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A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATION t www.freightandsalvage.org About the Freight PERFORMER PROFILES: August 2012 5IF'SFJHIU4BMWBHF$PGGFFIPVTF #FSLFMFZ 4PDJFUZGPSUIF1SFTFSWBUJPOPG5SBEJUJPOBM Brittany Haas & Lauren Rioux Wednesday August 1 .VTJD JTBOPOQSPGJUDPNNVOJUZBSUTPSHB Two consummate young fiddlers, Brittany Haas and Lauren nization dedicated to promoting the under Rioux, join forces to make music steeped in intricate harmonies and standing and appreciation of traditional filled with deep emotion. Their knowledge of Appalachian music and music—music rooted in and expressive of their experience at the forefront of the contemporary string band the great variety of regional, ethnic, and scene combine to weave a tapestry of heartfelt vocals and progres social cultures of peoples throughout the sive grooves. world. We are supported by your atten Bay Area native Brittany began touring at the age of 14 and joined dance, grants from the Alameda County UIFTFNJOBMDIBNCFSHSBTTCBOE$SPPLFE4UJMMXIJMFTUJMMB1SJODFUPO "354'6/% #FSLFMFZ$JWJD"SUT1SPHSBN  student in the Department of Evolutionary Biology. She played The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, PO4UFWF.BSUJOT(SBNNZXJOOJOH$% The Crow, and performed the Kanbar Charitable Trust, the Walter & in his band on Saturday Night Live. Lauren, besides performing Elise Haas Fund, the Edmund and Jeannik with Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings and Crow Molly, maintains a very active private studio in her Littlefield Foundation, National Endowment home state of Maine. 5IF1PSUMBOE1IPFOJY praised the “quiet strength” of her debut album, All the for the Arts, Bernard Osher Foundation, Wells Brighter,BOEMJLFOFEJUUPiBQBSUZXJUIDMPTFGSJFOETw"DDPSEJOHUPGJEEMFNBTUFS%BSPM i5IF)BBT Fargo Foundation, musician’s benefit perfor 3JPVYUXPXPNBOPSDIFTUSBJTBUPODFUIFNPTUDIBSNJOHBOEGMBUPVUESJWJOHGJEEMFEVFUBOZXIFSF mances, volunteer efforts, and your generous around. They’ll entrance, and then you’ll have to dance.” tax deductible donations. The Paul Thorn Band Thursday August 2 Hailed as the “Mark Twain of americana w1BVM5IPSOCSJOHTIJT Contact Info HSJUUZ HPTQFMJOGVTFE4PVUIFSOSPDLTUSBJHIUGSPNIJTIPNFUPXOPG 5VQFMP .JTTJTTJQQJ XIFSFIFHSFXVQBTUIFTPOPGB1FOUFDPTUBM 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 preacher and went on to box in more than 50 professional bouts, TELEPHONE:   JODMVEJOHPOFXJUI3PCFSUP%VSBO‰CVUUIBUTBOPUIFSTUPSZ1BVMT E-MAIL: [email protected] NVTJDNJYFTUIFIBSEESJWJOHCPPHJFPGUIF"MMNBO#SPUIFSTXJUIUIF WEBSITE: www.freightandsalvage.org soulful wit of John Hiatt. His spirited songs, featured on World Café and All Things Considered, investigate the mysteries of human nature and explore the exalted territory of love and salvation. “Give your soul UP+FTVT w1BVMTJOHT iCFDBVTFZPVSMJQTBSFNJOFw His 2010 album, 1JNQTBOE1SFBDIFST, which All Music Guide lauded as “a great rock & roll album,” topped the americana charts Board of Directors for three weeks and broke into the Billboard Top 100. His latest album, What the Hell Is Goin’ On? SFDPSEFEPOIJTPXOMBCFM 1FSQFUVBM0CTDVSJUZ JTBDPMMFDUJPOPGTPNFPG1BVMTGBWPSJUFTPOHTCZ John Bidwell Peter Glazer PUIFSBSUJTUT1BVMTMPOHUJNFUPVSJOHCBOEJODMVEFTHVJUBSJTU#JMM)JOET LFZCPBSEQMBZFS.JDIBFM Chair Barbara Higbie (SBIBN CBTTJTU3BMQI'SJFESJDITFO BOEESVNNFS+FGGSFZ1FSLJOTi5IFHVZTJOUIJTPVUGJUBSFB Steve Meckfessel Clyde Leland UJHIUVOJUBOEBXFMMPJMFENBDIJOF w1BVMTBZT$PNFIFBSUIFJSNVTDVMBSCSBOEPGSPPUTNVTJD‰ 7JDF$IBJS Ray Murray bluesy, rocking, and full of heart. Nancy Castille Kerry Parker Secretary Russ Pollock Bill Haggerty Sarah Robertson Friday August 3 Treasurer Tito y su Son de Cuba Marci Rubin Heriberto “Tito” Gonzales and his talented band return to the Freight to play Polly Armstrong David Sawi rumba, guaracha, and son‰USBEJUJPOBM IJHIFOFSHZ$VCBOEBODFNVTJDQJPOFFSFE Dion Aroner Steve Sidney by greats like Arsenio Rodriguez and later revived by the film The Buena Vista Larry Chung Linda Tillery Social Club. A celebrated musician and charismatic showman, Tito sings and plays John Croizat Austin Willacy the small Cuban guitar with three sets of doubled strings known as the tres, driv Robin Flower John Williamson Suzanne Fox ing the music and the complex rhythms with delicacy and swagger. His current band includes Miguel Martinez on flute, Julio de la Cruz on piano, David Frazier PODPOHBT $PMJO%PVHMBTPOUJNCBM 4BOEZ1PJOEFYUFSPOWJPMJOBOEDMBWFT BOE New Home Committee Abo Gumroyan on bass. Tito first learned the tres from his father in Havana, but worked for years as $P$IBJST a fisherman, an auto mechanic, and a cab driver before forming a band with his Danny Carnahan fellow cabbies and becoming an overnight Cuban sensation at the age of forty. He Warren Hellman (1934-2011) arrived in the Bay Area a dozen years ago, and when he’s not playing onstage in his trademark fedora, he’s passing along his skills to young musicians in venues like Berkeley’s Jazzschool. Musicians Committee Alex De Grassi, Walter Strauss, Franco Morone Darol Anger Tony Marcus Saturday August 4 Duck Baker Mike Marshall David Balakrishnan John McCutcheon Appearing together for the first time as a triple Greg Brown Libby McLaren bill, these three fingerstyle guitar masters serve up a Bill Evans Steve Seskin smorgasbord of solos, duets, and trios flavored with Kaila Flexer Richard Shindell musical influences from around the world. Mary Gibbons Mayne Smith 0WFSIJTZFBSDBSFFS BDPVTUJDHVJUBSWJSUVPTP Ronnie Gilbert Eric Thompson and Grammy nominee Alex de Grassi has inspired Sylvia Herold Suzy Thompson new generations of solo players and listeners alike Patrick Landeza QBSUJBMMJTUJOH with his fusion of a wide variety of guitar traditions into a highly orchestrated sound. The Wall Street Journal has called his playing “flawless.” Billboard Staff IBTIBJMFEIJTiJOUSJDBUFGJOHFSQJDLJOHUFDIOJRVFw and “uncanny gift for melodic invention.” Steve Baker Heather Herrington Executive Director Associate Director Franco Morone, the Italian poet of acoustic guitar, mesmerizes audiences with his technical prow ess, his original compositions, and unique arrangements of reinvigorated traditional Celtic and Italian Susan Lefkowich Lisa Manning melodies. (VJUBS1MBZFS.BHB[JOF says, “Morone reminds you how truly boundless the fret board is, Development Director Marketing Director and although his chops are monstrous, they never distract from the music.” He has just released Keith Mineo Andrea Hirsig Back to My Best, a new studio recording of his most popular pieces. Concessions Manager House Manager 8BMUFS4USBVTT EVCCFEBiNBOZMBZFSFE NVMUJUFYUVSFE POFNBOGPMLGFTUJWBMwCZ Maverick Bob Whitfield Michael Sawi Magazine, draws on American roots, jazz, and world music to create his own unique sound. An 1SPEVDUJPO.BOBHFS Webmaster accomplished composer and lyricist, he has transposed the intricate music of the kora BTUSJOH Celeste Kopel Renee Gaumond 8FTU"GSJDBOIBSQ GPSHVJUBS DSFBUJOHNJOECFOEJOHSFOEJUJPOTPGUSBEJUJPOBM8FTU"GSJDBOJOTQJSFE 1SPHSBN"TTPDJBUF 1SPHSBN"TTPDJBUF original tunes. Walter, who has toured with both Mamadou Diabate and Mamadou Sidibe, recently Clyde Crosswhite Tim McGraw SFUVSOFEUP.BMJUPDSPTTQPMMJOBUFXJUITPNFPG8FTU"GSJDBTHSFBUFTUNVTJDJBOT BOEJTDVSSFOUMZ Facilities Director Volunteer Coordinator working on a project with Sidiki Diabate, son of the legendary kora master Toumani Diabate.

A 286  2 Theme The Gillette Brothers Sunday August 5 Variations 5IF(JMMFUUF#SPUIFST (VZBOE1JQQ BSFUBLJOHBCSFBLGSPN their cattle ranch in Crockett, Texas to bring real live cowboy A CAPPELLA music to Berkeley. These gents are the genuine article, win September 9 the Bobs ners of the American Cowboy Culture Award for Western Music AMERICANA BOEUXPUJNFXJOOFSTPGUIF8JMM3PHFST"XBSEGPS0VUTUBOEJOH Achievement in the Advancement of Contemporary Cowboy August 11 Misner & Smith Music. Accompanying themselves on guitars, , harmoni 4FQUFNCFS 0#SJFO1BSUZPG DBT UBNCPVSJOFT CPOFT BOELB[PPT (VZBOE1JQQUFMMTUPSJFTPG BLUEGRASS/NEWGRASS/OLD-TIME the Old West and sing classic cowboy songs interspersed with an August 18 Deadly Gentlemen, occasional original. Their aim is to keep cowboy traditions alive, Joy Kills Sorrow exploring the Celtic roots, country , and minstrel and medi September 12 Birthday Celebration cine show songs that have influenced cowboy music, particularly September 13 Berkeley Old Time Music EVSJOHUIFUSBJMSJEJOHQFSJPEPGUIFMBUFTXIFOUIFPQFOSBOHFXBTGMPPEFEXJUIGPMLTGSPNBMM $POWFOUJPO5IPNBT.BVQJO  over the world, including freed slaves and wannabe wranglers from Ireland, Scotland, and Mexico. Daniel Rothwell & Co., The brothers’ sixth and most recent album, Cowboys, Minstrels & Medicine Shows, won the Rafe & Clelia Stefanini, 8SBOHMFSBXBSEJOGPSCFTUUSBEJUJPOBMXFTUFSOBMCVN(VZBOE1JQQIBWFXPOBXBSETGPSUIFJS the Cheap Suit Serenaders chuck wagon cooking as well! If you ever go to Crockett, you can check out their Camp Street Cafe September 14 Berkeley Old Time Music & Store, but meantime, this is your chance to return to those thrilling days of yesteryear when cow $POWFOUJPO3JMFZ#BVHVTX boys sat around the campfire and sang of bright stars and sweet smiles. 5SFWPS5SBWJT4UVBSU 1IBSJT Jason Romero, the Stairwell Sisters Leonard Chiyanike & Erica Azim Wednesday August 8 September 19 Sycamore Slough String Band BLUES Leonard Chiyanike is a master of mbira. He has been QMBZJOHUIJTUSBEJUJPOBMJOTUSVNFOUPGIJTOBUJWF;JNCBCXF August 24 Rory Block for nearly fifty years, and making instruments of the high August 31 Eric Bibb String Band est quality for nearly forty. A beautiful singer fluent in CUBAN many regional styles and tunings, Leonard plays with great August 3 Tito y su Son de Cuba technical proficiency and deep reverence for the spiritual COWBOY foundations of this healing music. The mbira, sometimes described as a thumb piano, is made with steel keys and August 5 the Gillette Brothers the wood of the mubvamaropa tree, and has a sound akin FOLK to that of a steel drum or a marimba, but with its own particular tone and lilt. “Mbira is for the spir "VHVTU 1IJM.BSTI'SJFOET its,” Leonard says, “and it is not something you can just play around with…when one plays it, they GUITAR have to play it with a purpose.” August 4 Alex de Grassi, Walter Strauss, Erica Azim is a Berkeleyan who fell in love with mbiraXIFOTIFGJSTUIFBSEJUBUBHF TUVEJFE Franco Morone with traditional masters in what was then called Rhodesia, and went on to found the nonprofit orga September 30 Teja Gerken, Eric Skye, OJ[BUJPO.#*3"UPTVQQPSUUIFNCJSBUSBEJUJPOJO;JNCBCXFBOENBLFUIFNVTJDBWBJMBCMFXPSMEXJEF Mark Goldenberg She plays one of the first instruments that Leonard Chiyanike ever made. GREEK Akira Tana & the Secret Agent Men Thursday August 9 September 5 HoHLax Trio Akira Tana is a giant of jazz. The acclaimed drummer has worked with PORTUGUESE B8IPT8IPPGKB[[MFHFOET GSPN"SU'BSNFSUP;PPU4JNT 4POOZ3PMMJOT September 1 Ramana Vieira & ensemble to Sonny Stitt, James Moody to Lena Horne. The JazzTimes calls him a JAZZ “consummate pro” with a “nimble touch and reliably swinging grooves.” August 9 Akira Tana & the Secret Agent Men Jazzreview.com has named him “one of the foremost drum performers in "VHVTU 1FUFS"QGFMCBVN+PTI+POFT%VP  modern jazz.” Not only has he played on scores of great recordings, he has Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden produced dozens more, including several albums by TanaReid, his artful col September 8 John Santos w/ Wayne Wallace laboration with the bassist Rufus Reid. His current band, featuring Annie & Orestes Vilató 4FMMFDLPOWPDBMT "LJLP5TVSVHBPO)BNNPOE# +FGG#VFO[POHVJUBS  4FQUFNCFS &SJL+FLBCTPOT4USJOHUFU Gary Brown on bass, Kenneth Nash on percussion, and Melicio Magdaluyo on reeds, plays the music of James Bond like you’ve never heard it before. PIANO Born just down the road in San Jose, Akira earned degrees in East Asian Studies from Harvard "VHVTU 5PN.D%FSNPUU University in 1974 and percussion from the New England Conservatory in 1979. Along with his ROOTS extensive recording work, he has conducted workshops and clinics at universities and music schools "VHVTU UIF1BVM5IPSO#BOE throughout the United States, as well as in South America on a State Department tour. Since moving back to the Bay Area a decade ago, he has taught privately as well as at San Francisco State. QUEBECOIS Spy songs have never sounded so good! August 15 De Temps Antan SONGCRAFTERS August 19 West Coast Songwriters Peter Apfelbaum/Josh Jones Duo, Competition Finals Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden Friday August 10 "VHVTU 4IBXO.VMMJOT August 30 'SFJHIU3PPUT3FWVF Max Newton .VTJDJBO DPNQPTFS BOECBOEMFBEFSFYUSBPSEJOBJSF1FUFS"QGFMCBVNTUBSUFE Kress Cole, Clyde Leland JOOPWBUJOHBTBUISFFZFBSPMEXIFOIFGJSTUQJDLFEVQBQBJSPGESVNTUJDLT BEE September 15 Lucky Kaplansky ing piano and sax in grade school, and by his senior year at Berkeley High, had GPVOEFEUIFQJFDF)JFSPHMZQIJDT&OTFNCMFBTBWFIJDMFGPSFYQMPSJOHOPO SPECIAL EVENTS traditional musical forms. Since then, he’s worked with a staggering array of August 22 A Christmas Carol FYUSBPSEJOBSZNVTJDJBOT NBOZBMTP#FSLFMFZJUFT ‰#FOOZ(SFFO $SBJH)BOEZ  September 7 World Music Journey w/ Diana Steve Bernstein, the late Levon Helm, Harry Belafonte, the Grateful Dead, and 4UPSL %JBOB3PXBO 1PSUJB%JXB  5SFZ"OBTUBTJPPG1IJTIGBNFi8IBUTNPTUTUSJLJOH wTBZTAll About Jazz, “is Daniel Berkman, Teed Rockwell, "QGFMCBVNTHFOSFNBTIJOHBNCJUJPOBTIFCMFOETKB[[XJUIBIPTUPGXPSME Omkar Bhave music influences to form a powerfully grooving sound that’s utterly benign, even STRING MAGIC beatific.” He’s joined tonight by drummer Josh Jones. August 1 Brittany Haas & Lauren Rioux Natalie Cressman, the daughter of Bay Area trombonist Jeff Cressman and August 17 Darol Anger & the Furies singer Sandy Cressman, is a trombonist, singer, and composer who makes August 23 'JEEMF4VNNJU Alasdair Fraser, music with a maturity and range of musical influences far beyond her years. Claudio Rabeca, Brittany Haas As a student at San Francisco High School of the Arts, she played salsa with 4FQUFNCFS &SJL+FLBCTPOT4USJOHUFU &EHBSEP$BNCPOF0SRVFTUB$BOEFMB -BUJOKB[[XJUI1FUF&TDPWFEPT-BUJO+B[[ 4FQUFNCFS 0MPW+PIBOTTPO$BUSJPOB.D,BZ 0SDIFTUSB XPSMENVTJDXJUI+BJ6UUBMBOEUIF1BHBO-PWF0SDIFTUSB #SB[JMJBO XJUI4BOEZ$SFTTNBOT)PNFOBHFN#SBTJMFJSB BOEBWBOUHBSEFKB[[XJUI1FUFS ZIMBABWEAN Apfelbaum and the New York Hieroglyphics. While studying at the Manhattan August 8 Leonard Chiyanike & Erica Azim School of Music, she formed her own band, Secret Garden, who back her tonight BOEPOIFSKVTUSFMFBTFEEFCVUBMCVN Unfolding.

A 286  3 Misner & Smith Saturday August 11 Deadly Gentlemen You might say that Woody Guthrie brought Sam Misner and Megan Smith together as a musical duo. They were performing in Joy Kills Sorrow 1FUFS(MB[FSTUIFBUSJDBMDSFBUJPO Woody Guthrie’s American Song, in Saturday August 18 Nevada City in 2004 when they discovered a mutual love of American SPPUTNVTJDBOEEPXOUPFBSUITPOHTUIBUUFMMDPNQFMMJOHTUPSJFT Since then, they’ve balanced their acting careers with a musical collab oration that has produced three critically acclaimed albums, including their latest, Live at the Freight & Salvage, which Maverick Magazine praised for its “top quality original songs” and “superb harmonies.” Sam plays guitar, Megan plays and upright bass, and their blended voices ring with commitment and vitality. Influenced by folk music and Motown, blues and bluegrass, the pair achieves a sound that is both traditional and contemporary. As actors as well as musicians, they understand the art of embodying a story and the importance of connecting with the audience. Hicks with Sticks has The great thing about The Deadly Gentlemen called Misner & Smith “a Bay Area treasure to be shared . . . with a touch for taking simple ideas is not their technical proficiency—though these and infusing them with unexpected meaning, metaphor, and imagery.” So come out and share the guys do have mad skills—it’s the music they treasure—this is a performance to savor. DSFBUFKPZGVM QMBZGVM BOEPGUFOCFBVUJGVM:PV could say they speak bluegrass with a rock and De Temps Antan Wednesday August 15 roll accent. Greg Liszt, banjo and vocals, earned B1I%GSPN.*5BOEJNNFEJBUFMZXFOUPOUPVS 1MBZJOHGJEEMF BDDPSEJPO IBSNPOJDB HVJUBS CPV[PVLJ BOE playing banjo for Bruce Springsteen. He cur several other instruments, including their feet, these three vir rently tours with . Stash Wyslouch, tuosos from Quebec bring boundless energy and unmistakable HVJUBSBOEWPDBMT CSJOHTBIFBWZNFUBMQBTTJPO joie de vivre to the traditional music of their native land. Since for raking on guitar and screaming in harmony.  SJD#FBVESZ "OES¹#SVOFU BOE1JFSSF-VD%VQVJT Dominick Leslie, mandolin and vocals, used to IBWFCFFOQFSGPSNJOHUJNFIPOPSFENFMPEJFTGSPNUIFTUPNQ be a mandolin prodigy, but now that he’s turned ing grounds of Quebec’s musical past, digging deep into its 20, he’s just damn good. Mike Barnett, fiddle French, Irish, and Scottish roots. and vocals, started touring at 15 with bluegrass 1JFSSFDPODFOUSBUFTPOBDDPSEJPOBOEIBSNPOJDB "OESFPO legend Jesse McReynolds and currently tours fiddle, and Eric on guitar and feet, using his boots as percus with the Tony Trischka Band and the David sion instruments, banging and tapping them on the floor. The Grisman Quintet. Sam Grisman, band has won raves, including this review from the Wheatland and vocals, first learned the ways of music from .VTJD'FTUJWBMi5IFGBDUUIBUUIFZXFSFDPNQMFUFMZVOLOPXO his father, David, and has been playing gigs all UPNPTUGFTUJWBMHPFSTNBEFJUBMMUIFNPSFTQFDJBM8IFOUIFZ his life, fusing traditional bluegrass bass tech took to the main stage late on Saturday night, no one expected nique with an uncanny knack for finding just this unassuming trio to get the entire crowd on their feet by the end of the first tune . . . this group the right unexpected note. Here’s how the band will do great things to advance the awareness of Quebecois music far beyond their own borders.” EFTDSJCFTUIFJSTPVOEi*OTUFBEPGIBWJOHBMFBE You’re likely to find yourself stomping your own feet and wanting to whoop along with the heart singer, we use a nonstop orchestration of some felt music of these talented young troubadours as they tap into the timeless soul of Quebec. what unconventional vocals, with everybody in the band doing everything they can. Expect a Tom McDermott Thursday August 16 MPUPGUISFFQBSUIBSNPOZTJOHJOH HSPVQTIPVU Tom McDermott is a master of the rich musical heritage of New JOH SFBMMZEFOTFSIZNFT BOEBOBMNPTUSBQMJLF Orleans, fluent in ragtime, traditional jazz, and rhythm and blues. phrasing.” However, as a review in the New York Times makes clear, “Mr. McDermott is not simply a follower of tradition or a repository of old tunes. He com QPTFTXJUIJOIJTXJEFSBOHJOHJEJPNXJUIBLOPXMFEHFBCMFGFFMJOHGPS his sources and a sense of humor.” Tom gree up in St. Louis where he earned a master’s in music, and, spurred by his love of James Booker and Dr. John, moved in the early 80s to New Orleans, where he played XJUIUIF%VLFTPG%JYJFMBOEGPSTFWFSBMZFBSTBOEXFOUPOUPDPGPVOEUIF New Orleans Nightcrawlers, becoming such a popular local fixture that in HBO’s Treme he plays himself. Writes Dan Baum on NewYorker.com, “he can do anything. We’ve heard him play ragtime, ‘trad jazz,’ swing, choros from Brazil, musettes from France, and any number of other genres . . . How many other American musicians are writing musettes, for heaven’s sake?” He’s recorded ten albums Joy Kills Sorrow brings its own decidedly BTBMFBEFS XSJUUFONVTJDGPSUIFUIFBUFS BOEJTPGUFOTBNQMFECZ/135PNIBTUPVSFE&VSPQF "TJB  NPEFSOTFOTJCJMJUZUPBOPMEXPSMETPVOE DIBO and South America, but it’s fair to say that his heart belongs to New Orleans and Brazil. If a piece of neling the prodigious abilities of its individual your heart resides anywhere near those places, you won’t want to miss his show at the Freight. NFNCFSTJOUPFMFHBOUBSSBOHFNFOUTBOEXFMM crafted songs. Starting from its deep bluegrass roots, the band gracefully weaves in elements of Darol Anger & the Furies Friday August 17 rock, pop, and jazz to make music than can be In Greek mythology the furies were ferocious godlike avengers who EBSLBOEPGUFOGVOOZBOFXTUSBJOPGGPMLUIBU would swoop down on mere mortals and destroy them with relish. The ruminates on contemporary life and love with only difference here is that when these fantastically talented presences eloquence and wit while saluting the past. Sing swoop down, the result is not destruction but inspiration. Out! Magazine praised the band’s latest CD, This %BSPM BTBGJDJPOBEPTPGTUSJOHNVTJDLOPX JTBGMBUPVUGJEEMFHVSV  Unknown Science, as “an exquisitely recorded unique in his vast range and profound depth, who has spent the past and sequenced set that kept my interest from three decades reinventing American string music to encompass his explo the first riff of the guitar on ‘Kill My Sorrow’ rations of bluegrass, jazz, and musical traditions from around the world. to the last sexy downbeat of ‘You Make Me Feel 5IFHSPVQTUIBUIFGPVOEFEPSDPGPVOEFEJODMVEFUIF%BWJE(SJTNBO %SVOLw8JUIGPVOEJOHNFNCFSBOEBXBSE 2VJOUFU UIF5VSUMF*TMBOE4USJOH2VBSUFU 1TZDIPHSBTT .POUSFVY BOE winning flatpicking guitarist Matthew Arcara, the Republic of Strings ensemble. His playing and composition overflow mandolin virtuoso Jacob Jolliff, uncommon with passion, prodigious technique, and a great sense of humor. He has spent his career enlightening banjo ace Wesley Corbett, distinctive songwriter BOEJOTQJSJOHIJTGFMMPXNVTJDJBOT BOEWJDFWFSTB and bassist Bridget Kearney, and singer Emma That’s where the Furies come in. Rushad Eggleston is a brilliant improvisational cellist who has Beaton, the Canadian Folk Music Awards’ Young played with Republic of Strings, Fiddlers 4, Crooked Still, and Tornado Rider. Maeve Gilchrist is the 1FSGPSNFSPGUIF:FBSJO +PZ,JMMT4PSSPX scariest and most exciting Celtic harpist ever. Sharon Gilchrist is a mandolin marvel who has played lives up to its name, with luminous originals XJUI6ODMF&BSM UIF1FUFS3PXBOBOE5POZ3JDFRVBSUFU BOE-BVSJF-FXJTBOEUIF3JHIU)BOET rich in rhythmic complexity and percussive tex &NZ1IFMQTJTBSFNBSLBCMFWPDBMJTUBOEBTUBSJOUIF1BDJGJD/PSUIXFTUXIPQVUIFSDBSFFSPOIPMEUP ture, and lovely vocals that linger in the mind raise four kids and is now back in the game. When these four powerful forces get together with Darol, long after the show is over. the result is mythical, magical, and downright fun.

A A282866 4 4 West Coast Songwriters Competition Finals Sunday August 19 Rory Block Catch a glimpse of the future when the West Coast Songwriters pre Friday August 24 sent the finals of their annual songwriting competition. Top contenders Rory Block has GSPN8$4QMBZPGGTJOUFODJUJFT‰1PSUMBOE .BSUJOF[ 4BSBUPHB 1FUBMVNB  committed her life Sebastopol, Sacramento, Redwood City, Berkeley, San Francisco, and to the . Hollywood—will perform their original songs before judges Monica A traditionalist and 1BTRVBM PG#MBNF4BMMZ QSPEVDFS TJOHFSTPOHXSJUFS-BSSZ#BUJTUF  a n i n n o v a t o r a t & George Merrill, who penned Whitney Houston’s hit “How Will I Know”. the same time, she The most active association of songwriters in the country, WCS is dedi wields a fiery and cated to providing the environment, opportunities, and tools to nurture h a u n t i n g g u i t a r and promote songwriters. Among the extraordinary talents actively and vocal style that JOWPMWFEJOUIF8$4BSF.JDIBFM.D/FWJO &PJO)BSSJOHUPO 1PMMZBOOB redefines the bound Bush, Steve Seskin, and Wendy Waldman. aries of acoustic It’s well worth checking out the talent on display; you might hear a future classic. blues and folk. “Her playing is perfect,” A Christmas Carol Wednesday August 22 according to the New York Times, “her singing Come experience a holiday classic reimagined for the 21st century when otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shad UIF5POZ"XBSEXJOOJOH OFWFSTJMFOU BMXBZTPGGDFOUFS4BO'SBODJTDP.JNF ows, and legends.” Growing up in Greenwich 5SPVQFQSFTFOUTBTUBHFESFBEJOHPGBOFX XPSLFSPSJFOUFEJOUFSQSFUBUJPO Village, she started playing guitar at ten, took of Dickens’ story of poverty, redemption, and humanity. The evening is a the subway to the Bronx for lessons in blues and GVOESBJTFSGPSUIF.JNF5SPVQFT8JOUFSQSPEVDUJPOPGUIFJS0DDVQZ gospel from the , swapped inspired adaptation of “A Christmas Carol!” stories and guitar licks with seminal bluesman Set in a contemporary Occupy encampment, and written by SFMT resident , and traveled to Washington, D.C., playwright Michael Gene Sullivan, this adaptation tells the classic story from UPWJTJU.JTTJTTJQQJ+PIO)VSUBOEBCTPSCGJSTU the worker’s perspective. It’s exuberant and sobering, full of folk songs, rous hand his technique and creativity. Rolling Stone ing labor anthems, and delivered with the Troupe’s particular brand of scath described her 1981 breakthrough album, High ing political satire. Heeled Blues, as “some of the most singular and Dickens’ novella was written in the heart of the “Hungry ‘40s,” a time of labor unrest, unemploy affecting country blues anyone has cut . . .” ment and starvation across 19th century Europe. The gap between rich and poor was wide— and get Since then, she’s recorded close to thirty ting ever wider. The Cratchits as depicted by Dickens “are an example of where most people actually albums, playing with such artists as Bonnie BSFUPEBZ wTBJE4VMMJWBO XIPIBTTQFOUUIFMBTUZFBSTXJUIUIF5POZ"XBSEXJOOJOHUIFBUFSHSPVQ  Raitt, Stevie Wonder, , Mary Chapin which specializes in political satire and annoying the powerful. Carpenter, Keb Mo, and Mark Knopfler. Her new The San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater of the highest album, I Belong to the Band, is a tribute to the professional quality and performs it before the broadest possible audience, from public parks to pal Reverend Gary Davis. “As far as I’m concerned,” aces of culture. In addition to their free shows, they offer emerging artist residencies and youth says a reviewer in Fame, “this is the pinnacle of theater programs. the woman’s career.” After the evening’s staged reading there will be a reception with live music by the San Francisco There’s nothing more to say except come hear Mime Troupe Band! the blues done right. Freight Fiddle Summit w/ Alasdair Fraser, Phil Marsh & friends Saturday August 25 Claudio Rabeca, and Brittany Haas Thursday August 23 4JODF1IJM.BSTIT GBUFGVMEFCVUJO as the Freight’ inau g u r a l p e r f o r m e r, this flexible, fabu lous, funny folkie has played with the C l e a n l i n e s s a n d Godliness Skiffle B a n d , s e r v e d a s musical director of UIF 1JDLMF 'BNJMZ Circus, written songs $PNFPOPWFSGPSBSPVTJOHFWFOJOHPGGJEEMFNBHJDTUFFQFEJOUBMFOUBOEUSBEJUJPOUIFUI for the San Francisco annual Freight Fiddle Summit. You’ll be in excellent company with host Alasdair Fraser, Brazilian Mime Troupe—and he’s still going strong, mak fiddler Claudio Rabeca, and the exuberant Brittany Haas—as they bow, strum, sing, and pluck up a ing his own quirky blend of traditional folk, storm tonight. country, blues, and clever, offbeat originals. 0OFPG4DPUMBOETMFBEJOHUSBEJUJPOCFBSFST 'JEEMF4VNNJUIPTU"MBTEBJS'SBTFSUSBOTQPSUTMJTUFO We never know exactly what to expect from ers with richly expressive playing that crosses a broad musical landscape including haunting laments 1IJM‰BOEOFJUIFSEPFT1IJM‰CVUXFEPLOPX drawn from the Gaelic tradition, classically styled airs, and raucous dance tunes, all delivered with that the show will feature a flurry of guest per sincerity, flawless virtuosity, and the sweetest of sounds. The variety and expressivity of Alasdair’s formers, including the triumphant reunion of playing is evident in his numerous recordings—from intimate fiddle/guitar duets, to a more con Energy Crisis, with Tom Ralston of Sea Train UFNQPSBSZJOUFSQSFUBUJPOPGUSBEJUJPO UPIJHIFOFSHZPSJHJOBMUVOFTXJUIIJT4LZFEBODFCBOE)JT fame and Bruce Barthol, the founding bass recent recordings include Fire and Grace, the Scots Trad Album of the Year for 2004, and last year’s player in Country Joe and the Fish. Steve Baker In the Moment, which the Boston Globe called “as urbane as a Manhattan midnight and as wild as a has agreed to sit in on a couple of tunes. Larry Clackmannan winter.” Hanks and Deborah Robins, recently returned Singer, songwriter, and director since 2005 of the Olinda Quartet, Claudio Rabeca is a master of from a national tour, will sing a few songs, and UIFJOTUSVNFOUUIBUTIBSFTIJTOBNF5IFSBCFDBJTBGJEEMFGSPNUIF1FSOBNCVDPSFHJPOPGOPSUIFBTU 1IJM(SFFOCFSH (BSZ4BM[NBO /BODZ$PMNBO  Brazil, where Claudio has been a leading force on the music scene since 1999. He sings and plays 1PMMZ'SJ[[FMM BOE#PC+PIOTPOTIPVMEBMTP SBCFDB TUSJOHWJPMB BOEHVJUBS*OIFSFDPSEFEIJTGJSTUTPMPBMCVN Light Baião. In 2011 he be joining the fun, as well as several mystery produced the double album, 3BCFRVFJSPTPG1FSOBNCVDP, featuring 24 rabequeiros from the region, HVFTUTXIPTFJEFOUJUZ 1IJMTXFBST NVTUGPS with interpretations and unpublished photos. This year he will tour five cities in Brazil with special now remain secret! guests in each city. Come celebrate 44 years of the Freight with #SJUUBOZ)BBTJTBGJWFTUSJOHGJEEMFQMBZFSGSPN/PSUIFSO$BMJGPSOJBDVSSFOUMZSFTJEJOHJO#PTUPO our inaugural performer. There’s a rumor that "NFNCFSPGUIF#PTUPOCBTFEBMUFSOBUJWFCMVFHSBTTCBOE$SPPLFE4UJMMBOEBOBMMHJSMJOEJFPMEUJNF Nancy Owens, originator of the Freight during band called The Fundies, she has toured the world with groups such as Darol Anger’s Republic of UIF&BSMZ+VSBTTJD1FSJPE XJMMESPQCZUPCMPX Strings, Yonder Mountain String Band, Tony Trischka, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, and The PVUUIFCJSUIEBZDBOEMFT1IJMEPFTOUVTFUIF 8BZCBDLT4IFQMBZFEGJEEMFPO4UFWF.BSUJOT(SBNNZXJOOJOH$% The Crow, and performed in word dern lightly, but he promises that the IJTCBOEPOOBUJPOBM57*OTIFSFMFBTFEIFSEFCVUTFMGUJUMFETPMPBMCVN QSPEVDFECZ%BSPM music is going to be dern good. "OHFS3FDFOUQSPKFDUTJODMVEFBTPPOUPCFSFMFBTFEBMCVNXJUI)BSEBOHFSGJEEMFSBOEDPNQPTFS Dan Trueman, featuring their original music.

A 286  5 Shawn Mullins Sunday August 26 i-JGFJTHPPEUPEBZw‰UIBUTBMJOFGSPNi5PFT wUIFDIBSUUPQQJOH September 2012 TJOHMF4IBXO.VMMJOTDPXSPUFGPSUIF;BD#SPXO#BOE BOEJU seems an apt description of how things have been going for Shawn lately. Since his hit single “Lullaby” earned a Grammy nomination Ramana Vieira in 1999, he has produced an outstanding body of work, featuring & Ensemble his accomplished guitar playing and trademark baritone, which Saturday September 1 somehow manages to be gritty and tender at once, on intricately crafted songs like “Shimmer” and “Beautiful Wreck.” On his 18th .VOEP1PSUVHVºT and latest album, Light You Up, he has changed his approach to magazine describes songwriting and embraced collaboration, penning nine of the Ramana Vieira as 11 songs with folks like Nashville pro Chuck Cannon and Glen “The new voice of 1IJMMJQT MFBEFSPG5PBEUIF8FU4QSPDLFU1FSIBQTJUTOPDPJODJ 1PSUVHVFTF XPSME dence that Shawn’s affinity for collaboration coincided with the music.” R amana birth of his first child. “Even in the hospital with our new son, something changed for me,” Mullins pulls traditional fado TBZTi*UXBTBMNPTUMJLFOPUIJOHFMTFNBUUFSFE*UGFFMTUIBUEJGGFSFOUOPX"OEBUUIFTBNFUJNF DP music into the 21st writing has become a sort of community for me.” century with her Shawn has toured with the Indigo Girls—Amy Ray was a high school friend—recorded with Elton powerful vocals and +PIO BOEDPGPVOEFE5IF5IPSOTXJUI.BUUIFX4XFFUBOE1FUF%SPHF)FHSFXVQJO$MBSLTUPO  unique stylings, jux Georgia and is still based in Atlanta, but his songs often tell stories of hopeful souls in Southern taposing unconven getting lost and trying to find themselves. “They fell in love on the 101,” he sings of the tional instrumental TUBSDSPTTFEDPVQMFJOi$BMJGPSOJBw5IFXPSMEJOB4IBXO.VMMJOTTPOHNBZCFGVMMPGHMJUUFS CVUiUIF layers over fado’s haunting melodies and melan neon burns just a little too bright.” If you like incisive lyrics, swooping guitar lines, and an unforget choly stories of heartache and disappointment. table voice, don’t miss Shawn at the Freight. #PSOJO4BO-FBOESP $BMJGPSOJBUP1PSUVHVFTF immigrants, Ramana’s personal relationship to fado lies deep in her family history. Her grand Freight Roots Revue father was a famous musician and composer from Madeira Island and Ramana heard the Max Newton, Kress Cole, Clyde Leland, Thursday August 30 WPJDFTPG1PSUVHBMTQBTUBUBZPVOHBHF JODMVE Three stalwarts of the local songwriting scene ing that of her main influence, the “Queen of bring their stellar originals to the Freight. Fado,” Amália Rodrigues. Berkeley resident Clyde Leland grew up in Ramana sings songs both traditional and San Francisco and has been writing songs to original, including tunes from her 2010 CD, entertain friends and family with his guitar and Lagrimas De Rainha 5FBSTPGB2VFFO  banjo for the last fifty years. Clyde’s songs are Tonight she is joined by Laura Boytz on cello, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, some .JDIBFM.D.PSSPXPO1PSUVHVFTF(VJUBSSB  times political commentary, and almost always 4UFQIFO-B1PSUBPOQFSDVTTJPO BOE"MCFSUP in the key of C. His songs have won awards from Ramirez on electric bass. the West Coast Songwriters Association and wild acclaim from his family and friends. Kress Cole drove her red guitar to West Coast Songwriters competition stages in eleven cities and HoHLax Trio brought home eight “Best Song” titles for her efforts. Kress writes emotionally honest and memorable Wednesday September 5 songs like her latest favorite, ‘Jesus Was a Lonely Girl.’ Kress has been called “a total quirk monster” and “the next Ani Difranco” and her grandma says she is good looking. .BY/FXUPO BLB$BSTPO5SVDLT 3VGVT-FF,JOH5IF3BGUFSTBOE4IBZ,JOCBLFBNPOHPUIFST  has been playing open mics off and on at the Freight since 1979 and hoping someday someone would let him do more than just one or two of his songs. Seems hoping works sometimes. A longtime mem CFSPGUIF8FTU$PBTU4POHXSJUFST IFDVSSFOUMZDPIPTUTUIF'JSTU4BUVSEBZ)JQQJF(ZQTZ$BGF0QFO Mic with Freight stalwart Jim Carter, aka JC Tourbillion, and emceed Country Joe’s Open Mic a few years back. Max hopes you wear dancin’ shoes and says, “The chopsticks are yours to keep.”

Eric Bibb String Band Friday August 31 Tonight allow the HoHLax Trio to take you Fresh from winning the Acoustic on a spellbinding musical journey to Greece, Artist of the Year award from the Blues from Asia Minor to the islands, from the country Foundation in Memphis, Eric Bibb TJEFUPUIFEBSLBOETIBEPXZTUSFFUTPG1JSFVT brings his stellar band to the Freight with a repertoire of traditional and urban songs for an evening of blues classics and spanning 20th century Greece. originals. “The foundation of my play Formed in 2007 on the Greek island of ing and my songwriting is a broad Amorgos, the trio is violinist Jaime Smith, a base of roots of American music,” Eric native Californian who went to Greece on a says. “It’s blues, it’s country, it’s work Fullbright scholarship and has been living and songs, it’s ragtime, it’s spirituals. All of performing there for 12 years; celebrated bou those things are in the hopper.” With zouki player and concert and nightclub musi a Grammy nomination and four W.C. cian Orestis Koletsos; and Greek television and Handy nominations, Eric has recorded 19 albums in his illustrious career, with guest appearances recording artist and singer Apostolis Kounis, GSPNGSJFOETMJLF1PQTBOE.BWJT4UBQMFT $IBSMJF.VTTFMXIJUF #POOJF3BJUU BOE5BK.BIBM/PUPOMZ who also plays guitar and oud. Much like the is Eric a fingerpicking wonder on the guitar, but according to the Sunday Times, he’s “blessed with PGGUIFCFBUFOUSBDLCFBDIJO(SFFDFGPSXIJDI one of the most soulful voices in popular music.” they’re named, this talented and accomplished Eric grew up in a talented musical family. His father Leon was part of the New York folk scene of trio applies their unique energy and force as UIFT)JTVODMFXBTXPSMEGBNPVTQJBOJTUBOEDPNQPTFS+PIO-FXJTPGUIF.PEFSO+B[[2VBSUFU they carry on the music traditions of Greece. 'BNJMZGSJFOETJODMVEFE1FUF4FFHFSBOE0EFUUB&SJDTHPEGBUIFSXBT1BVM3PCFTPO&SJDMJWFEJO 4UPDLIPMNGPSTFWFSBMZFBST XIFSFIFGPVOEBUSFBTVSFUSPWFPGGBOUBTUJDQSFXBSCMVFTEJTLTi*XBT able to dive into some obscure stuff and stay with it long enough to become part of what I do in terms of singing and writing.” A performance by Eric Bibb is an enriching experience, both musically and spiritually. His band is SFNBSLBCMFUPP%JSL1PXFMM BMPOHUJNF'SFJHIUGBWPSJUF IBTQMBZFEGJEEMFBOECBOKPXJUI+BDL8IJUF  5#POF#VSOFUU +PBO#BF[ BOE-PSFUUB-ZOO$FESJD8BUTPOJTBGPVSUJNF(SBNNZOPNJOBUFEGJE dler, singer, accordionist, and songwriter with four albums of his own to his credit. These immensely talented musicians meld traditional blues forms with a subtle contemporary sensibility to make music that should not be missed.

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Ramana Vieira & Ensemble the new voice of Portuguese world music Saturday September 1

Learn to Play: Classes, Jams, Workshops

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