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DESCRIPTION:northern california rawa supporters & fire museum present:\n\nA BENEFIT FOR 
 THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN (RAWA) & CD 
 RELEASE PARTY FOR THE AZADI! BENEFIT COMPILATION CD\n\nTHURSDAY MARCH 27TH, 
 2003\n\nDOORS 7:30PM, SHOW 8:00PM\n\n$8-$80 DONATION \n\nAT\n\n\nOAKLAND 
 METRO:- 201 BROADWAY (@ 2nd STREET, JACK LONDON SQUARE), 
 OAKLAND\n\n\n\n\n\nfeaturing performances from the following:\n\nCHARMING 
 HOSTESS\n\nYou couldn\'t invent a band more conceptually busy than the 
 Oakland, Calif., group Charming Hostess if you tried. The short version is 
 that they\'re a sort of funk-folk band fronted by a close-harmony trio in 
 the tradition of Eastern European women\'s choirs, with a repertoire drawn 
 from pretty much every kind of folk music that\'s close to the American pop 
 tradition: klezmer, European folk, African-American work songs, white 
 gospel, you name it. Not to mention that the lyrics, when they\'re in 
 English, are smart and elliptical, whether their sentiments are concrete 
 (\"I\'m Not Hungry,\" dedicated to \"those who died on Cosmo\'s altar\") or 
 abstract (\"My body fragments are full of bread ... Thank God for the laws 
 of physics\"). Salon.com \n\n\n\n20 MINUTE LOOP\n\nBelonging to the 
 post-Pixies generation of alternative bands, 20 Minute Loop brings on the 
 guitars and male/female vocal interplay that was at the core of that 
 influential group\'s sound, while putting its own futuristic and gentle 
 spin on the blueprint for modern alterna music. Vocalist and keyboardist 
 Kelly Atkins and guitarist and vocalist Greg Giles share the bulk of the 
 songwriting, and together they\'ve created their own world of song — 
 simultaneously bleak and melancholic but nonetheless hopeful. Doubt, fear, 
 and cynicism are covered over by shining, ascending melodies . There\'s an 
 undaunted quality to the strength and determination of 20 Minute Loop\'s 
 sound and a soulfulness all too rare during the icy age of early-21st 
 century rock.\" ~ Denise Sullivan: All Music Guide \n\n\n 
 http://www.20minuteloop.com/\n\n\n\nFAUN FABLES (SOLO)\n\n\"The songs evoke 
 images of a nightmarish festival set in a haunted forest, in which undead 
 minstrels serenade doomed travelers. Singer Dawn McCarthy\'s voice changes 
 dramatically as she shifts roles, moving from a weary narrator to a 
 passionate protagonist to a scarcely sane sprite. In concert, her 
 expressive windblown vocals must resonate with an enchanting power that 
 could never be fully realized on disc.\" -Pitch Weekly, Kansas City 
 \n\nhttp://www.faunfables.net\n\n\n\nJOU JOU\n\nJou Jou is... a five women 
 a cappella group who sing Balkan, Appalachian, Italian, Greek and 
 Portuguese songs. Jou Jou are Jen Tait, Kalonica Mc Questen, Cynthia Lohr 
 and Shari Greenfield.\n\nhttp://www.joujousings.com\n\nfor further 
 information about this performance and other benefit events: (415)273-4681, 
 firemuseum@care2.com\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/16173.php
SUMMARY:Benefit Concert for R.A.W.A.
LOCATION:201 BROADWAY (@ 2nd STREET, JACK LONDON SQUARE), OAKLAND\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/16173.php
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