Janam at Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal this Thursday, et al
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Juliana Graffagna
Nov 11, 2012, 4:39:53 PM11/11/12
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Hello Friends,
We invite you to come out this Thursday night for the monthly installment of the Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal at the Starry Plough. Janam (quartet for this show) will be sharing the evening with Danubius and Disciples of Markos. It will be yet another memorable evening at the Plough, so come on out and have some fun with us.
And mark your calendars for Saturday, December 15 for our return to Viracocha, the speak-easyish, amazing energy spot in the Mission. We'll be sharing the evening with Taluna, ethno-folk band on tour from Italy.
And we have wonderful news...we have a new band member! Violinist/vocalist Lila Sklar has agreed to tie the knot. Lila is a superb musician and tons of fun, and we are very excited to have her on board. She will be joining us at Viracocha for her first official show.
And I wanted to mention that Dan and I (with True Life Trio) will be joining the cast of the California Revels for this year's production of "Celestial Fools" in December. Come see it - we have really awesome costumes.
Ok, hope to see you on Thursday!
Juliana, Gari, Peter, Dan, Lila and Tom
Thursday, November 15
Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal
Starry Plough
Danubius, Disciples of Markos and Janam
3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA
9-11 pm
$8-12 sliding scale
http://berkeleybalkanbacchanal.com/
Saturday, December 15
Viracocha
Janam and Taluna (http://www.taluna.it/)
998 Valencia St., San Francisco
showtime tbd
http://www.facebook.com/ViracochaSF?ref=ts&fref=ts
Dec 7-9 & 14-16
Juliana (with True Life Trio) and Dan join the California Revels for "Celestial Fools".
Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, CA
http://californiarevels.org/
Janam creates a lush, soulful & original Balkan, Turkish & Appalachian mix, uniting some of the Bay Area's most imaginative and devoted interpreters and weavers of these traditional styles. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, percussion; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ violin, oud, saz, mandocello; Peter Jaques ~ clarinet, ney, vocals; and Lila Sklar ~ violin and vocals.
http://www.janamband.com
http://www.facebook.com/janamband
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Janam
“An innovative ensemble that explores a dizzying range of styles, from Appalachia and Asia Minor to Eastern Europe. The quintet plays swirling, hard-driving music that always seems to end up in unexpected places.” SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
“They’re a band to watch, with some sterling musicianship and a real sense of fervor about them.” SING OUT!
We invite you to come out this Thursday night for the monthly installment of the Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal at the Starry Plough. Janam (quartet for this show) will be sharing the evening with Danubius and Disciples of Markos. It will be yet another memorable evening at the Plough, so come on out and have some fun with us.
And mark your calendars for Saturday, December 15 for our return to Viracocha, the speak-easyish, amazing energy spot in the Mission. We'll be sharing the evening with Taluna, ethno-folk band on tour from Italy.
And we have wonderful news...we have a new band member! Violinist/vocalist Lila Sklar has agreed to tie the knot. Lila is a superb musician and tons of fun, and we are very excited to have her on board. She will be joining us at Viracocha for her first official show.
And I wanted to mention that Dan and I (with True Life Trio) will be joining the cast of the California Revels for this year's production of "Celestial Fools" in December. Come see it - we have really awesome costumes.
Ok, hope to see you on Thursday!
Juliana, Gari, Peter, Dan, Lila and Tom
Thursday, November 15
Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal
Starry Plough
Danubius, Disciples of Markos and Janam
3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA
9-11 pm
$8-12 sliding scale
http://berkeleybalkanbacchanal.com/
Saturday, December 15
Viracocha
Janam and Taluna (http://www.taluna.it/)
998 Valencia St., San Francisco
showtime tbd
http://www.facebook.com/ViracochaSF?ref=ts&fref=ts
Dec 7-9 & 14-16
Juliana (with True Life Trio) and Dan join the California Revels for "Celestial Fools".
Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, CA
http://californiarevels.org/
Janam creates a lush, soulful & original Balkan, Turkish & Appalachian mix, uniting some of the Bay Area's most imaginative and devoted interpreters and weavers of these traditional styles. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, percussion; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ violin, oud, saz, mandocello; Peter Jaques ~ clarinet, ney, vocals; and Lila Sklar ~ violin and vocals.
http://www.janamband.com
http://www.facebook.com/janamband
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Janam
“An innovative ensemble that explores a dizzying range of styles, from Appalachia and Asia Minor to Eastern Europe. The quintet plays swirling, hard-driving music that always seems to end up in unexpected places.” SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
“They’re a band to watch, with some sterling musicianship and a real sense of fervor about them.” SING OUT!
Juliana Graffagna
Dec 6, 2012, 2:09:58 PM12/6/12
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Ciao dear friends!
Please join us next Saturday night for a great double-bill at Viracocha, a truly awesome San Francisco venue with an underground, speak-easy vibe and excellent sound. The show will open with the high-energy, "Italian Gypsy Ethno-Folk" band, Taluna, on tour from Italy - they are super fun and you must check them out. Janam will round out the evening with yummy Albanian, Greek, Sephardic & American traditional melodies plus some sumptuous originals. Come celebrate the season with us and enjoy the new violinic (I'm sure that's a word) and vocal textures we're creating with our new band member, Ms. Lila Sklar. Come early to get a good seat...
Please join us next Saturday night for a great double-bill at Viracocha, a truly awesome San Francisco venue with an underground, speak-easy vibe and excellent sound. The show will open with the high-energy, "Italian Gypsy Ethno-Folk" band, Taluna, on tour from Italy - they are super fun and you must check them out. Janam will round out the evening with yummy Albanian, Greek, Sephardic & American traditional melodies plus some sumptuous originals. Come celebrate the season with us and enjoy the new violinic (I'm sure that's a word) and vocal textures we're creating with our new band member, Ms. Lila Sklar. Come early to get a good seat...
And don't forget you can catch Dan and I (with True
Life Trio)
this weekend and next in the California Revels production of
"Celestial Fools" at the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. It's a
visually and sonically stunning show.
Hope to see you soon!
Juliana, Lila, Peter, Dan, Gari & Tom
Saturday, December 15
Viracocha
Janam and Taluna (Italian Gypsy ethno-folk band, http://www.taluna.it/)
Hope to see you soon!
Juliana, Lila, Peter, Dan, Gari & Tom
Saturday, December 15
Viracocha
Janam and Taluna (Italian Gypsy ethno-folk band, http://www.taluna.it/)
998 Valencia St., San Francisco
Doors 8:00pm
Music 8:30-11:30pm (Taluna opens)
$12-20 sliding scale
Beer & Wine served; table seating and room to wiggle around in the back
Music 8:30-11:30pm (Taluna opens)
$12-20 sliding scale
Beer & Wine served; table seating and room to wiggle around in the back
http://www.facebook.com/ViracochaSF?ref=ts&fref=ts
Dec 7-9 & 14-16
Juliana (with True Life Trio) and Dan join the California Revels for "Celestial Fools".
Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, CA
http://californiarevels.org/
Other Upcoming Events:
January 12, 2013, 7:30 pm. Intimate house concert at Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley. Reservations required: 510-525-9248, fifthstr...@gmail.com. This will be Peter's last public show with us (waaah), as he leaves in February to study in Crete. Let's send him off in style...
JANAM creates a lush, soulful & original Balkan, Turkish & Appalachian mix, uniting some of the Bay Area's most imaginative and devoted interpreters of these traditional styles. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, percussion; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ violin, oud, saz, mandocello; Peter Jaques ~ clarinet, ney, vocals; and Lila Sklar ~ violin and vocals.
January 12, 2013, 7:30 pm. Intimate house concert at Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley. Reservations required: 510-525-9248, fifthstr...@gmail.com. This will be Peter's last public show with us (waaah), as he leaves in February to study in Crete. Let's send him off in style...
JANAM creates a lush, soulful & original Balkan, Turkish & Appalachian mix, uniting some of the Bay Area's most imaginative and devoted interpreters of these traditional styles. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, percussion; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ violin, oud, saz, mandocello; Peter Jaques ~ clarinet, ney, vocals; and Lila Sklar ~ violin and vocals.
http://www.janamband.com
http://www.facebook.com/janamband
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Janam
“An innovative ensemble that explores a dizzying range of styles, from Appalachia and Asia Minor to Eastern Europe. The quintet plays swirling, hard-driving music that always seems to end up in unexpected places.” SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
“They’re a band to watch, with some sterling musicianship and a real sense of fervor about them.” SING OUT!
TALUNA:
"A common thread runs from Dubrovnik to Vukovar, passing through Belgrade, touching lightly Tirana and Athens. A thread flowing underwater touching Brindisi and passing through Mediterranean, skimming the Andalusia coast. A thread moves on guitars and violins chords, rebounds on leather drums curving on the accordion keys. Knot of these connections, these are Taluna. Band formed by four musicians with different roots and backgrounds, moving their first steps in 2008 in Turin (Italy); an immigrant’s city become a melting pot of Central European and North African cultures. GAIA MOBILIJ Calabrian lyre and accordion, MARCO GHEZZO violin, LUCA RUSSO acoustic guitar, PEPPINO LEONE percussions and traditional Southern Italian frame drums are the means of this mental, spatial and musical voyage - between gypsy and sephardic sounds, Balkans syncopated rhythms and the obsessed tarantella."
http://www.taluna.it/
Gaia Mobilij: vocals, accordion, lyra
Giuseppe Leone: vocals, percussions
Marco Ghezzo: violin
Luca Russo: guitar
Juliana Graffagna
Dec 15, 2012, 12:14:19 PM12/15/12
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Just reminding you to come out tonight for a fabulous evening of
music! Hope to see you there...
Juliana, Lila, Peter, Dan, Gari & Tom
Saturday, December 15
Viracocha
Janam and Taluna (Italian Gypsy band, http://www.taluna.it/)
998 Valencia St., San Francisco
Doors 8:00pm
Music 8:30-11:30pm (Taluna opens)
$12-20 sliding scale
Beer & Wine served; table seating and room to wiggle around in the back
http://www.facebook.com/ViracochaSF?ref=ts&fref=ts
Other Exciting Upcoming Events:
Dec 15-16
Dec 15-16
Juliana (with True Life Trio) and Dan join the California
Revels for "Celestial Fools".
Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, CA
http://californiarevels.org/
Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, CA
http://californiarevels.org/
January 12, 2013
7:30 pm. Intimate house concert at Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley. Reservations required: 510-525-9248, fifthstr...@gmail.com.
Come out for Peter's last public show with us ( :-( )as he leaves
in February to study in Crete.
Juliana Graffagna
Jan 3, 2013, 2:16:16 PM1/3/13
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Happy New Year! We wish you all a joyful, healthy and creative 2013.
Please join us as we continue to ring in the new year on Saturday, January 12 at Fifth Street Farms in Berkeley. If you haven't yet experienced a concert at this "virtual farmstead", this is a great opportunity. It is a beautiful and homey space where you can sip wine or tea as we serenade you with a tapestry of exotic harmonies & whirling rhythms from Albania, Turkey, Epirus, Appalachia and beyond.
Help us bid a fond farewell to Peter as he heads off for Grecian adventures.
We hope to see you next Saturday!
Juliana, Gari, Lila, Peter, Dan & Tom
Saturday, January 12
Fifth Street Farms
1517 Fifth Street, Berkeley
7:00 doors
7:30 music
$15-20. All proceeds go to the musicians.
Reservations recommended: fifthstr...@gmail.com, 510-525-9248
http://www.fifthstfarms.com
Janam creates a lush, soulful & original Balkan, Turkish & Appalachian mix, uniting some of the Bay Area's most imaginative and devoted interpreters of these traditional styles. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, percussion; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Peter Jaques ~ clarinet, ney, vocals; and Lila Sklar ~ violin and vocals.
http://www.janamband.com
http://www.facebook.com/janamband
“An innovative ensemble that explores a dizzying range of styles, from Appalachia and Asia Minor to Eastern Europe. The sextet plays swirling, hard-driving music that always seems to end up in unexpected places.” SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Please join us as we continue to ring in the new year on Saturday, January 12 at Fifth Street Farms in Berkeley. If you haven't yet experienced a concert at this "virtual farmstead", this is a great opportunity. It is a beautiful and homey space where you can sip wine or tea as we serenade you with a tapestry of exotic harmonies & whirling rhythms from Albania, Turkey, Epirus, Appalachia and beyond.
Help us bid a fond farewell to Peter as he heads off for Grecian adventures.
We hope to see you next Saturday!
Juliana, Gari, Lila, Peter, Dan & Tom
Saturday, January 12
Fifth Street Farms
1517 Fifth Street, Berkeley
7:00 doors
7:30 music
$15-20. All proceeds go to the musicians.
Reservations recommended: fifthstr...@gmail.com, 510-525-9248
http://www.fifthstfarms.com
Janam creates a lush, soulful & original Balkan, Turkish & Appalachian mix, uniting some of the Bay Area's most imaginative and devoted interpreters of these traditional styles. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, percussion; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Peter Jaques ~ clarinet, ney, vocals; and Lila Sklar ~ violin and vocals.
http://www.janamband.com
http://www.facebook.com/janamband
“An innovative ensemble that explores a dizzying range of styles, from Appalachia and Asia Minor to Eastern Europe. The sextet plays swirling, hard-driving music that always seems to end up in unexpected places.” SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Juliana Graffagna
Jan 10, 2013, 1:47:32 PM1/10/13
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Hi folks - just reminding you to come out to Fifth Street Farms this
Saturday night. We'll be playing a lot of old favorites and we hope
to see you there!
Juliana, Tom, Gari, Peter, Dan & Lila
Juliana, Tom, Gari, Peter, Dan & Lila
Juliana Graffagna
Feb 13, 2013, 3:29:37 PM2/13/13
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Dear Friends,
We are very fortunate to be returning to Strings, one of our favorite East Bay spots, on March 6. We've been working on some new tunes and new sounds featuring more vocal harmony, double violin action, layered percussion, trapeze tricks (ok, not really that last one), and we can't wait to share these with you! Please consider spending your Wednesday evening, March 6 with us at this cozy living room- meets coffee house- meets speakeasy.
We hope this finds you well and to see you soon!
Juliana, Gari, Lila, Dan & Tom
Wednesday, March 6
Strings
6320 San Pablo Ave., Oakland (near corner of Alcatraz)
7:30 doors
8:00 music
$10-$15 donation
http://www.strings.org/
Other Upcoming Events:
April 27, Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley - an awesome double-bill soon to be announced!
Janam/My Soul blends Balkan, Near Eastern and American roots & original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, daire; Dan Auvil ~ daouli, daire, darabuka, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Lila Sklar ~ violin, vocals.
http://www.janamband.com
http://www.facebook.com/janamband
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/janam
We are very fortunate to be returning to Strings, one of our favorite East Bay spots, on March 6. We've been working on some new tunes and new sounds featuring more vocal harmony, double violin action, layered percussion, trapeze tricks (ok, not really that last one), and we can't wait to share these with you! Please consider spending your Wednesday evening, March 6 with us at this cozy living room- meets coffee house- meets speakeasy.
We hope this finds you well and to see you soon!
Juliana, Gari, Lila, Dan & Tom
Wednesday, March 6
Strings
6320 San Pablo Ave., Oakland (near corner of Alcatraz)
7:30 doors
8:00 music
$10-$15 donation
http://www.strings.org/
Other Upcoming Events:
April 27, Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley - an awesome double-bill soon to be announced!
Janam/My Soul blends Balkan, Near Eastern and American roots & original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, daire; Dan Auvil ~ daouli, daire, darabuka, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Lila Sklar ~ violin, vocals.
http://www.janamband.com
http://www.facebook.com/janamband
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/janam
Juliana Graffagna
Mar 5, 2013, 1:57:15 PM3/5/13
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Good morning, folks,
Just reminding you to come out to Strings tomorrow night. It's a super comfy, relaxing venue and we've got some great new sounds to unveil. Hope to see you there!
Just reminding you to come out to Strings tomorrow night. It's a super comfy, relaxing venue and we've got some great new sounds to unveil. Hope to see you there!
Julichka, Lilachka, Garico, Tom Tom and Dancho
Wednesday, March 6
Strings
6320 San Pablo Ave., Oakland (near corner of Alcatraz)
7:30 doors
8:00 music
$10-$15 donation
http://www.strings.org/
Other Upcoming Events:
April 27, Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, with Dan Cantrell
Ensemble
Janam/My Soul blends Balkan, Near Eastern and American roots & original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, daire; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Lila Sklar ~ violin, vocals.
Janam/My Soul blends Balkan, Near Eastern and American roots & original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, daire; Dan Auvil ~ percussion, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Lila Sklar ~ violin, vocals.
Juliana Graffagna
Apr 11, 2013, 1:31:47 PM4/11/13
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Dear Friends,
We are super excited to be returning to the Subterranean Arthouse, downtown Berkeley's superb & funky community arts space. Janam will share the evening with accordion virtuoso Dan Cantrell and his amazing ensemble. We hope you can join us for this evening of traditional, original, beautiful and quirky music from lands near and far, played just the way you like it. We hope to see you there!
We are super excited to be returning to the Subterranean Arthouse, downtown Berkeley's superb & funky community arts space. Janam will share the evening with accordion virtuoso Dan Cantrell and his amazing ensemble. We hope you can join us for this evening of traditional, original, beautiful and quirky music from lands near and far, played just the way you like it. We hope to see you there!
Juliana, Gari, Lila, Dan & Tom
Saturday, April 27
Janam & Dan Cantrell Ensemble
Subterranean Arthouse
2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
8:00pm
$10-$20 donation
http://subterraneanarthouse.org/
Janam blends Balkan, Near Eastern and American roots & original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, daire; Dan Auvil ~ daouli, daire, darabuka, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Lila Sklar ~ violin, vocals.
Janam & Dan Cantrell Ensemble
Subterranean Arthouse
2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
8:00pm
$10-$20 donation
http://subterraneanarthouse.org/
Janam blends Balkan, Near Eastern and American roots & original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Janam is Juliana Graffagna ~ vocals, daire; Dan Auvil ~ daouli, daire, darabuka, vocals; Tom Farris ~ laouto, guitar, accordion; Gari Hegedus ~ oud, saz, mandocello, violin; Lila Sklar ~ violin, vocals.
Accordionist/pianist/saw player Dan Cantrell
is an Emmy winning composer known for his innovative and
energetic approach to documentary film and television
scoring. He can be heard on albums from Tom Waits, Joanna
Newsom, the Toids, Beats Antique, as well as numerous
self-produced albums. He was recently a featured soloist
with the San Francisco Symphony, and has performed with
the Oakland Symphony, Mike Marshall, members of the
Klezmatics, Brave Old World, and Fishbone.
Dan composed music for three seasons of The
Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack on Cartoon
Network and received an Emmy Award for his scoring work on
the PBS documentary Home Front.
Influenced by the music of Eastern Europe, Early
American Jazz and modern alternative rock, his extensive
scoring catalogue for film and television is described as
“hauntingly beautiful…quirky and energetic” (SF Bay
Guardian). Dan’s music spans a wide range of emotion and
style, rich with virtuosic performance, lush acoustic
orchestrations, sonic textures resonant with sound design,
and strikingly innovative melodic themes.
http://bellowhead.com/film_scoring/home.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR2iW9A7ccY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja590VIjH7U
Juliana Graffagna
Apr 25, 2013, 2:26:14 PM4/25/13
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Hi folks,
We wanted to remind you about Saturday night's show at one of our favorite spots, the Subterranean Arthouse. Dan Cantrell and Lila Sklar will start out the evening with a set of dazzling duets, followed by Janam's tasty Balkan/Americana blend - with plenty of crossover to be sure. We hope you can make it out!
We wanted to remind you about Saturday night's show at one of our favorite spots, the Subterranean Arthouse. Dan Cantrell and Lila Sklar will start out the evening with a set of dazzling duets, followed by Janam's tasty Balkan/Americana blend - with plenty of crossover to be sure. We hope you can make it out!
Juliana, Tom, Gari, Lila & Dan
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