notloB is Coming out of Hibernation, presenting Rushad Eggleston December 5 & 15

notloB Parlour Concerts has been in a long hibernation (its last concert, entitled "Celebrate Midsummer Eve with Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert" was June, 20, 2018), waiting for a "special" artist to present for its 200th. That "special" artist has turned out to be the one and only Rushad Eggleston, founding member of Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, Crooked Still, and Tornado Rider, and six-time notloBBer.

Concert #200 will be Thursday, December 5, appropriately at Outpost 186 in Inman Square, Cambridge, a familiar notloB haunt, which was the home to 29 presentations between February, 2013 and July 2015; coincidentally, the first there was #100, headlined by Eggleston.  #201 and 202 will be Sunday, December 15 at a new venue in Harvard, MA, its 19th century library re-purposed as a gallery/performing arts center, "Fivesparks." 

Jeff Boudreau, notloB’s chief cook and bottle washer, has had his eye on Fivesparks for some time and actually had two concerts planned but first a construction delay then a completion delay nixed both. "The first cancellation was particularly hard to take", opines Boudreau, as it would have been a fabulous birthday present. Fivesparks construction did not began until two months after the planned date. The second had been planned for March, 2019.

"But now we're back with a trifecta", explains Boudreau. Rushad called just a couple weeks ago, not knowing I had moved to Harvard in 2017, asking for a "Boston gig". After establishing I was now 35 miles west of Inman Square, he asked if we could do two gigs, one each in Cambridge and Harvard. Having seen Rushad perform numerous times for children at the Rhythm and Roots (Rhode Island) and Grey Fox Bluegrass (New York) festivals I came up with the idea of two Harvard concerts, an afternoon children's and evening adult. That is how things evolve when working with Rushad." Boudreau is hopeful the Eggleston concert will be the first of a new curated acoustic music series with old notloB friends, who include notable fiddlers Darol Anger, Brittany Haas, Natalie Haas, Hanneke Cassel. See the complete artist list at https://www.facebook.com/pg/notloBParlourConcerts/about/

About the artist:
“Eggleston is an eclectic, whimsical, inventive performer and personality…a cello player with a difference. Calling himself the Ambassador of Sneth and Wild Cello Goblin, Eggleston improvises in fiddle styles on the cello. Now touring the world—from Italy to Belgium and beyond—as a solo performer on cello, vocals, and kazoo, he wears a jester costume and sings in his own imaginary language.”

Gigs:

Thursday, December 5, 8pm at Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA

notloB's 200th concert!
Suggested donation $15-20.
https://www.facebook.com/events/450608318973615/

Sunday, December 15, 5pm (kids) & 7pm (adults) at Fivesparks, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA.
Suggested donation $10 kids, $15-20 adults, $10 seniors.

https://www.facebook.com/events/745304965989059/

Etc.
Reservations for all: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-parlour-concerts-6730833315
Doors open 15 minutes prior to performance time.

Artist biographies:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushad_Eggleston
 https://www.berklee.edu/people/rushad-eggleston

Questions/more information:
email - notlobreservations@gmail.com

Phone – 978-226-8862

 Jeff Boudreau and Rushad Eggleston
Outpost 186
February 12, 2013
Photo credit Jon Strimish

About notloB Parlour Concerts:

Since 2007, notloB Parlour Concerts has presented 200 folk, Old-Time, Blue Grass, Progressive String, Celtic, and World concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area.Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/

notloB Music presents Shawna Caspi in an intimate house concert in Harvard, 9/27

notloB Music has been on hiatus since April, but we're back to present Shawna Caspi from Ontario.

"Shawna Caspi is a mighty singer, a fingerstyle guitarist, a story sculptor, and a truth-teller, performs solo, but there’s a whole band under her fingertips. A mighty singer, a story sculptor, and a truth-teller, she has toured across Canada and the USA and believes in poetry and the power of one person and one instrument, accompanying herself with a remarkable lyrical fingerpicking guitar style. Shawna loves the landscapes of her travels and while weaving them into her songs, she has also been portraying them on canvases, painting one-of-a-kind works of art inspired by the rich scenery she sees on tour.”

“Shawna Caspi has the rare gift of presence, a warm presence that immediately invites audience engagement, from the first strum of her skilled guitar playing to the last exquisite note she sings. Shawna’s lyrics show, her music and delivery tell; her songs are beautiful stories that stay with listeners long after the CD is spun, long after the gig is over.”
– Andy Frank, Toronto, ON, Founding Partner, Roots Music Canada

Where: A private residence in Harvard, MA. Address will be given when reservation is made.
When: Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Doors 7:00pm, Start 7:30pm
Bring: A dessert to share and BYOB.
Suggested Donation: $15-20
Reservations / address: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shawna-caspi-house-concert-tickets-38174877085
More Info: 978-226-8862
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/491253224594939/
Artist’s Website: http://www.shawnacaspi.com/

notloB Music is Awakening from Hibernation

Since our presentation of Andrea Beaton, Wendy MacIssac & Eric MacDonald on June 1, notloB Music has been hibernating. But that will be ending soon!

We are returning to the land of notloB, where it all began. On Thursday, April 27 we will present one of the finest Scottish bands in the world in the 150 seat sanctuary of the Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church (HUUC).

The announcement will be made on or about February 17 first to our mailing list then to our Facebook page and our new website (now under construction, due February 21)! Mailing list subscribers will be able to access tickets first, so if you are not already subscribed, now is a good time to do so.

We will also be presenting in listening rooms in the Greater Boston area.

The hibernation is over, notloB is back!

Let the Orgy Begin!

WHRB SPRING ORGY
May 1-18, 2014
95.3fm and streaming at whrb.org
http://whrb.org/programs/mayjun2014.pdf

What is a WHRB Orgy®?
Legend has it that the WHRB Orgy® tradition began over sixty-five years ago, in the Spring of 1943. At that time, it is said that one Harvard student, then a staff member of WHRB, returned to the station after a particularly difficult exam and played all of Beethoven's nine symphonies consecutively to celebrate the end of a long, hard term of studying. The idea caught on, and soon the orgy concept was expanded to include live jazz, rock, hip-hop, blues, and even sports Orgies.
The Orgy® tradition lives on even today at WHRB. During the Reading and Exam Periods of Harvard College, WHRB presents marathon-style musical programs devoted to a single composer, performer, genre, or subject. The New York Times calls them “idealistic and interesting,” adding, “the WHRB Orgies represent a triumph of musical research, imagination, and passion.”