Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Saturday, October 15 Three fiddlers–from Norway, Sweden, and the Shetland Islands–bring music from their homes as well as from new places and ideas together. Music doesn’t get any better, or emotional, or full of character, than this. Listen to some...
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Tannahill Weavers

Tannahill Weavers–Tuesday, September 20 This dynamic quartet (website here) plays Scottish traditional music at its best. As tight and versatile as any band in the Celtic music scene, Tannahill’s potent mixture of traditional ballads and fiery...
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Dan Newton–Friday, August 19

Dan Newton (Daddy Squeeze) Aficionados know that hearing the accordion can be transformational. Not every accordion can make this happen, nor every player. Daddy Squeeze enjoys mixing up styles and genres that don’t generally seem compatible. “Ethnoclectic...
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Upstate Rubdown

Upstate Rubdown I couldn’t resist inviting this band here. Really good musicians, really good voices, great sensitivity to tradition, and a lot of fun. Extra points for inventing a great band name which among seven musicians must have been trying to say the least....
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Rita Hosking

Rita Hosking Northern California’s own Rita Hosking sings of forest fires, culture clash, demolition derbies, the working class and hope. From NPR to the BBC, and concerts in Europe and North America, Rita moves audiences around the world with her stories in song and...
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Veretski Pass

Veretski Pass, Sat. June 18 A brilliant trio of violin, tsimbl, accordion, basy, tilinka, among other instruments, play music new and old from the borderlands of east and west–Europe and Asia. Find tunes here. Kevin Burke, Tuesday June 21 Kevin is a legendary...
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Gonzalo Bergara Quartet–Saturday, May 21

  Gonzalo Bergara Quartet–Saturday, May 21 Doors at 7 music at 7:30  $20 (all money goes to the musicians)   The all-acoustic Gonzalo Bergara Quartet plays a modern variant of 1930’s Django Reinhardt-inspired gypsy jazz. Composer and lead guitarist...
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The Honey Dewdrops

  The Honey Dewdrops–Sunday, April 3 Doors at 7 music at 7:30  $20 (all money goes to the musicians) Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish share more than many couples. As The Honey Dewdrops, they share stages from venues to festivals across North America,...