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Musicians from all over are coming together to perform in a benefit concert for The Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence. Come hear Ian Priestman, Audrey Perkins, Scott McAleer, Janeen Phillips, Dan Stone, Tom Chase, Ron Sharman,Tom and Ellen Demarest and me for an evening of acoustic music.
December 7th is the last day of the term, so you can celebrate the end of the term and support a great cause at the same time.
This evening is part of the Best Cellar music series, which, once a year, donates it’s money to CARDV. The Best Cellar is a low cost, family friendly evening of acoustic music.
Unique Vocal Harmonyand Stomp Comes to Corvallis
Sunday February 10, 2013, 7:00 PM
*Tickets will be at Grassroots Books by January 9.
Harmony-lovers, this is for you! From California, the enchanting moira smiley & VOCO are gorgeous harmony singers that accompany themselves on cello, banjo, accordion, and ukulele.
They bring old American shape-notes and new hambone, strains of Eastern Europe and sweet new original songs to vibrant life. Come prepared to sing & stomp along!
Karen Savoka and Pete Heitzman are bringing their soulful, funky music to Summit on Saturday.
Savoca puts her heart into a song the way a great actor throws herself into a role, charming audiences with a supple alto and a boundless range of expression. A gifted songwriter, she draws you into her world of humor and compassion, telling stories with grace and ease, as though you’ve been invited to her table for supper.
“A true virtuoso of groove, Heitzman has a sly touch that, combined with Savoca’s in-the-pocket drumming and spectacularly soulful vocals, gives the duo the impact of a four-piece band.” -Acoustic Guitar Magazine
“Electrifying, unique and always uplifting, these improvisational performers have the fearlessness of a high wire act working without a net.” -Six String, Columbus, OH
https://www.karensavoca.com/index.html
You are welcome to bring a snack or drinks to share before the concert or at the break.
In a special single-act Best Cellar, Judy Fjell, former Corvallis singer-songwriter, returns to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the CFS Best Cellar Coffeehouse
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
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.”
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.
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.
Longtime local favorites, with special guest Frank Viola from New Jersey.
They put on a great concert last spring and are sure to do so again!
An evening of acoustic folk and blues.
Multi award-winning Scottish song duo
accompanied by Aaron Jones of Old Blind Dogs.
Special guest Rebecca Lomnicky