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.”
“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
Sunday, December 15, 5pm (kids) & 7pm (adults) at Fivesparks, 7 Fairbank Street, Harvard, MA.
Suggested donation $10 kids, $15-20 adults, $10 seniors.
Suggested donation $10 kids, $15-20 adults, $10 seniors.
Etc.
Reservations for all: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-parlour-concerts-6730833315
Doors open 15 minutes prior to performance time.
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushad_Eggleston
https://www.berklee.edu/people/rushad-eggleston
Questions/more
information:
email - notlobreservations@gmail.com
email - notlobreservations@gmail.com
Phone –
978-226-8862
Jeff Boudreau and Rushad Eggleston
Outpost 186
February 12, 2013
Photo credit Jon Strimish
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/
