Thu Apr 30: House Concert: Jackson, Cotter, Clarridge & Colliton

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

The next show in the Downtown Soundz house concert series features a quartet of innovative players:

                                 Thursday, Apr 30  7:30 PM

     Jackson, Cotter, Clarridge & Colliton: Celtic roots tunes & songs

Details below.

The concert will be held indoors in downtown Santa Cruz.

Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.

Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.

To reserve your spot, email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.

Be sure to include the total in your party.

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Upcoming shows in our series:

     Thu, May 7:     Kalos: Celtic Roots Trio

     Thu, May 14:   Yair Dalal & Dror Sinai: Middle Eastern oud & percussion

     Tue, Jul 14:      Miss Tess & Thomas Bryan Eaton: Crossover Country

     Sat, Jul 18:      Sophie Wellington & Evie Ladin: old-time fiddle/banjo duet

Other musical events of interest:

     Fri, Apr 17:  7:00pm  Cacciatore di Tesori

                 Italian Mandolin & Concertina quartet

                 Westside Santa Cruz House Concert

                 Info/Reservations: email <herrman...@gmail.com>

     Sun, May 3: 4:00-7:00pm  Mr. Bidu's Circus: Brazilian forró

                  Shanty Shack Brewing, 138 Fern St, Santa Cruz

                  Come out and dance!!

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     Jackson, Cotter, Clarridge & Colliton: Celtic roots tunes & songs

                                 Thursday, Apr 30  7:30 PM

   There’s a certain feeling musicians get when they decide to collectively leap into the unknown,

a feeling born of the thrill of endless possibilities, the intimacy of creating something unique to

the moment together, the mighty release in embracing chaos, and the resolute peace that takes

hold when you find order within it all…there’s nothing like it to breathe a little fire into a

performance. This collaboration, a pickup band of sorts, features four such thrill seekers - four

artful musicians at the top of their game, eager to make some magic together as they embark on

some of their first performances together following their debut shows in 2024. The band isn’t

completely without a foundation, as Colin Cotter (vox / guitar) and Sumaia Jackson (5-string fiddle)

gig together as a duo, performing Sumaia’s original tunes, Colin’s original songs, and music from

the Celtic & American folk traditions. Joining them are Tristan Clarridge (cello) and Anna Colliton

(bodhrán), two of the finest musicians around whose creative instincts create endless marvelous

possibilities. This band will take you on quite a journey as they shift from blazing fiddle tunes to

beautiful slow songs, sing silky vocal harmony, pull off tightly arranged pieces, and let loose with

improvised solos and spontaneously crafted arrangements, all the while sharing the joy of

organic interplay between musicians openly expressing in the moment.

Sumaia Jackson: fiddle, vocals
   With driving groove and a smooth, open sound, fiddler and tunestress Sumaia Jackson is a

quintessential modern West Coast fiddler. Jackson weaves together Old-Time, Bluegrass, Swing,

and Celtic traditions with an easy virtuosity and melodic elegance. Based out of Santa Cruz,

Jackson has toured throughout the US, Canada, Sweden, and the UK with Jayme Stone’s

Folklife and Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards, performing and teaching at music festivals

and music camps along the way. She has also been a member of the Real Vocal String

Quartet based out of Berkeley CA, involved in writing and recording music with artists from

all around the world. Studying with Darol Anger, Matt Glaser, Greg Liszt and Rob Thomas,

Jackson holds a Bachelor’s degree from Berklee College of Music in the American Roots

Music department.

Tristan Clarridge: cello, vocals

   Tristan is a 5-time Grand National fiddle champion and 3-time Grand Master fiddle champion

who began music studies before the age of two. As a cellist, he has toured the world for 2+

decades and recorded critically acclaimed albums with his chambergrass trio The Bee Eaters,

pop-grass group Crooked Still, and Darol Anger's Republic of Strings, as well as with Sean

Watkins (of Nickel Creek), Laurie Lewis, Hanneke Cassel, Jeremy Kittel, Seamus Egan,

Mike Marshall, Abigail Washburn, Natalie MacMaster, and others. At the nudging of Darol

Anger, Tristan found himself amidst a cello revolution, synthesizing traditional folk and fiddle

influences along with rhythmic vocabulary from jazz, rock, and pop music.

Colin Cotter: guitar, vocals

   Colin is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, recording artist, and creative-at-large from

the San Francisco Bay Area. The principal musical endeavors in Colin’s life at the moment include

an edgy, electro-acoustic adventure with fiddler / violist Ryan McKasson that the two are calling

Old Growth Graveyard; an intergenerational acoustic groove trio called Joe Craven & Frisky!

with Joe Craven and Sumaia Jackson; and duos with fiddlers Sumaia Jackson and Adrianna

Ciccone. In addition to being a fine fiddler and singer, Colin is an accomplished self-taught

guitarist, having taken to the instrument both for the practical purpose of accompanying himself

singing and out of a deep affinity for sitting in the rhythmic belly of the beast when playing with

fiddlers.

Anna Colliton: bodhrán

   Anna's distinctive and imaginative playing has made her one of the leading exponents of the

bodhrán, the traditional Irish frame drum. Anna has appeared with Eileen Ivers, Cherish the

Ladies, Comas and the Paul McKenna Band among others, worked as a sub with the original

company of the Broadway hit “Come From Away,” and completed a three-year residency at

Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. She has performed and taught at dozens of festivals

across the country, including Catskills Irish Arts Week, The Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week,

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, The O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, The St. Louis Tionól, and

the North American Comhaltas Convention.