pallavi as a central piece—if you aren’t familiar with this form of 0DUPCFS $MBTTJDBM!UIF'SFJHIU music, please listen to the clip on the Freight website—and he plays a vari violaMANIA 2.0 ety of flutes to cover octaves that are not supported by the traditional Carnatic flute. FOLK With special guest Purbayan Chatterjee on sitar, Anwar Khan Manganyar on vocal, Firoze Khan 0DUPCFS Fundraiser for Rosalie Sorrels w/ Manganyar on dholak, and Patri Satish Kumar on mridangam and khanjira, tonight’s performance Barbara Higbie, Nina Gerber promises to put you in touch with the spirit of Krishna. Terry & David Garthwaite, November 2 Country Joe’s Tribute Wednesday October 10 to Country Joe Holdstock & MacLeod GOSPEL/KLEZMER If you’ve ever had the urge to travel across the pond to Great 0DUPCFS 0BLMBOE*OUFSGBJUI(PTQFM$IPJS Britain, you might want to take a shortcut to the Freight and w/ Kugelplex catch Holdstock & MacLeod performing timeless songs from their GUITAR English and Scottish homelands. Joining them tonight to help cel ebrate the release of their new album, Seasoned Songs, will be Celia October 22 Richard Smith Ramsay, Carol Holdstock, Larry Hanks, and Dave Nachmanoff. HONKY TONK Dick Holdstock made his way to California from his native October 28 Bill Kirchen Sittingbourne, Kent, in the south of England. Allen MacLeod moved JAZZ here from Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. They met as solo per formers at the Santa Rosa Music Festival in 1975, and they’ve been October 5 Cartoon Jazz Orchestra playing together ever since, digging deep into their English and October 7 earPlay Jazzquintet Scottish roots for outrageous stories and traditional folk songs. October 18 Lisa Yvonne Ferraro Dick and Allen trade off on guitar and mandolin, and their voices fit together as comfortably as & Houston Person, with the a ploughman and a pint of ale. Whether they’re singing a cappella or inspiring the audience to join Tammy Hall Trio in, they bring heart and soul to their renditions of vivid traditional songs and tender ballads of the November 1 UC jazz Ensembles British Isles. INDIAN, INDIAN-BLUES October 9 Maestro Shashank presents Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart Thursday October 11 Spirit of Krishna Wife and husband duo Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart play eloquent October 27 Navagraha Utsav originals that blend honest country confession with polished pop pre Rita Sahai & her cision. His voice is clear and unadorned, hers is both grittier and pret Vasundhara Choir tier, and together they make tuneful, tender music with a sharp sense w/ Jennifer Berezan of humor, as on “If You Change Your Mind” from their new album, November 7 Harry Manx Dedication, when they sing, “Oh, baby, if she treats you so right, why IRISH do you think about me?” October 25 Nuala Kennedy Stacey’s first show was in 1990 playing rhythm guitar in her broth November 14 Lúnasa er’s band, Steve Earle & the Dukes. Mark grew up playing guitar in November 18 Mary Black Nashville honkytonks with his fiddler father, and later toured with QUEBECOIS Freddy Fender. The two met at a songwriters night in Nashville in November 14 Le Vent du Nord 1992, married in 1993, and have been performing together ever since. Based in Tennessee, they are on the “Drive Her Till She Drops Tour” in a Chevy Suburban that’s ROOTS already logged close to 500,000 miles. They must find poetry in the names of the towns—just October 24 Freight Roots Revue since August they’ve gone from Wilmington, Delaware to Liverpool, Nova Scotia; not to mention David Wagner & the Trickle Maplewood, Missouri. Playing in so many places might be crazy. Or it might be dedication. Downers, Drifter Sisters, Get Happy String Band Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas Friday October 12 SCOTTISH Individually, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas are consummate October 10 Holdstock & MacLeod musicians. Together, they’re pure magic. Scots Magazine has October 12 Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas called Alasdair “one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has SONGCRAFTERS ever produced; his name is synonymous with the vibrant cul October 11 Stacey Earle & Marke Stuart tural renaissance transforming the Scottish musical scene.” October 13 Tom Rush /BUBMJFJTPOFPGUIFNPTUTPVHIUBGUFSDFMMJTUTQMBZJOHUSB October 17 Kelly Joe Phelps ditional music today. She’s toured with Mark O’Connor as a October 19 Lori Mckenna member of his Appalachia Waltz Trio and played as a guest art November 9 Chris Smithers, Willy Porter JTUPOPWFSBMCVNT JODMVEJOHUIF*SJTITVQFSHSPVQ4PMBT November 10 Chris Smithers, Willy Porter When Alasdair and Natalie collaborate, listeners tend to go a little crazy. They just can’t help but gush. In the words SPECIAL EVENTS of the Boston Globe, “you would think they’d been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle November 11 Soldier Stories w/ Hilary Perkins dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then she opens her cello’s throat, joining Fraser VINTAGE & SWING in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a 0DUPCFS 4XFFU)PMMZXBJJBOT Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clackmannan winter.” Leftover Dreams
A 286 3 Tom Rush Saturday October 13 The Late, Late Show, Tom Rush is celebrating. As he says on his website, he’s celebrating his 50th year “of doing whatever it is that I do.” What Tom does is make music. a tribute to Dakota Staton What he does is entertain. He tells terrific stories and sings wonderful songs, and in the process he delivers not only a vivid self portrait but a Lisa Yvonne Ferraro portrait of American folk music through the years. & special guest Houston Person, He started in Boston half a century ago and quickly established himself on the folk scene. Rolling StoneNBHB[JOFIBTDSFEJUFEIJTBMCVN with the Tammy Hall Trio Circle GameXJUIVTIFSJOHJOUIFTJOHFSTPOHXSJUFSFSB)FJOUSPEVDFE countless listeners to the music of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and Thursday October 18 James Taylor, and later in his career he brought attention to emerging art ists like Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin, while recording more than 20 albums and eventually becoming a YouTube sensation with more than five million hits on his “Remember Song.” Come to the Freight and help Tom celebrate five fabulous decades as a folk troubadour. Robbie Fulks Sunday October 14 Robby Fulks sings country, sometimes with a wink, sometimes with a smirk, and sometimes with a straightforward honesty that catches you off guard. The New York Times has described him as “a gifted guitarist, a soul GVMTJOHFSXJUIBOFYQSFTTJWFIPOLZUPOLUFOPS BOEBOBUVSBMQFSGPSNFS But what really sets him apart is his songwriting, which is one part artful Singer and composer Lisa Yvonne Ferraro country, one part artful sendup of country, and one part a little of everything joins forces with jazz heavyweight Houston else . . . It’s sort of country meets David Lynch.” Robbie has released eleven Person and the terrific Tammy Hall Trio to pay BMCVNTJOIJTUXFOUZGJWFZFBSDBSFFS BVHNFOUJOHIJTXIJQTNBSUPSJHJOBMT tribute to Dakota Staton and her classic 1957 with covers of country classics and Michael Jackson hits. Tonight he and album, The Late, Late Show. Lisa, like Dakota, guitarist Robbie Gjersoe, his longtime duo partner, will regale us with num grew up in Pittsburgh. She has composed bers from his upcoming album Gone Away Backward. As tonight’s special music for PBS & ABC, and has performed and guest, they are joined by the glamorous & gloriously talented singer/violinist Jenny Scheinman. recorded nationally and internationally with big 3PCCJFHPUIJTTUBSUJOBTWPDBMJTUBOEHVJUBSJTUGPSUIF(SBNNZOPNJOBUFECMVFHSBTTCBOE band jazz ensembles, rock and soul bands, and Special Consensus, formed his own rock band, the Trailer Trash Revue, and finally went solo, doing in her duo with Erika Luckett. Says Lisa, “It UJNFJO/BTIWJMMF CVUCBTFENBJOMZJO$IJDBHP'PSBOFOUFSUBJOJOHFWFOJOHPGDPVOUSZQMVT DBUDI is truly a privilege to bring this performance to Robby Fulks at the Freight. fruition with such gifted musicians honoring an iconic talent.” Houston played saxophone with greats like West Coast Songwriters Competition Monday October 15, 7:30 pm Don Ellis, Eddie Harris, and Cedar Walton, Check out the future when the West Coast Songwriters presents its monthly Songwriter and went on to release more than 75 albums Competition, where members take the stage and perform their material. Performers sign up from as bandleader, recording with Etta Jones, Lena UP BOEBUUIFTIPXTPO(VFTUKVEHFTBXBSEBi#FTU4POHwBOEi#FTU1FSGPSNBODFw Horne, and Dakota Staton herself, with whom The most active songwriting organization in the United States, WCS is dedicated to providing the he worked for more than 40 years. He won the environment, opportunities, and tools to nurture and promote songwriters. Eubie Blake Jazz Award in 1982. The Tammy Hall Trio features Tammy on Tuesday October 16 piano, Sam Bevan on bass, and Deszon Claiborne Sweet Hollywaiians, Leftover Dreams on drums. The Sweet Hollywaiians share a passion for string band music of the 1920s and 30s—Hawaiian, Italian, Lori McKenna swing, ragtime, calypso, blues—just Victoria George opens what you’d expect from a group of street musicians from Osaka, Japan, Friday October 19 right? Tomotaka Matsui sings and L o r i M c Ke n n a plays guitar, ukulele, tenor banjo, o f S t o u g h t o n , mandolin, and Hawaiian steel guitar. Massachusetts is Nobumasa Takada, a.k.a. King Mario, the mother of five, sings and plays ukulele, mandolin, the wife of one, and tenor banjo, and guitar. Takashi the daughter of two, Nakayama sings and plays ukulele, mandolin, and guitar. Kohichi Tsutsumishita sings and plays and that constella bass and ukulele. According to film director and Cheap Suit Serenader Terry Zwigoff, “The Sweet tion of relationships Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for ‘20s music of any string band working today. They are has given her more top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements. See them live for an unforgettable experience.” than enough mate The sound of Leftover Dreams is sweet and easy, smooth and light. Tony Marcus is a superb vocal rial to fill six glori ist and dazzling violin and guitar soloist who has been bringing down the house for years in ineffably ous albums so far, dapper performances with Cats & Jammers and the Cheap Suit Serenaders. Patrice Haan brings her including her latest, rich contralto to lovely duets from the golden age of American song. Kevin Russell, radio host of Lorraine, named after herself and her mother. Down from the Mountain, says, “Leftover Dreams is simply a gem!” A feature in the Boston Globe attributes the power of her music to “her artful pairing of intimacy and universality. With her own experi Kelly Joe Phelps Wednesday October 17 ence as a template, she explores and dignifies After nearly 20 years of recording and touring, Kelly Joe Phelps the many corners of domestic life, thehopes of took a fresh turn, saying yes to a new solo album, Brother Sinner And TNBMMUPXOESFBNFST BOEUIFFNPUJPOBMWPJET The Whale, that showcases his husky voice and his graceful mastery of that aren’t easily filled.” Her songs are insight fingerpicking and slide guitar on a dozen original songs written in the GVMBOEUPVHI GVOOZBOEIFBSUCSFBLJOH XIJDI GPMLCMVFTJEJPNXJUIBHPTQFMUXJTUi*UTHPUBMPUPGMJHIUTUSFBNJOH may explain why they’ve been recorded by such through the windows,” he says of his recent music, “and all the doors Nashville stalwarts as Faith Hill, Keith Urban, are wide open.” Carrie Underwood, Wynona Judd, and Alison Kelly Joe grew up in Sumner, Washington and learned country and Krause. The real payoff, though, comes when GPMLTPOHT BTXFMMBTESVNTBOEQJBOP GSPNIJTGBUIFS"GUFSBUFO Lori sings her own creations. The expressive year jazz phase, playing mostly bass, he moved on to country blues, voice, the smart lyrics, and the tasteful guitar inspired by masters like Fred McDowell, and took up slide guitar, which add up to unglamorous perfection. he played lapstyle. Since then, he’s made 11 albums of his own, and also After a three year Nashville stint, Marin recorded with Jay Farrar, Rory Block, Linda Tillery, Tim O’Brien, Greg County native Victoria George opens the show Brown, Tony Furtado, Martin Simpson, and Townes Van Zandt. His music is subtle. He manages to with her own brand of California country with a convey a wealth of emotion in the shading of his voice and the slightest touch on his guitar. In the rock and roll twist. words of the online magazine PopMatters, Kelly Joe “speaks directly to your soul. ”
A A282866 4 4 Kathy Kallick Band Richard Smith Monday October 22 Saturday October 20 8PX5IBUTUIFXPSENPTUGPMLTVTF BDDPSEJOHUPB WFSZVOTDJFOUJGJDTUVEZ XIFOUIFZIFBS3JDIBSE4NJUI play guitar. Guitar ace Tommy Emmanuel says, “If you like my playing, you should hear Richard.” Born in England, based in Nashville, Richard has been per forming in public ever since he took the stage at the tender age of 11 at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London for a duet with his idol, the late fingerstyle guitar leg end Chet Atkins. “The most amazing guy I know on the guitar,” Chet once said of him. “He can play any thing I know, only better.” Richard is a guitar phenom, with a repertoire that spans country and jazz, rock and classical gui Kathy Kallick is at it again, writing new tar. When he’s not performing solo, he plays in a duo with his wife, the cellist Julie Adams, and in songs, releasing new albums, and cooking up the Hot Club of Nashville, a jam band he founded with some of the city’s outstanding session musi a bluegrass storm on stage. Singout! Magazine cians. He won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in 2001 and was inducted into the calls her “one of the best songwriters in blue Thumbpickers Hall of Fame in 2009. Awards don’t really tell the story, though. Richard is an impec grass and acoustic music, always coming up cable guitar player with a clear, clean sound that distills each song to its musical essence. Richard with interesting, sometimes playful, always PGGFSTBGJOHFSTUZMFHVJUBSXPSLTIPQPO4VOEBZ 0DUPCFSGSPNQN TVSFIBOEFETPOHTwBOEQSBJTFTIFSCBOEBT “a wonderful combination of youth and experi Carlos Nuñez Tuesday October 23 ence.” Tom Bekeny sings and plays mandolin Bagpipe fans, take note. International music sensation Carlos Núñez and fiddle, Greg Booth sings and plays dobro is coming to the Freight. Billboard Magazine has called him “the Jimi and banjo, Sharon Gilchrist sings and plays Hendrix of the bagpipe.” The Guardian compared him to Coltrane. bass, Annie Staninec sings and plays fiddle and BBC Radio described him as “one of the world’s most exciting, and clawhammer banjo, and together with Kathy on most serious, musicians.” Technically, he plays the gaita, the signature guitar and vocals, the band sizzles and swings instrument of his homeland, Galicia, in northern Spain. You might not on compelling originals and bluegrass classics associate the Galician bagpipes with musical stardom, but Carlos has based in the Bill Monroe tradition. sold over a million albums worldwide. “If it’s possible to become a pop Kathy has been leading bands ever since she star playing traditional music on the bagpipes and recorder,” the Los DPGPVOEFEUIFHSPVOECSFBLJOHCMVFHSBTTRVJO Angeles Times says, Carlos “could be the man. He is handsome and per tet the Good Ol’ Persons in 1975. She’s won a forms with kinetic flair and his playing has the presence and sense of Grammy and two awards from the International freedom and vitality that are qualities of all exceptional musicians.” Bluegrass Music Association, and recorded 17 Carlos was born in 1971 in Vigo, the port that connects Galicia to the albums, including a new bluegrass gospel col world. “Galicia,” Carlos says, “is the magical part of Spain.” His music lection, Count Your Blessings, and Time, which draws on influences that range from ancient and contemporary Celtic features four originals, plus fresh interpreta to Medieval and Baroque, and also borrows from the sounds and styles tions of songs learned from Bill Monroe, Vern of the places where Galicians have settled, including Cuba, Brazil, and & Ray, the Delmore Brothers, Rose Maddox & Argentina. “What the flamenco guitar is to the south of Spain, the gaita Mike Seeger, Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, and Kathy’s is to the north,” he explains. “The pipes have been here for over a thou mother. For an evening of hot bluegrass and sand years. Everyone knows Scottish bagpipes and Irish uillean pipes, cool originals, catch the Kathy Kallick Band at but now they are supposed to be the descendants of the Galician pipes.” the Freight. Carlos and his pipes have crossed countless musical borders. Here are some of the artists who play on his latest album, Discover5IF$IJFGUBJOT +BDLTPO#SPXOF 3Z$PPEFS -JOEB3POTUBEU -PT Ellen Robinson Lobos, Sinéad O’Connor, Laurie Anderson, Hector Zazou, Ryichi Sakamoto, flamenco singer Carmen Sunday October 21 Linares, Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon, Scottish accordionist Phil Cunningham, flamenco guitar ist Vicente Amigo, Brazilian star Carlinhos Brown, Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, and Buena Vista Social Club members Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, and Cachaíto. 'PSBOFWFOJOHPGGBSGMVOHNVTJDXJUIEFFQ$FMUJDSPPUT EPOUNJTT$BSMPT/ÈÁF[BUUIF'SFJHIU Freight Roots Revue David Wagner & the Trickle Downers, Drifter Sisters, Get Happy String Band, the Honey Belles (pre-show) Wednesday October 24 Jazz vocalist Ellen Robinson celebrates David Wagner is a musician and writer from Ohio who cur the release of her third album, Don’t Wait Too rently divides his time between Oakland and Istanbul. Known Long, recorded live at the Freight with her stel on the folk circuit as “The Hobo Professor,” he sings sardonic lar band, featuring Murray Low on piano, Sam PSJHJOBMTXJUIBQIJMPTPQIJDBMPVUMPPLi:PVHFUPVUPGCFE Bevan on bass, Kristen Strom on reeds, and just looking for a reason / to crawl back into bed.” Joining Dan Foltz on drums. The new album includes David will be his longtime collaborators, The Trickle Downers, songs by Joni Mitchell, Blossom Dearie, and featuring Kenan O’Brien on bass, Ethan Byxbe on guitar, Jay the title song by Madeline Peyroux, as well as %PBOFPOGJEEMF BOEUIFUISFFQBSUWPDBMIBSNPOJFTPG"MBOOB Ellen’s latest originals. “This singer delivers Taylor Tobin, Jessie Potter, and Isaac Frank. from the heart,” says the website AllAboutJazz. The Drifter Sisters are Robin Fischer on fiddle, Allegra She “interprets lyrics in such a way that we feel Thompson on vocals, guitar, and standup bass, and Hailey Pexton on them completely.” vocals, guitar, and mandolin. The trio gravitates toward the songs of Born in New Rochelle and raised in George Jones, Buck Owens, Rose Maddox, and Hazel Dickens, espe Connecticut, Ellen learned piano from her DJBMMZUIFPOFTXJUISIZUINESJWFONFMPEJFTBOEPGGDPMPSMZSJDT BT mother and earned a music education degree XFMMBTPMEUJNFGJEEMFUVOFTBOECMVFHSBTTDMBTTJDT(FOSFCFOEJOHJO from Manhattanville College. “I wanted to be UIF$BMJGPSOJBTUZMF UIFTF#BZ"SFBOBUJWFTIBWFDIFSSZQJDLFENVTJD a composer, but my parents said I would never UIBUBQQFBMTUPUIFJSCMFOEPGGBVYJOUFMMFDUVBMJTNBOEEFFQMPWFPG be able to support myself, so I got into music silliness. education,” she says. She was teaching music The Get Happy String Band features Meredith Axelrod from Chicago and Darcy Noonan from in Oakland when drummer, Bud Spangler, who Berkeley singing and playing guitar, fiddle, jug, and kazoo. Brought together by a love of old 78s by IBQQFOFEUPCFB(SBNNZOPNJOBUFEQSPEVDFS such masters as the Mississippi Sheiks, the East Texas Serenaders, and the Memphis Jug Band, the heard her sing—and has since produced all duo plays rags and breakdowns with an old timey sound straight out of 1933. three of her albums. Join Ellen and her band In the lobby before the show, enjoy The Honey Belles—Alanna Taylor Tobin, her sister Jessie Potter, for an evening of jazz that’s intense and pure, her niece Cierra Potter, Jay Doane, and Julie Antti—playing sassy, ukulele swing, with harmonies swinging and loaded with soul. reminiscent of the Andrews Sisters, updated for the 21st century.
A 286 5 Nuala Kennedy Thursday October 25 Bill Kirchen, Hardin Burns open Nuala Kennedy is an Irish singer and flute player steeped Sunday October 28 in the musical traditions of Ireland and Scotland. She has a lovely voice, a warm tone on the flute, and a light composi “ B i l l K i r c h e n UJPOBMUPVDIi6OIVSSJFEZFUGSFFXIFFMJOH MPPTFMJNCFEZFU rules, it’s just that disciplined, her voice is a natural, earthy instrument entirely simple,” says the in concert with her woody flute lines,” says the Irish Times. " V T U J O " N F S J D B O “She is not only an exceptional interpreter of the tradition . . Statesman. “His . her own tunes glisten with freshness. Spellbinding.” OPOPOTFOTFHVJUBS Nuala grew up in Dundalk, County Louth, on the East attack, powered by coast of Ireland, began playing wooden flute at the age of 7, great, booming, bot BOECZXBTQMBZJOHXJUIUIFBXBSEXJOOJOHUSBEJUJPOBM UPNIFBWZMJDLTTUJMM DFJMJEI TPDJBMHBUIFSJOH CBOE $FPMUPJSJ0HB0HISJBMMBi"MM*LOFX wTIFTBZT iXBTUIBU*MPWFE covered with axle the music and I wanted to play all the time.” She broadened her knowledge of Gaelic traditions at grease, is undoubt Edinburgh College of Art, and in 2007 she moved to Inverness in the Scottish highlands for more edly the real thing, intensive study. She has recorded two albums with her former group, Fine Friday, and three solo scattering scorching albums, including her latest, Noble Stranger, an intricate blend of traditional motifs with a modern, guitar runs in all OFPGPMLTFOTJCJMJUZ(VJUBSJTU,ZMF4BOOBKPJOT/VBMBGPSUPOJHIUTTIPX directions. It’s all immediate, in your face, and more than Fundraiser for Rosalie Sorrels a little dangerous.” That’s why Guitar Player Magazine dubbed Bill the Titan of the Telecaster with Barbara Higbie, Terry & David Garthwaite, — the man is a consummate showman who uses his guitar mastery to make music that blends Nina Gerber & Chris Webster Friday October 26 country, Texas swing, and rock and roll in a Rosalie Sorrels played the Newport Folk Festival in IPOLZUPOLCMBTUPGPVUMBXFOFSHZQVSFGVO BOEIBTCFFOBGPSDFJOGPMLNVTJDFWFSTJODF4IF He started off in his college days in Ann credits Malvina Reynolds with turning her natural rebel "SCPSXJUIBiQTZDIPGPMLSPDLwHSPVQUIBU lious streak away from destruction and toward creation brought together some of the musicians for his —and she’s created more than 20 albums, playing with next band, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet artists like U. Utah Phillips, Dave Von Ronk, and Pete "JSNFO XIJDITFUVQDBNQJO$BMJGPSOJBJO Seeger, and entertaining countless audiences at the and changed the musical landscape forever, Freight. Tonight several of her friends are contributing with classics like “Hot Rod Lincoln” and “Down their time and talent in a fundraiser to help defray the to Seeds and Stems Again Blues.” Bill went cost of extensive repairs to her home, a cabin that her on to join forces with Nick Lowe for a decade, father built on Grimes Creek in the mountains north of formed the band Too Much Fun that rocked the Boise, Idaho. Rosalie has completely retired from her long career as a singer, songwriter, and story DC area for several years, and recently moved teller, but she’s coming back to the Freight for a grand finale with Mitch Greenhill and Mayne Smith, to Austin. He’s put together a great band for who have recorded and performed with her frequently over the last 40 years, and Markie Sanders tonight’s show, with Jack O’Dell on drums and on bass. vocals, Maurice Cridlin on bass, and the mae Perennial Freight favorite Barbara Higbie will host the show. A master of both piano and fiddle, stro of Marin County, Austin de Lone, on piano Barbara combines technical brilliance with the pure joy of playing. Her unique compositions weave and vocals. together elements of jazz, folk, and classical with the music of Brazil and Ghana. Oh, and she sings Hardin Burns is Andrew Hardin, best known like a dream as well. GPSIJTMPOHUJNFDPMMBCPSBUJPOXJUITJOHFSTPOH Sister and brother Terry & David Garthwaite joined forces in the groundbreaking Berkeley rock writer Tom Russell, and Jeannie Burns of the band Joy of Cooking, with David playing bass and Terry sharing singing duties with Toni Brown *UIBDBCBTFEUSJPUIF#VSOT4JTUFST and playing guitar. Terry has also produced recordings for a host of talented performers, including If too much fun is just enough, you won’t Rhiannon, Ferron, and tonight’s honored guest, Rosalie. want to miss this rollicking evening. Guitarist extraordinaire Nina Gerber & soulful songstress Chris Webster perform in duo. Nina, is the ideal accompanist, an attentive listener who always seems to know exactly what a song needs. Chris is well known to Freight audiences for her work with Mumbo Gumbo, Darol Anger’s Republic of Classical at the Freight Strings, and guitarist Scott Nygaard. And don’t be surprised if a few more special guests show up to pay tribute to a beloved figure in ViolaMANIA 2.0 the world of folk. Monday October 29 Classical at t h e F r e i g h t Navagraha Utsav brings in the Rita Sahai & her Vasundhara Choir Bay Area’s best classical musi w/ Jennifer Berezan Saturday October 27 c i a n s f o r a n Utsav means celebration. Navagraha means nine planets. Tonight’s hour of out Navagraha Utsav is a celestial celebration, offering classical Hindustani standing cham ragas to bring harmony to the universe. Rita Sahai is an accomplished ber music in an composer and singer from Allahabad, India who performs internationally informal, friendly atmosphere. San Francisco and teaches classes in Hindustani vocal music throughout the Bay Area Chamber Orchestra music director Ben Simon and at the University of California, Davis. She has released five albums, hosts. There’s no stuffiness, no mystification, including Meera, which India CurrentsEFTDSJCFEBTiBSUGVMwBOEiGJSTUSBUF w just an invigorating evening with gifted musi BOEIBTSFDPSEFEXJUI(SBNNZXJOOJOHCBOKPNBTUFS#FMMB'MFDLBOEXJUI cians sharing the beauty and joy of this timeless Alonzo King, whose album Sacred Texts won the Isadora Duncan award art with new audiences young and old. for music excellence. The Vasundhara Choir is comprised of 40 singers of The first ViolaMANIA was a rousing success. all ages, including many of Rita’s students, as well as guest musicians. In Don’t miss ViolaMANIA 2.0—and if you’re a vio 2010, Rita and her choir performed a celebration of Mother Earth, which list, bring your axe and play along—as the Bay the newspaper *OEJB8FTU called “a fabulous performance that created not Area’s top professional violists come together for just thoughts of nature’s beauty, but the experience of nature’s ability to refresh our spirits.” an evening of alto clef, viola jokes, and our sec 4JOHFSBOETPOHXSJUFS UFBDIFSBOEBDUJWJTU +FOOJGFS#FSF[BOIBTBEFDBEFTMPOHIJTUPSZPGNBL ond attempt to break the Guinness world record ing music that blends her political commitment and spiritual sensitivity with her inspiring voice for the biggest viola ensemble ever! There and intrepid guitar playing. Her recent album In These Arms, A Song for All Beings, is based on the XJMMFWFOCFTPNFQSFDPODFSUTIFOBOJHBOTJO Buddhist practice of lovingkindness and compassion, and features voices from around the world, the lobby, including impromptu viola ensemble JODMVEJOH#VEEIJTUOVOTGSPN,PSFB %FDIFO4IBL%BHTBZGSPN5JCFU ,BUJB$BSEFOBMGSPN reading sessions, raffle prizes and silent auction Nicaragua, Jack Kornfield from Berkeley, and tonight’s host and musical guide, Rita Sahai. items on display, vendor tables filled with local BOEOPUTPMPDBMNFSDIBOEJTF BOEXIPLOPXT what else. Join us for Classical at the Freight and enjoy stimulating music, beautifully played. Presented in collaboration with the Northern California Viola Society. 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