Aug 27 House Concert: Evie Ladin Band

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

With the delta variant on the rise, we have had to cancel the Aug 20 Rodney Miller concert.  However, we are going ahead with the Evie Ladin Band show on Aug 27, but we are going to have just one seating at 6pm.  If you have already made a reservation, you don't have to RSVP again.

                 Friday, Aug 27  6:00 PM (one set, no break)

                                         Evie Ladin Band

                 Traditional and Original Songs & Rhythmic Dance

Vaccinated adults only (includes ages 12+) please.  Children under 12 are welcome if they remain masked.  Masks are required for all.

The concert will be held outdoors, and there will be no access to the house / bathroom.

Suggested donation: $30/person sliding scale (under 12 free).

To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.  Be sure to include the total in your party.  We are limiting the audience to 30 people.

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                                       Evie Ladin Band

                 Traditional and Original Songs & Rhythmic Dance

         “A truly original sound in new old-time Americana,” -fRoots

   Tenacious, innovative string musicians, the Evie Ladin Band – Evie Ladin, Keith Terry and

Erik Pearson – throw down captivating, truly entertaining live shows. Grounded in Appalachian

old-time repertoire, seasoned in African-diaspora roots, writing from life in modern cities,

blurring the lines between music and dance, the polyrhythmic heat of Evie’s clawhammer banjo,

resonant voice, real stories and rhythmic dance have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion

to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Their performance experience is a stand-out.

   Following up on two 2019 releases – their fourth of adventurous originals Caught On A Wire

and Evie’s first totally trad fiddle/banjo duets Riding the Rooster – the band released an EP of

funky covers Playing our Hand in 2020.

Evie Ladin: vocals, banjo, percussive dance

     Evie was born and raised on Southern music, from inner city Baltimore to Oakland, and

has taken home ribbons in folk song from Mt Airy, NC Fiddler’s Convention, and Neo-Trad

Band from the Appalachian Stringband Festival, Clifftop, WV.

          “She can write, she can sing, and she pulls back from the saccharine brink

              with wit – a sharp intelligence,”    -Grant Alden, No Depression

Keith Terry: bass, body music, vocals

     Keith is a renowned percussionist/rhythm dancer, and the founder of the International Body

Music Festival. A pioneer in contemporary Body Music, Keith produces large-scale intercultural

collaborations and education. Keith brings a cinematic ear to playing bass as tonal percussion,

with bells, box, body and toys.

Erik Pearson: guitar, banjo, vocals

   Erik is a musician’s musician with the Crooked Jades, storyteller Diane Ferlatte, and his solo

projects. His original banjo tune “Fork & File” was the soundtrack for a rapids rafting scene in

Sean Penn’s movie Into the Wild.

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

There are still a couple of seats available for this Friday's outdoor concert with the Evie Ladin Band show at 6pm.

If you have already made a reservation, you don't have to RSVP again, but please let me know right away if there is a change to the number of people you are bringing.

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

We are thrilled to be hosting a matinee concert featuring Keith Terry in a quintet of stellar musicians:

                 Sunday, Sep 26  3:00 PM (one set, no break)

                                             Free Dive

                     Musical Exploration with No Holds Barred

Vaccinated adults only (includes ages 12+) please.  Children under 12 are welcome if they remain masked.  Masks are required for all.

The concert will be held outdoors, and there will be no access to the house / bathroom.

Suggested donation: $30/person sliding scale (under 12 free).

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

Be sure to include the total in your party.  We are limiting the audience to 35 people.

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                                       Free Dive

                           Sunday, Sep 26  3:00 PM

   Free Dive has been performing and recording together since 2003.  All the band members

contribute original compositions and collaborate on arrangements.  The groove-based quintet

features Jeff Cressman (trombone), Bryan Dyer (vocals), Cecilia Engelhart (vocals, percussion),

Steve Hogan (bass, beatboxing) and Keith Terry (drums, body music).  The absence of a

chordal instrument gives Free Dive their fresh sound — open, transparent, cinematic, evocative.

Because of the broad musical backgrounds of all the band members, Free Dive explores many

different musical styles including Jazz, popular song and Latin American- and African-influenced

music, and incorporates and encourages improvisation.

Keith Terry: drums, body music
   Keith Terry's artistic vision has straddled the line between music and dance for more than

four decades. Keith has performed with a wide range of artists including Charles “Honi” Coles,

Jazz Tap Ensemble,Turtle Island Quartet, Jovino Santos Neto, Pickle Family Circus, Barbatuques,

Kenny Endo, Freddie Hubbard, Tex Williams, Robin Williams, and Bobby McFerrin. As a producer

he has released more than a dozen CDs, DVDs, and books on Crosspulse Media. He is the

founding Artistic Director of the International Body Music Festival (IBMF), launched in 2008;

and the Founding Director of Crosspulse, an Oakland, CA –based, non-profit organization

dedicated to the creation and performance of rhythm-based intercultural music and dance,

celebrating its 42nd year.     www.crosspulse.com

Jeff Cressman: trombone
   Jeff Cressman is a native of the Bay Area and has been happily dispersing his musical offerings

by working for many musical personalities. Carlos Santana, Pete Escovedo, Peter Apfelbaum,

John Santos and many others have utilized Jeff’s willingness to blow into some brass tubing

(often with favorable results).

Bryan Dyer: vocals
   Bryan Dyer is a musician with more than 30 years of professional experience. He’s a versatile

multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who performs many styles of music from classical and avant garde

to rock, jazz, and blues. Music has taken Bryan around the world to perform in many countries

including Japan, Switzerland, Indonesia, and Jamaica, and alongside such artists as Huey Lewis

and The News, Michael McDonald, and Bobby McFerrin. Some of the other groups he currently

performs with include SoVoSo, Chelle's Juke Joint, The Funk Revival Orchestra, Chelle! & Friends,

and Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir.

Cecilia Engelhart: vocals
   Cecilia Engelhart is a vocalist, composer, arranger and percussionist. She loves music of all kinds

and works in diverse settings with other vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers. She teaches voice

at UC Berkeley and The California Jazz Conservatory.

Steve Hogan: bass, beatboxing
   Bay Area native Steve Hogan credits his travels around the world, studying with master musicians

from many cultures, in informing his unique style and approach to music making. He currently spends

his time backing up a variety of Bay Area artists and is the bassist for "The Hogan Brothers", a jazz

fusion trio with his two brothers.

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

There are still a few seats available for this Sunday's matinee show featuring Keith Terry in a quintet of stellar musicians:

                 Sunday, Sep 26  3:00 PM (one set, no break)

                                             Free Dive

                     Musical Exploration with No Holds Barred

Vaccinated adults only (includes ages 12+) please.  Children under 12 are welcome if they remain masked.  Masks are required for all.

The concert will be held outdoors, and there will be no access to the house / bathroom.

Suggested donation: $30/person sliding scale (under 12 free).

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

Be sure to include the total in your party.  We are limiting the audience to 35 people.

Also of interest:

    Sat, Sep 25, free, in parks around Santa Cruz:

         Claudia Villela and Ricardo Peixoto

         info:  Tandy Beal's Keep on Truckin' series

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

Celebrate Halloween with a concert featuring the marvelous storytelling and music of Kevin Carr, accompanied by Daniel Steinberg.  Kevin delights audiences of all ages with his tales of music, magic, and mischief.

                 Sunday, Oct 31  2:00 PM (one set, no break)

                                    Red Planet Ramblers

                            Stories and Music from all over

Vaccinated adults only (includes ages 12+) please.  Children under 12 are welcome if they remain masked.

Masks are required for all.

The concert will be held outdoors, and there will be no access to the house / bathroom.

Costumes encouraged but not required.

Suggested donation: $20/person sliding scale (under 12 free).

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

Be sure to include the total in your party.  We are limiting the audience to 35 people.

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                                    Red Planet Ramblers

                                 Sunday, Oct 31  2:00 PM

       "Kevin... sent 230+ people away reinvigorated and exhilarated ... this was the coolest

         program we've done all year!"     - Charles Junkerman: Dean of Continuing Ed, Stanford University

    The Red Planet Ramblers features Kevin Carr and Daniel Steinberg. Together, they trace the

pathways of traditional music through Europe and into the New World. Experience the evolution

of instrumentation from bagpipes and hurdy gurdys to fiddles and piano. Families will enjoy this

performance weaving mesmerizing stories with music from around the world.

    "Storytelling is becoming a lost art.  Kevin Carr is one of the most skilled practitioners.

      When he tells stories and plays music, children and adults are entranced, and magic happens."

                                                                             - Kacy McClure: former Director, Peninsula School

Kevin Carr: storytelling, fiddle, bagpipes, accordion

     Kevin is a master of Irish and Quebecois fiddling, as well as bagpipes from around

the world. A master of story-telling, he performs with the Hillbillies from Mars, Wake the Dead
and many other traditional music ensembles.

Daniel Steinberg: piano, flute, banjo, vielle a roue

   Daniel is well-versed in the musical traditions of Appalachia, Quebec, Ireland, France,

Cuba and Brazil. He brings music to life with his versatile flute playing and has developed a
unique approach to piano backup for traditional fiddling. He has directed the World Harmony
Chorus for over 20 years. 

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

There are still some spaces available for this great family matinee! (And the weather forecast is clear.)

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

We're cautiously rebooting our concert series, starting with the winner of this year's NPR Tiny Desk Contest!

                 Thursday, Jun 23  7:00 PM (one set, no break)

                                         Alisa Amador

                          Original Songs with Soaring Vocals

The concert will be held outdoors.  We'd prefer to limit bathroom access to urgent needs.

Masks outdoors are optional but recommended.

Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.

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

Be sure to include the total in your party.

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                                       Alisa Amador

                           Thursday, Jun 23  7:00 PM

         “Alisa Amador is a pitch-perfect rendition of my wildest dreams”

                                                 - Cyrena Touros, NPR All Songs Considered

   Winner of the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest, Alisa Amador’s music is a synthesis

of the many styles she’s voraciously absorbed: rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk,

all wrapped in the spirit of the Latin music she grew up with.  Alisa began performing

as a backup singer for her parents’ (Brian & Rosi Amador) Latin folk band Sol y Canto

at age five, and has appeared with them in our house concerts series.  Now, pursuing

a career as a solo performer, her soulful singing, poetically incisive lyrics, and

syncopated rhythms are likely to make you cry, laugh, and dance all within one set.

Alisa released her debut EP, Narratives, in 2021: a six-song snapshot in time.

It’s a deep look at a person stumbling through life in two languages, English and Spanish,

and in many states of mind about it all. Alisa’s crystal-clear vocals are so effortless

throughout Narratives that it’s almost easy to forget how technically talented she is,

until she moves from almost-spoken-word territory to a powerful chorus without hesitation

or illustrates a repetitive refrain that’s so affecting it feels like you might want to live inside it

for a little while.

“The word ‘narratives’ encompasses not only the existing cultural messages that hurt people

individually and collectively,” she says, “but also the revolutionary power of writing ourselves

new narratives; rejecting a culture of fear; and catalyzing a culture of honesty, bravery and

self-love in the process.”

   “Shawn Colvin meets Joni Mitchell has lunch with Amy Winehouse meets

    Suzanne Vega add Diana Krall in a quiet, unassuming, never loud package,

    even singing in Spanish and French."           - Vance Gilbert, singer/songwriter

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

We still have tickets available for this Thursday's outdoor house concert, featuring with the winner of this year's NPR Tiny Desk Contest!

Also, this Saturday is the debut of a Brazilian forró band that i've been working with for a year: Mr. Bidu's Circus (O Circo do Seu Bidu), at the Westside Santa Cruz Farmer's Market, Sat June 25, 10:00a - 12:30p.  Come see us and *dance*!  

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