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Musica Pacifica

Musica Pacifica

Musica Pacifica--Saturday, October 6 Make Reservations Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica has made its mark on the early music scene here in the Bay Area and beyond.  They've performed several times at the Berkeley Early Music Festival, as well as at other festivals and...

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Musica Pacifica

John Whelan & Haley Richardson

John Whelan & Haley Richardson--Friday, September 28 Make Reservations Seven-time all-Ireland champion John Whelan is one of the world’s best living Irish button accordion players. John was raised in the vibrant London Irish music scene of the 1970s, and learned...

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Musica Pacifica

Western Centuries

  Western Centuries--Saturday, September 1 RSVP This is not country music. The first generation of country artists borrowed from everything around them: Appalachian stringband, Texas fiddle traditions, cowboy songs, Delta blues. Western Centuries uses every...

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Musica Pacifica

Elizabeth Blumenstock

Elizabeth Blumenstock -- Saturday, June 9 Virtuoso baroque violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock is a local treasure. Bay Area early music fans know her well from her many years with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and American Bach Soloists, often in the concertmaster's...

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Musica Pacifica

Sean Watkins & The Bee Eaters

Sean Watkins & The Bee Eaters -- Sunday, April 1 The Bee Eaters combine the fine details of chamber music, the velocity and high spirit of bluegrass, and the melodic resourcefulness of pop music. This band has a unique American sound. Grand National Fiddle...

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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms

Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms might be two of the finest traditional musicians in America. Their sound is a throwback to the heyday of rural American dance-hall music. NPR says, “If they had been born in 1930, the two Portland musicians would be pop stars.” But Caleb...

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