For Eugene fans, a little folk music.Byline: Paul Denison The Register-Guard Fans of traditional American music have two treats in store this week, both of them at Cafe Paradiso: the Laurie Lewis Laurie Lewis (born September 28, 1950 in Long Beach, California), is an American bluegrass musician. In the mid-1970s, she cofounded the Good Ol' Persons, an all-female bluegrass band with Kathy Kallick. Trio on Sunday, followed by Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group on Thursday. Lewis is a Berkeley, Calif., singer-songwriter who plays fiddle, guitar and bass. The International Bluegrass Music Association The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music. Formed in 1985, IBMA established its first headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky. twice has recognized her as female vocalist of the year, and her album "Love Chooses You" was honored as country album of the year by the National Association of Independent Record Distributors. "The Oak and the Laurel," her duet album with Tom Rozum, was nominated for a Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. as best traditional folk album. Lewis' trio includes Rozum on mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. and other instruments, and Todd Phillips on bass. Rozum has been with Lewis since 1986 and last year recorded his solo debut, "Ju- bilee." Phillips was an original member of the David Grisman David Grisman (born March 23, 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music. Quintet and has played and recorded with the Good Ol' Persons, the Bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. Album Band, the Tony Rice Unit and Psychograss. Singer-songwriter Juliet Wyers, billed as "part Shawn Colvin, part Bruce Cockburn," will open Sunday's show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18.50 in advance, $20 at the door. Country musicians Robin and Linda Williams have performed together for more than three decades. This year they released their 17th album, "Deeper Waters," on Red House Records, an independent label that also has Greg Brown, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky, Spider John Koerner and Ramblin' Jack Elliott For the composer, see . Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Elliott grew up in a Jewish family[1] and had always wanted to be a cowboy, inspired by the on its roster. The Williamses are well known to `Prairie Home Companion' fans, and they have recorded and toured with Garrison Keillor and Kate MacKenzie as the Hopeful Gospel Quartet. Songs they've written have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall, Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American country/folk singer-songwriter and guitarist with a diverse musical style. Biography Childhood , Kathy Mattea and the Seldom Scene. Their Fine Group consists of Jim Watson on bass, vocals and mandolin, and Jimmy Gaudreau on mandolin and mandola. Watson was a founding member of the Red Clay Ramblers The Red Clay Ramblers are a North Carolina-based string band founded in Durham, North Carolina in 1972. The original members were Tommy Thompson (banjo), Bill Hicks (fiddle) and Jim Watson (mandolin, bass). and played with them for 14 years. Gaudreau, the newest member of the group, played with the Country Gentlemen, J.D. Crowe, the Tony Rice Unit and Chesapeake and Aldridge. The show starts at 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $15.50. Other singer-songwriter types coming our way this week include Colleen Sexton, 8 p.m. today, Cafe Paradiso ($12); Anne Feeney and Chris Chandler on their Anyone-But-Bush Tour, featuring `solidarity rock' and spoken word, 8 p.m. Saturday, Cafe Paradiso ($7 to 10); folk-rocker Kyler England, 7 p.m. Saturday, Luna (free); and the Raventones, a "bohemian soul" duo featuring singer and multi-instrumentalist T.R. Kelley and drummer-percussionist Randy Hamme, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Luna ($5). CONCERT PREVIEWS Laurie Lewis Trio When: 8 p.m. Sunday Where: Cafe Paradiso How much: $18.50 in advance, $20 at the door Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group When: 8 p.m. Thursday Where: Cafe Paradiso How much: $15.50 CAPTION(S): Above: Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group will play Cafe Paradiso on Thursday. Below: Laurie Lewis and her trio will hit town a few days earlier, on Sunday. |
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