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SUNNY Temp: 53 °F Wind: CLM at 0 mph Thursday, November 21, 2002 SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map EXTRA HomeLife Magazine W3 Magazine Jobs @ Mail Tribune Tempo A & E Oregon CarZone Wellness Connection Real Estate Newspaper in Education Prime Times Outdoor Journal Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People CLASSIFIEDS Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Find Everything E SOUTHERN OREGON Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar ABOUT US FAQ What's New Advertise Home Delivery Classified Ad Contact Us Media Kit Email Story to a Friend September 16, 2002 Eclectic Music and More features wide variety By BILL VARBLE Mail Tribune Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem kick off the 2002-2003 Eclectic Music and More season Oct. 5 in Ashland. Tickets are now on sale for the season and the third annual Rogue Valley Blues Festival. Those purchasing tickets to five or more shows receive a 10 percent discount. For details on shows, visit www.stclairevents.com or call 535-3562. Tickets go on sale at Music Coop in the A Street Marketplace one month before each show. Most shows begin at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Center in Ashland. Tickets are $15 in advance and $17 at the door, unless indicated otherwise. Rani Arbo is a pop, jazz and Appalachian string band with four-part harmonies and percussion. Daisy mayhem plays country blues, swing, gospel and more in a fusion of traditional and original music. Arbo plays fiddle. Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser comes to town Oct. 12 with keyboardist Paul Machlis. Widely regarded as one of the top fiddlers in Scotland, he has been a force behind the resurgence of Scottish traditional fiddling. His film credits include performances on "Titanic" and "Last of the Mohicans." November shows begin with Alex de Grassi Nov. 1. Renowned for his technique as much as his compositions, de Grassi is considered one of the world’s top finger-style, steel-string acoustic guitarists. Huun Huur Tu, throatsingers from Tuva, returns Nov. 6 at Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland. Huun Huur Tu, having completed its fourth tour in North America and being a veteran of performances all over Europe, has emerged as the foremost representative of Tuva’s musical culture. The Tuvans, who number some 150,000, preserve some of the world’s oldest forms of music-making. "X��mei," or throat-singing, is a technique in which a single vocalist simultaneously produces two distinct pitches: a fundamental note and, high above it, a series of articulated harmonics. Cosy Sheridan performs Nov. 22. With five CDs on the Waterbug and WindRiver/Folk Era record labels, Sheridan has been called "A Buddhist monk in a twelve-step program trapped in the body of a singer-songwriter." Traveling with her trusty yoga mat, she sings songs about body piercing, a more user-friendly Barbie doll, the loneliness of her elderly neighbor, or how small things in life, like ants, can sew your heart back together. Songwriter/fiddler Laurie Lewis returns to Ashland in her Winter’s Grace holiday celebration Dec. 14. The show features unusual traditional carols such as Watersons’ "Wassail Song" and the German "Heiligste Nacht," and contemporary songs like Betsy Rose’s "Earth Moves in a Mysterious Way." RebbeSoul performs a benefit for Havurah Shir Hadash there on Feb. 15. A versatile musician with an innate gift for stories, Bruce Burger, a.k.a. RebbeSoul, brings a new voice to Jewish music with rock, world-fusion and traditional Hebrew melodies. On Feb. 22, Mary McCaslin takes the stage. She’s a link between traditional folksingers and today’s "new folk" artists. Known for her songs about the West, its landscape and its outlaws as well as songs about relationships, McCaslin has influenced countless other performers. On March 14, Holly Near and Cris Williamson join forces. Both were pioneers in the Women’s Music genre, and both are still writing. Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 at the door. Internationally acclaimed performer and composer Rajeev Taranath performs on the Indian sarod March 22. A disciple of Ali Akbar Khan, he combines the rigor of Hindustani classical music with his own imagination. Taranath has toured India, Australia, Europe, Yemen and the United States. Patty Larkin returns to Ashland April 12. Winner of 11 Boston Music Awards, Larkin is set to release her 10th recording in January 2003. She is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, vocalist and producer. Her latest CD, "Regrooving the Dream," draws on Celtic, blues, R&B, Middle Eastern, samba, country and trip-hop. Tlen Huicani performs April 26. Tlen-Huicani (pronounced tlen wee KAH nee) is an Aztec word that means "the singers." Since its founding in 1973, the group has been dedicated to preserving and promoting the musical heritage of Vera Cruz. Its members are natives of different regions of Vera Cruz who perform the music in its purest style. The 2002-2003 season concludes with a performance by blues artist Kelly Joe Phelps May 10. Phelps is a unique singer and guitarist whose fan base expanded widely in the ’90s. Rogue Valley Blues Festival includes bands, workshops and blues jam The Third Annual Rogue Valley Blues Festival takes place over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend Jan. 17, 18 and 19, 2003. Friday evening features Guy Davis performing his one-man play "In Bed With the Blues: The adventures of Fishy Waters," a loose-knit blues concert, storytelling session and fictional remembrance. The Saturday evening dance features the Curtis Salgado Band. The Lester Chambers, KK Martin and Ronnie Shumake Trio open. A third band is yet to be named. The show is at the Old Ashland Armory, Oak and B streets. Saturday and Sunday feature workshops for musicians during the day. Sunday is a blues jam. Tickets are $45 for a weekend pass, including workshops and the blues jam; $22 for Friday evening; $25 for Saturday evening; $15 for each workshop; $8 for the blues jam. For more information, visit www.stclairevents.com or call 535-3562. Printer Friendly Version Email Story to a Friend Subscribe Archive: Click to Search Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright 1997-2002 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy webmaster feedback A D V E R T I S E R S