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An evening of Guitar, Mandolin & Bouzouki
7:30 Sharon and Dave Thormahlen
Beautiful, original music on beauthifuly made, original instruments. Sharon’s compositions for harp take on a special life with Dave’s hand crafted instruments.
8:30 Adam Scramstad
Band: The Euphemists
Caller: Laurel Thomas
Potluck: Usually there’s a pre-dance potluck
First and Third Saturdays of the month except July, August. Occasional special dances.
All levels Welcome!
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Band: The Barnstormers
Caller: Silas Minyard
Potluck: Usually there’s a pre-dance potluck
First and Third Saturdays of the month except July, August. Occasional special dances.
Local fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves will be Väsen’s special guest.
The Swedish word Väsen has three meanings — essence, spirit, and hullabaloo — making it the perfect name for a band that is part Nordic tradition and part whirling dervish. To its roots in the musical traditions of Uppland, Sweden, Väsen brings playfulness and vitality, transforming venerable polskas and marches into modern groove masterpieces, yet retaining the consummate playing skills and ageless appeal of the best traditional music.
Väsen’s unique sound showcases the playing of Olov Johansson, a virtuoso of the nykelharpa, a bowed, 16-string instrument related to both the hurdy-gurdy and the fiddle, along with violist Mikael Marin and guitarist Roger Tallroth, in a ensemble that swings through dense, sinuous arrangements with amazing intensity and deft interplay, on stage and on albums like their recent Väsen Street.
Public radio’s All Things Considered said of the group, “The absurdly broad term ‘world music’ is rendered useless in the face of these musicians who play with such passion and glee that everything on the globe seems to disappear except their hometown fires. This is ‘local music’ in the best sense of the word—believable, human-scaled, and fluent in the international language of musical interplay.” As one member of Väsen put it more succinctly: “We can promise you one thing. You never know quite what’s going to happen.”
Joanne Rand
Touring nationally for a quarter of a century, Joanne Rand “continues to push the art pedal to the floor,” releasing her 13th CD, “The Nashville Sessions,” a mix of songs recorded during her 2012 guitar apprenticeship in the U.S. music capital. Rand has appeared with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Bob Weir, John Hartford, and recently earned a BFA in Music Composition. Rand’s 2010 CD release was submitted for Grammy nomination by San Francisco Recording Academy’s President. You can’t keep this woman down, her last four CDs (of original songs) were released in the past four consecutive years and in 2012 she toured from border to border in the U.S.
Creighton and Deborah Lindsay with family and friends: Sophie Lindsay, George Penk, Heather Pinney, Dave Plaehn, Rob Birdwell, Bill Foss, Sam Rodgers, and Barbara Gladstone.
“Creighton Lindsay’s music is such an inspiration” – Gus Van Sant
American music at its best
Peter Wilson, Mountain John, Moe Dixon
Three solo performers first met in the late 1970s in southern Vermont while performing on the New England folk music circuit. Over the years they’ve performed as duos and trios across the country. In 2008 they spent a week in the mountains of Pennsylvania dusting off their musical partnership and writing songs. That gathering has become an annual event – dubbed “Troubadour Camp” – and has generated a body of work that includes over 30 songs and an undetermined number of stories.
All levels Welcome!
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Special Friday night dance, sneak preview of one of the 2014 Corvallis Contra Weekend bands: The Syncopaths: The Syncopaths have been playing, jamming and enjoying music together since 2003. They are Ashley Broder – Mandolin; Ryan McKasson – fiddle; Christa Burch – vocals, bodhrán; Jeffrey Spero, keyboard.
Our caller for the evening will be William Watson. We’re extremely fortunate that William calls Eugene home, so we get the pleasure of his calling without the effort to bring him from afar.
Corvallis contras happen on the First and Third Saturdays of the month except July, August. Occasional special dances like this one!
A kafana is a coffee house; a place where the community gathers to share food, drink, ideas, songs, and experiences.
Hailing from Seattle, Kafana Republik faithfully recreates the music of Eastern Europe, including the countries of Macedonia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia. Their repertoire highlights the songs, ballads and dance music that form the heartbeat and soul of these cultures, played with joy and heartfelt respect for the traditions of Eastern Europe.