Harvard
– On Sunday, December 15, notloB ParlourConcerts came out of a long hibernation to present its 200th
concert, an old friend, cellist Rushad Eggleston at Fivesparks. The well-attended
concert has sparked a monthly stringed instrument-based acoustic music series in
Harvard's refurbished and repurposed
1891 library. Admission to the concerts is by donation, with 100% going to the
artists.
Dates and artists subject to change, see notloB ParlourConcerts for current information.
Artist biographies.
Saturday, February 22
Noah y Maurizio
“Re-imagining the String Band”
Noah y Maurizio is a Boston-based band
that comes out of the vibrant musical environments of the Berklee College of
Music and the Acoustic Music Seminar at the Savannah Music Festival. The
individual members of the group are widely recognized as emerging artists in
the acoustic music scene, but come from varied musical backgrounds -
Traditional and Contemporary, Appalachian and Venezuelan, Brazilian and Jazz
influences combine to give Noah y Maurizio a unique sound and broad appeal.
Their debut album “Acoustic Travelogue” is set to come out in Spring
2020.
Noah and Maurizio met and became friends in 2017 while studying Jazz
Composition at Berklee. In 2018, Noah and Parker Ousley attended the
Acoustic Music Seminar at the Savannah Music Festival and bonded over their love
of many different kinds of music, workshopping tunes with each other and
eventually performing together at the festival with Canadian fiddle player
extraordinaire Clara Rose.
Upon returning to Berklee, Noah talked to Maurizio about putting together a
group to explore each other’s music, and suggested involving Brazilian guitar
guru Joao Perrusi, and they experimented with leading downsized Jazz orchestras
for a time
In February of 2019, Clara reached out to Noah saying she was coming to visit
Boston for a week, and they decided to put together a few shows to celebrate!
Noah contacted Maurizio and asked if he wanted to try something very
different than the Jazz Orchestras they’d been leading, and Maurizio said sure.
Parker Ousley and Joao Perrusi came onboard to round out the group, and
Mandolin maniac Ethan Setiawan topped it all off. After a furious week of
rehearsing brand new material, the shows went off without a hitch, and the
group even found time to record an entire album with the great engineer Alex
Leiva.
After Clara returned to Canada, Maurizio and Noah agreed that they had found
something special, and wanted to continue the project. They brought on
the indomitable Sofia Chiarandini to take up the all-important role of fiddle
player, and became Noah y Maurizio!
Since then they have played at Grey Fox 2019, WBUR Cityspace, Rabb Hall, and
all around the Boston area.
"Noah
y Maurizio's debut album is an inspiring display of brilliant solo and ensemble
playing, as well as beautiful tune writing and arranging. This is a
special group with a unique sound - definitely worth keeping an eye on this
group!" - Mike
Block
Saturday, March 21
Josie Toney Stringband, featuring Sam Leslie
on guitar, Gabe Hirshfeld on banjo, and Mike Siegel on upright bass.
Josie Toney is a versatile musician drawing from a deep familial
background in traditional music. Hailing from Olympia, Washington, Josie now
lives in Boston, MA. Josie has performed at Festivals around the country, such
as Grey Fox, FreshGrass, Old Tone, and 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival. She is a
sought after private instructor, and has taught at Fiddle Tunes in Port
Townsend, WA, Bruce Molsky & Debra Clifford’s Old Time Rollick at Ashokan,
and the Passim School of Music in Boston.
Josie is a graduate of The Berklee College of Music, where she
received the Sam Eisenson Award for Country Music. In September of 2019 she won
the FreshGrass fiddle championship. Josie’s acoustic string band showcases a
variety of early country music, from the Old Time of the Appalachian Mountains
to songs from Honky Tonk Heroes like Hank Williams and Kitty Wells. This
concert will feature Sam Leslie on guitar, Gabe Hirshfeld on the banjo, and
Mike Siegel on the upright bass.
“Josie Toney is one of the compelling, wonderful new voices
bringing traditional music into today’s musical fabric. In performance, her
lifetime and love of playing will draw you in immediately, with fearless,
heartfelt singing and powerful fiddling (sometimes both at the same time,
something I really love). Josie’s musical energy and chops are nothing short of
uplifting, a joy to hear!” - Bruce Molsky
“A Vegetable and Band”
Friday, May 22
Flynn Cohen and Matt Heaton
https://www.flynncohen.net/
https://mattandshannonheaton.com/
Flynn Cohen and
Matt Heaton are two of New England’s most experienced acoustic guitar players,
each having performed with some of the finest performers in folk music. They
also double on mandolin and bouzouki and create sophisticated arrangements of
traditional and original material, including influences of Irish traditional
music and bluegrass. Acoustic Guitar magazine says of
Matt, “Powerfully rhythmic playing” and Dirty Linen magazine calls
Flynn “a versatile string virtuoso.”
Saturday, June (date tba)
Evie Ladin and
Keith Terry
Innovative musicians/dancers with a quirky neo-trad soul, Oakland,
California-based Evie Ladin & Keith Terry throw down original folk songs
and deep interpretations of old songs, with the kinetic thrill of percussive
dance.
Ladin sings and plays infectious clawhammer banjo, while Terry is a master
percussionist. It was Appalachian string band music pared to the absolute
minimum of accompaniment, but packed with an orchestra’s worth of rhythm. —
Music City Roots, Nashville
A prolific singer-songwriter, percussive dancer and square dance caller, the
polyrhythmic heat of Evie’s clawhammer banjo has been heard from A Prairie Home
Companion to Celtic Connections, Lincoln Center to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.
She can write, she can sing, and she pulls back from the saccharine brink with
wit – a sharp intelligence. –Grant Alden, No Depression
Trained as a jazz drummer, Keith Terry brings tonal percussion to stand-up
bass, is a renowned percussionist/rhythm dancer, the founder of the
International Body Music Festival, and a collaborator with a host of inventive
performers from Bobby McFerrin, Tex Williams and Robin Williams, to Turtle
Island Quartet, Charles “Honi” Coles and Bill Irwin. Mr. Terry in action is
like visiting an anatomical carnival, where hands, feet, fingers, engage in a
musical ballet. – Wall Street Journal
Evie & Keith perform for all ages, and are skilled educators, often
offering workshops and in-school activities while touring, from elementary
through professional level training on a host of topics. In 2019 they celebrate
the release of the fourth CD of original music, Caught On A Wire, with the Evie
Ladin Band, a tight trio with Erik Pearson.
DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Etc.
Suggested donation: children and seniors $10,
adults $15-20.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to performance time.
Reservations: https://tinyurl.com/notlobeventbrite
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Phone – 978-226-8862
