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Past Concerts


Sunday  March 2     at  7 pm

Tickets:   $12 reserved,   $15 at the door

 

                                                              Village Homes Community Center

                                                           2655 Portage Bay  East, Davis

 

                                                          For tickets and information, call 530-867-1032

 

 

In the upcoming event in the series of Traditional/Contemporary World Music concerts, Timna-Tal Music brings to Davis two outstanding performance groups:

 

 

From Los Angeles and the S.F. Bay Area, The Fishtank Ensemble, an all acoustic band that has been known to ROCK every venue they play at. The group is led by French-born violinist, Fabrice Martinez who learned the inner workings of the Romani (gypsy) Violin traveling for 7 years in a mule caravan throughout Eastern Europe. His partner in life and on stage, Ursula Knudson, an amazing Vocalist and fidller who also doubles on the Musical Saw and Banjoleelee, shared some of these amazing musical travels. The rest of the ensemble consists of:

Aaron Seeman (Accordion), Douglas Smolens (Guitar), Mike Penny (Shamisen)

 

 Press Reviews:

“… the Bay Area’s Fishtank Ensemble are the rompin’, stompin’ leaders of cross-pollinated Gypsy music.”

                                                                                                                      -Michael Simmons, LA Weekly

 

“Their repertoire flows naturally from flamenco to klezmer to Romanian and Hungarian folk and beyond.  There’s no catch here and nothing conceptual at work … It’s just great music played by great musicians.”

                                                                                                            -Will York, San Francisco Bay Guardian

 

Check the Fishtank Ensemble’s own site at: www.fishtankensemble.com

    From Portland, Oregon. 3 Leg Torso;  An all acoustic band that creates charming, elegant and modern chamber pop music infused with equal parts tradition and innovation. Influenced by Tango, Eastern European folk and other world music traditions.  Their cosmopolitan musical style embraces wit and humor within thoughtful, uncommon and beautiful musical arrangements.
3 Leg Torso formed in 1996 as violin, cello and accordion trio with the mission of creating original modern chamber music for their unique instrumentation. Over the following years the band has expanded both its musical mission and its size to become a quintet that now performs its eclectic synthesis of chamber music, tango, klezmer, latin and world music. As principal composers, founding members Béla Balogh (on violin and trumpet) and Courtney Von Drehle (on accordion) provide the core of 3 Leg Torso’s sound. They are joined by veteran percussionist/mallet player Gary Irvine, the fastidious mallets/percussion of Kyle MacLowry and the fiery upright bass player Michael Papillo.
   

Press Reviews:

"The quintet's level of musicianship is uniformly high, and their ensemble was tight as a drum Saturday night, with fluid transitions and edge-of-the-seat energy." The Oregonian

"All the beauty of Astor Piazolla's music and all the spunk of Kronos Quartet's."- CMJ

"Wildly exciting, wildly eclectic, rather difficult to describe." - Dirty Linen

"A success in the fluid netherworld between serious art and popular culture." - The Oregonian

"3 Leg Torso's classically tinged combination of gypsy folk and whirling tangos is both devilishly clever and damn beautiful." - Willamette Week

Check 3 Leg Torso's own site at: 3 Leg Torso

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                      Greek and Turkish Music

         Plus originals inspired by these fertile traditions

              Sunday, May 20, 2007

            Village Homes Community Center,  Davis, CA.

                                           ~TESLIM~

                                

    Teslim (TesLEEM) means both 'commit' and 'surrender' in Turkish and features

Kaila Flexer on Violin and Viola, and Gari Hegedus on various (mostly plucked)

strings including Turkish Saz, Iraqi Oud, Greek Lauoto and Hand Drums.

This potent duo performs traditional music from Greece, Turkey and the Middle East

as well as original music (by Flexer, Hegedus and others) inspired by thesetraditions.   

                                  www.kailaflexer.com      


East Meets West      

Romani/gypsy  extravaganza

Saturday, April 7,  2007      at  8 pm

The International House,  Davis, CA.

    Fishtank Ensemble    

 

Bay Area’s rompin’,stompin’ leaders of cross pollinated Gypsy music,

featuring: fiddle, accordion,

flamenco guitar, musical saw, japanese shamisen lute, bass and amazing vocals.

One of the most exciting live shows on the West Coast – not to be missed!

www.fishtankensemble.com

 
and … Luminescent Orchestrii

Gypsy Tango Klezmer Punk acoustic string band from New York City, whose music balances frenzy and finesse.  Featuring violin, viola, bass, resophonic guitar, melodica and bullhorn harmonica.

www.lumii.org

 

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Visit Ross Daly's website>>

Thanks to all for making this event a great success! See the photos >>

 

Cretean Traditional Music
& Music composed
by Ross Daly


Based on the Modal Musical Structure shared by most Middle Eastern Classical Music Traditions.

Sat October 8, 2005


CSUS
Sacramento State University



Photo: Wayne Tilcock/ The Davis Enterprise

Yair Dalal – Oud, Violin & Vocals

A House Concert
(with Great Host-Bill Wagman)

Iraqi & Iraqi Jewish Traditional Music

Sat Feb 5, 2005. Davis CA

>> Click Dalal's photo to visit his website



Yair Dalal – Oud, Violin & Vocals

Erez Mounk – Percussion

The Judeo Arabic Musical Traditions

Fri Sep 7, 2001. Davis CA


Mohamed Alileche – Vocals & Amandol

Henni Hached – Dumbek

Sadek Haddadou – Bendir

Madjid Ouramdane – Banjo

The Folk Tradition of Kabylia(North Africa)

Sat Jan 27, 2001. Davis CA


Opening the Window of the Heart

An Evening in the company of Rumi - Poetry & Stories performed by

Duncan Mackintosh of the British Shakespeare Theatre

Accompanied on Traditional Instruments by

Hank Levin – Oud & Ney

Norma Novy – Frame Drum

Sat Feb 19, 2000. Davis CA


Omar Ait Vimoun Ensemble

Omar Ait Vimoun – Vocals & Amandol

Ensemble includes: Oud, Violin, Mandolin, Quitra, Flute, Percussion

North African Andalusian(Classical) Music and The Folk tradition of the Imazighen(Berber)

Sat Jan 22, 2000. Davis CA


Ihsan Ozgen – Kemenche, Tanbur, Rebab

Neva Ozgen – Kemenche

Turkish Classical Music

Fri Oct 8, 1999. Davis CA


Necati Çelik – Oud & Vocals

Halil Karaduman – Kanun

Turkish Classical & Sufi Music

Sun Sep 5, 1999. Davis CA