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DESCRIPTION:Bay Area music legends, Robin Flower and Libby McLaren will perform 
 selections from their extended catalog of original songs and tunes from 
 their 24 year musical marriage. Joining them in the celebration will be 
 electric bass player, Jan Martinelli (Wild Mango, Blazing Redheads); Danny 
 Carnahan (Wake the Dead) on fiddle, bouzouki, guitar and singing; and Peter 
 Maund on percussion for an evening of original tightly arranged, driving, 
 rich Celtic-Americana music.\n\nMulti instrumentalist, songwriter, and 
 performer Robin Flower came to this unlikely duo after many years as the 
 creative founder and driving force of the Robin Flower Band which toured 
 across the United States and Canada time and time again, playing major folk 
 venues and festivals. Robin's music was influenced from her mother's 
 traditional Kentucky roots as well as the rock, folk and later swing of 
 America. She moved seamlessly through these musics, picking up stylistic 
 nuances while playing mandolin, fiddle, and guitar, recording 4 albums for 
 Flying Fish records.  New Acoustic Music?  Bluewave? Folkgrass? Whatever it 
 was, her recordings and live performances, topical and quirky songwriting 
 ("There are way too many love songs in the world.") and driving 
 instrumentals  garnered accolades from Frets Magazine, the VillageVoice, 
 The Boston Globe, Bluegrass Unlimited, Canada's Globe and Mail, and a 
 myriad of other publications. Robin toured in the back up band for the 
 legendary duo Hazel and Alice (Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerard)and legendary 
 guitar player, Elizabeth Cotten. \n\nLibby McLaren grew up listening to 
 swing and jazz as well as her father's Dixieland banjo playing while 
 learning to play the piano. Her singing style developed while singing with 
 the popular California-based jazz fusion band, Night Flyte.  The band was 
 signed in New York by GRP Records.  After Night Flyte, Libby was busy with 
 a career as an in-demand back-up singer in New York City. She co-wrote the 
 #1Billboard Disco hit, For the Same Man, which is currently experiencing 
 renewed  popularity in dance clubs throughout Europe.  Five years before 
 her return to California, Libby became an integral member of the 
 three-sister folk super-group, The Roches, as the keyboard player and 4th 
 singer. With her return to the San Francisco Bay Area,  Libby became the 
 pianist and singer with the celebrated Ronnie Gilbert  of The Weavers. She 
 has also recorded with Nobel Peace Prize nominee singer-activist Holly 
 Near.\n\nAnd then came an unusual and compelling opportunity: Team up with 
 Bay Area innovator Robin Flower! The compelling musical result has been a 
 fresh, original and transformational approach to the world of Folk, Ethnic, 
 Celtic and Americana genres. Together they have recorded four albums; two 
 of which "Steelhead in the Riffles" and "Twenty Years-Twenty Rivers " have 
 had extensive National and International airplay. Combining inventive 
 instrumental prowess on piano, fiddle, accordion, mandolin, and guitar and 
 the intertwining of richly textured vocal harmonics Flower and McLaren have 
 created a unique brand of Folk Fusion. \n\nJoin Flower and McLaren in 
 rejoicing 24 years of an adventurous musical collaboration! Witness Libby's 
 prowess on accordion as she scat/vocalizes fiddle tunes and Robin's 
 skillful sizzling of fiddle, mandolin and guitar strings. You will find 
 yourself in the musical company of two of Celtic Americana’s most vastly 
 creative and accomplished artists. Flower and McLaren continue to find 
 their collective voice through their love of song and tune writing, 
 traditional Irish instrumental music and staying close to their early 
 musical roots. Come for the music, come for the joy, come for the 
 community!\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/04/28/18678394.php
SUMMARY:Innovative Celtic Americana Duo Flower & McLaren Celebrate 24 Years of a Joyful Musical M
LOCATION:Freight & Salvage Coffee House\n2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/04/28/18678394.php
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