July CALENDAR 2014 of EVENTS 2020 Addison Street • Berkeley, California • (510) 644-2020 • www.freightandsalvage.org SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Summer Classes start the week of July 7 check out the jam, workshop, and class information on page 4 Shelley Heather Freight Stage at The Doty & Maloney + Oakland Honeycutters ‘Ukulele • Guitar • Bluegrass Jamming First fast flyin’ tasty Vicki Darlingside honky tonk, Harmonica • Banjo • Theory adventurous folk, Fridays americana exquisite musicianship Randle at 25th & Telegraph Harmony Singing• Songwriting special acoustic evening music from 3-8pm on Friday July 4 $20/$22 July 2 $15/$17 July 3 $17/$19 July 5 Rabbit Rabbit Shasta String Freight Krüger Celebration Medna Open (Carla Kihlstedt Kala Ramnath, Brothers & Matthias Bossi) Matuto David Grier, Usta Mic “unpretentious, engaging Scott Nygaard, popular ground zero cultivated, and & brazilian forró The Bee Eaters, bulgarian band delightfully fresh” Rupa rockers John Hermann, of the co-bill of delightful Nic Gareiss reunites hootenany folk music improvisational, revival eclectic musical styles hosted by Tristan 7:30 showtime & Tashina Clarridge $20/$22 July 6 $5/$7 July 8 $23/$25 July 9 $20/$22 July 10 $19/$21 July 11 $24/$26 July 12 DANCE FLOOR! Woody Guthrie’s American Song Buck Nickels Competition & Loose professionally judged Thursday July 17, 8pm Saturday July 19, 8pm original songs contest Change 7:30 showtime Friday July 18, 8pm Sunday July 20, 2pm boot scootin’ honky tonk $28 advance $32 door Woody Guthrie’s American Song is supported $10/$12 July 13 $7/$9 July 14 in part through the generosity of Credo Mobille Woody DANCE FLOOR! Bay Area DANCE FLOOR! Noe The Guthrie’s Occidental Harmonica Junius Venable Courtney House American Gypsy Convergence folk noir songstress swinging fusion eugene Huggins, returns to the bay Area Big Band w/ Jacks Song of gypsy, jazz, phil berkowitz, with special guest perfect a cappella and dave matthews Odessa Chen 2pm showtime and world music Denise Perrier harmony $28/$32 July 20 $19/$21 July 21 $17/$19 July 22 $17/$19 July 24 $21/$23 July 25 $25/$27 July 26 check out the Freight Can’t make it A Remembering Freight Stage at Open to the Freight? 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Chatham G Kamakahi Gerhard First w/ David Kamakahi, fingerstyle guitar an adventure County Line U Jon Yamasato brilliance every time North Carolinian Fridays Herb Ohta, Jr, co-bill of musical Patrick Landeza excellence S at 25th & Telegraph and Stephen Inglis 7:30 showtime music from 5-8pm on Friday August 1 $5/$7 July 29 concertwindow.com $22/$24 July 31 T $37/$41 August 2 Freight Front Country, Open Phil Dan Frank Solivan Beth Custer The Marsh Bern & Dirty Ensemble Mic celebrating his witty and prolific jazz/funk/ pay your dues, 46th annual folk troubadour latin/rock fusion Amigos freight show Kitchen foot-stomping, play and contemporary accordion- schmooze bluegrass infused 7:30 showtime double-header americana $17/$19 August 3 $5/$7 August 5 $20/$22 August 6 $22/$24 August 7 $17/$19 August 8 $20/$22 August 9 All shows are general admission • doors at 7 pm, music at 8 pm (unless otherwise noted) Ticket discounts: Youth-half price (Ages 21 & under) • Senior-$2.00 Off (Ages 65 & over) • Members-$2.00 Off Classes page 6 • Workshops & Jams page 7 • August 10 & beyond page 7 •Ticketing info page 7 A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATION • www.freightandsalvage.org About the Freight PERFORMER PROFILES: July 2014 The Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse (Berkeley Wednesday July 2 Society for the Preservation of Traditional Shelley Doty & Vicki Randle Music) is a nonprofit community arts orga- Growing up, Shelley Doty listened to jazz and didn’t imagine herself nization dedicated to promoting the under- as a musician until her brothers turned her on to rock and roll. She co- standing and appreciation of traditional founded the popular band Jambay, releasing three independent albums music—music rooted in and expressive of the before disbanding in 1996. In 1999, she won the Lilith Fair Acoustic great variety of regional, ethnic, and social Talent Search and closed the show playing guitar with Bonnie Raitt, cultures of peoples throughout the world. We Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, and Chrissie Hynde in front of 22,000 are supported by your attendance, grants from people. Since then she’s led the Shelley Doty X-tet and co-written and the Alameda County ARTSFUND, Berkeley performed music for the animated science-fiction film Strange Frame: Civic Arts Program, Bill Graham Supporting Love and Sax. The East Bay Express praised her album Over the Line for Foundation of the Jewish Community its “vast reserves of upbeat creative energy,” “deep and soulful groove,” Endowment Fund, The William & Flora and “jubilantly jazzy vocals.” Hewlett Foundation, the National Endowment From the time Vicki Randle was nine, teaching herself to play for the Arts, Bernard Osher Foundation, Wells Beatles songs on an acoustic guitar, she’s been in love with music— Fargo Foundation, musicians’ benefit perfor- singing, writing, playing guitar and percussion. Her jazz pianist father mances, volunteer efforts, and your generous gave her an appetite for improvisation, and artists like Joni Mitchell, tax deductible donations. Ella Fitzgerald, and Led Zeppelin gave her an appreciation of musical diversity. She has toured with George Benson, Laura Nyro, and Kenny Loggins, recorded with Aretha Franklin, and spent 18 years as the first and only woman in the band on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is currently touring with Mavis Staples and playing with Skip the Needle, a funk, rock, and soul band formed with Shelley. Heather Maloney + Darlingside Thursday July 3 Heather Maloney and Darlingside inde- pendently began their musical careers in Northampton, MA, crossing paths only through overlapping posters pinned up on cork boards across town and occasional side-by-side blurbs in local music rags. Last year they teamed up for a tour out to the Midwest, and it didn’t take long for them to realize that they had stumbled upon a powerful combination. A feature in the New York Times of their cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” soon followed, and they released the Woodstock EP earlier this year. Heather has a startlingly soulful voice. No Depression raves, “Her music is riveting, her voice adven- turous, her lyrics thought-provoking,” while Blurt Magazine wrote “Heather Maloney is one of the most talented tradition-based singer-songwriters I’ve heard in some time...the writing is stunning.” Darlingside is an indie folk quartet whose tightly arranged tunes draw from the unexpected, featuring strains of bluegrass, classical, and barbershop. Accompanied by an arsenal of classical strings, guitars, mandolin, and percussion, these four close friends swap instruments from song to song, keeping audi- Contact Info ences across the country on the edge of their seats. 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA The Honeycutters Saturday July 5 94704 The Honeycutters are an original coun- TELEPHONE: (510) 644-2020 try roots band from Asheville. “They’ve got E-MAIL: [email protected] a sound as classic as grits,” says Charlotte’s Creative Loafing. Centered around the WEBSITE: www.freightandsalvage.org songwriting of lead singer Amanda Platt, the band features Matt Smith on pedal steel, Dobro, and guitar, Tal Taylor on mandolin, Board of Directors Rick Cooper on bass, and Josh Milligan on drums. Amanda’s songs, says No Depression, Russ Pollock Beth Sawi Chair Vice Chair “are exceptional, with interesting melodies Kerry Parker Peter Glazer and well-written lyrics sung with a strong Secretary Barbara Higbie and engaging voice that sounds a bit like a John Williamson Jeff Ho blend of Gillian Welch and Loretta Lynn.” Treasurer Clyde Leland The band has shared the stage with Guy John Bidwell Nate Levine Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Tony Rice, The Seldom Scene, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and The Steep Canyon Rangers. Lisa Caplan Steve Meckfessel Folk Alley called their second and most recent album, When Bitter Met Sweet, “a joyful release.” It hit #23 on Nancy Castille Elizabeth Seja Min the Americana chart in 2012, and they have a new album, financed via Kickstarter, almost ready to go. For an Larry Chung Jason Morris evening of good time Appalachian honky tonk, catch the Honeycutters at the Freight. Kathleen Crandall Sarah Robertson John Croizat Linda Tillery Sunday July 6 Russ Ellis Austin Willacy Medna Usta When the first wave of Balkan music Robin Flower Eli Wirtschafter rolled into the Bay Area in the 1980s, the girl group Medna Usta rode the crest. Now Staff they’ve reunited and added a few more stellar musicians to the mix. Inspired by the vocal Nancy Castille Heather Herrington trios of the Kushlevi sisters and the lush Acting Executive Associate Director harmonies of Le Mystere de Voix Bulgare, Director Andrea Hirsig the Bulgarian state women’s choir, Medna Susan Lefkowich House Manager Usta sings Bulgarian and Macedonian trios, Development Director Michael Sawi duets, and solos, accompanying themselves Keith Mineo Webmaster on tambura, a long-necked stringed instru- Concessions Manager Renée Gaumond ment; gadulka, the traditional Bulgarian Bob Whitfield Program Director fiddle; and accordion. Production Manager Tim McGraw The band features Ruth Hunter on tam- Celeste Kopel Volunteer Coordinator bura, accordion, and vocals, Dena Bjornlie on gadulka and vocals, and Anne Cleveland on tambura and Education Coordinator Jo-Elaine Morgan vocals, as well as Steve Finney on flute, or kaval, and Christos Govetas on the Macedonian drum known Chuy Mendeola Box Office Associate as the tapan. Everyone in the band has been active in the Balkan music scene, playing with bands like Publicity Coordinator Pasatempo Rebetika, Dromeno, Balkan Noyz Boyz, Bay Area Balkan Ensemble, Zyko Byko, Voluta Vox, Top Dog Run, Verna Druzhina, and Plovdiv Party Bus.