Friday, December 21, 2018 at 9 PM – 11 PM
Ivy Room
860 San Pablo Ave,
Albany, California
Barrio Manouche
Barrio Manouche is an acoustic San Francisco-Based
international collective (Spain, Quebec, France, Mexico, Brasil, Colombia and
California), playing music that will take you on a magical journey, frequently
joined by artist from all over the globe.
The ensemble has been recognized for its surprise
concerts, innovative style, complex technique, and their passion for their
musical improvisation.
The band performs a repertoire of original, mostly
instrumental compositions with a unique sound that it’s difficult to classify
but instantly recognizable, deeply influenced by a range of musical traditions,
from the swing of Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, to the Hot Jazz of Django
Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, the Gypsy soul of Eastern Europe, the Nuevo
Flamenco of Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla to the Avant-Garde sounds of
Miles Davis, Ornate Coleman and John Coltrane.
HowellDevine
Sexy, Shack-Shaking Music
HowellDevine, the massively talented NorCal trio became
the first blues band Arhoolie Records (Fred McDowell, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big
Mama Thornton) signed in 27 years. Triple threat talent Joshua Howell (slide
guitars, harmonica, voice) and percussion savant Pete Devine (drums, washboard)
plus veteran upright bassist Joe Kyle Jr. deftly mix sinuous Delta/country
blues with wildly syncopated rhythms to create a rollicking present day sound
from the past. HowellDevine breaks from the norm, providing rich and complex
textures integral to the music rather than simple backing for a soloist. The
result is a sound which stands in stark contrast to the typical blues heard in
bars these days and would more likely be shaking the floors of a Southern juke
joint some 70 years ago.
Cost: $10 - $14
