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Vance Gilbert, 2007 |
Garnet Rogers, 2007 |
Vasser Clements, 1989 |
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December 2007
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| Saturday, December 1 • 8 PM |
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The Bobs' Christmas Show |
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| www.bobs.com |
 This madcap foursome celebrates the season with witty, tuneful, original a capella songs, and outrageous covers of classics. Their shows are part theater, part comedy, part performance art.
Their "band without instruments" uses voices and body percussion to fill a room with an orchestra of harmonious sounds so wonderous they've earned four Grammy nominations, legions of adoring fans, and just about every a cappella award there is to win. |
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| Sunday, December 2 • 7 PM |
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Hungrytown |
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Rebecca Hall & Ken Anderson |
| hungrytown.net |
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Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson of Vermont take an old-school approach to folk music. Conjuring the ancient, haunting ballads of Appalachia and the British Isles, Rebecca has been hailed as "a true rarity: a new folk classicist" by the Boston Herald.
Combined with Ken's rootsy musical arrangements and '60s-era pop harmonies, the result is an altogether new, yet curiously familiar style they call "retro folk." Ken and Rebecca will be debuting their new CD, Hungrytown Road.
Ken and Rebecca will be debuting their new CD, Hungrytown, and all ticket
purchasers will receive a free copy with their admission! |
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Daniel Nester has published three volumes of poetry and also writes for Poets & Writers, Time Out New York, and Bookslut. He publishes and edits the online journal Unpleasant Event Schedule and is assistant web editor for Sestinas for McSweeney's.
He is an assistant professor of English at The College of Saint Rose. |
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 Be ready for lots of laughs, great songs and entertaining stories with Little Toby Walker, an exceptionaly gifted fingerstyle guitarist who plays traditional and contemporary blues, western swing and ragtime on an authentic 1930 National Steel Guitar.
Toby learned directly from the great musicians of an earlier era, including Etta Baker, Jack Owens and many others. Toby is traveling with a new CD, Just Rolled In, which captures the magic of his live performances. |
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| Saturday, December 8 • 8 PM |
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Friends & Neighbors Holiday Show |
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With John Kirk & Trish Miller, Addie & Olin,
and Linda Schrade & David Kipputh |
 This annual holiday show is a favorite around these parts. Three husband-and-wife teams offer sacred and secular songs of the season, along with plenty of jolly high spirits and seasonal decoration.
Trish & David play banjo, Olin & Linda play guitar, Addie joins in on sax, piccolo and accordion, and someone is bound to haul out a concertina. And everyone, including the audience, sings like an angel. |
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 Thomasina Winslow was born and raised on blues music. She is the daughter of renowned country bluesman Tom Winslow. She spent her childhood performing and touring at his side as part of the Winslow Family band.
Now a mature talent in her own right, Thomasina has played in Europe, in countless NY schools, and in studios and stages up and down the east coast. Her debut album, Essential Tunes, is her "out from under, give back, keep the traditions alive, album." It blends classics such as "Get Back Ole Devil" and "Lord Send Me" with her own passionate originals. |
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 "Raneri serves up the complete package: stunning songs, a jaw-droppingly gorgeous voice and an almost palpable charisma." - Times Union
 Reviewers have called her breathtaking, exciting, the best in New York's Capital Region, a star-in-waiting.
Her joy and energy is electric, immediate and contagious. It's her uniquely rich, throaty voice that hushes an audience and holds their undivided attention. With a modern style all her own, you'll hear hints of jazz, pop and R&B in her melodies.
Folk rocker Michelle Lewis is based in New York City. |
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 We'd present this band every weekend if we didn't have to leave room for everyone else we love.
With a nod to the great tradition of American string bands, and a wink to the classic 60s jug bands, this funky ensemble provides high-spirited good times on banjo, washboard, guitar, mandolin, dobro, kazoo and jug.
Those of you hip to the regional music scene may recognize Bowtie, Cousin Clyde, Mr. Eck, and Wild Bill from current and former starring roles with Blotto, The Star Spangled Washboard Band, Rumdummies, Stomplistics, and the list goes on.... |
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  This evening will pair two of the folk world's fastest rising new talents.
Maine songwriter Jud Caswell's rural roots keep his new folk songs grounded in tradition and essential wisdom. His list of recently won competitions is too lengthy to include here, but includes top prize at Plowshares, Kerrville, Boston Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge, Suwannee Springfest, and more.
German-born Antje Duvekot's "provocative, dark-eyed ballads are becoming the talk of the folk world." (The Boston Globe) Songwriter Ellis Paul said "I think she's going to be the next great American folk singer-songwriter." Her deep, quiet songs will get under your skin. |
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| Friday, December 21 • 8 PM |
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Matt & Shannon Heaton's "Fine Winter's Night" |
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 Enjoy a Winter Solstice night of Irish holiday music featuring imaginative originals that sound traditional alongside centuries-old Irish ballads that sound modern.
This husband-and-wife duo offer heavenly vocals, Irish flute & whistles, guitar, and stellar songwriting. Traditional carols such "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," "The Wexford Carol" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem," blend with their own "Fine Winter's Night" and "First Snowfall of December," along with high energy reels and jigs.
Matt and Shannon are renowned for their stunning musicianship, easy rapport with audiences, and a selection of songs you won't hear anywhere else. |
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 Each December this big, traditional klezmer ensemble squeezes onto the Caffè Lena stage to help Saratoga celebrate Hannukah with an emotionally uplifting performance of Yiddish music, comedy and lessons.
They perform their swinging, danceable songs in English and Ashkenazic Hebrew, making everything accessible to a mixed audience with translations, cue cards, and that universal language that makes your toes tap. |
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 Formed in Saratoga Springs in 1987 power-pop savants the Figgs are known coast to coast for memorable live shows, a steady stream of albums, singles, and EP's, and for backing the likes of Graham Parker and Tommy Stinson.
Their most recent album, Follow Jean Through the Sea, is full of bright invention and ultra-tight playing that takes the basic power pop formula and makes it sound fresh, raw, and exciting again.
This band features Pete Donnelly, Mike Gent and Pete Hayes on guitar, bass, drums infectious harmony vocals. |
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 For more than 25 years these local favorites have performed the music of America with humor and taste. From Hank Williams and the Carter Family to Muddy Waters, Fats Waller and Elvis Presley, the band covers all the bases with grace and style.
This contemporary string band includes John Kribs (Johnny & the Triumphs/McKrells) on guitar, banjo and mandolin, award-winning guitarist Danny Gotham on mandolin, electric slide guitar and acoustic guitar, and Michael Hadfield (Johnny & the Triumphs) on bass and guitar. |
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 From her stunning debut with The Water Lily, through all her varied recordings for adults and children, Priscilla Herdman has established herself as an insightful songfinder and singer of uncommon range, depth and clarity.
She commands the stage with a strength and ease honed by 25 years of experience. While traversing a wide range of human experience she chooses songs of humanistic vision and caring.
Her sound will be rounded out by the impressive fingerwork of guitarist Max Cohen. |
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 Pianist, vocalist, composer and fourth-generation Saratogian Carol R. Daggs kicks off the 1808-2008 Solomon Northrup Bicentennial Celebration with her chamber jazz work Solomon's Suite: A Celebration of FREEDOM Through the Arts.
Daggs will share works in progress and select compositions based on the 19th century narrative Twelve Years A Slave, chronicling the remarkable life of former Saratogian Solomon Northrup who was kidnapped into slavery in 1841 and spent twelve years in involuntary servitude before regaining his freedom.
Carol's beautiful jazz tribute honors not only Northrup, but all those ancestors who have endured and overcome atrocities to benefit those of us who stand on their shoulders today.
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 Boogie woogie piano bluesman Bob Malone will swap sets with Annie & the Hedonists. Buy a 1st Night Badge and enjoy these and many other shows all around town!
Happy New Year! |
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Will Spires,
Jane Voss
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Photo:
Vance Gilbert
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Photo:
Garnet Rogers |
Photo:
V. Clements |
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