FullSet is Michael Harrison (fiddle), Martino Vacca (uillean pipes), Janine Redmond (button accordion), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán), Andy Meaney (guitar), and Katie Else (vocals). The centuries-long tradition of Irish music is alive and well in this young Limerick-based...
Day: July 16, 2013
Las Cafeteras
Formed in East Los Angeles to document neighborhood history through music, Las Cafeteras has been praised as a “uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia, and rock” by the LA Times. With the son jarocho tradition of Veracruz at its core – think...
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
This six-piece ensemble performs traditional music from the Salento Peninsula in the Puglia region of southern Italy. Led by violinist and percussionist Mauro Durante, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino returns to the Lotus stage with vibrant pizzica (the traditional...
Lotus Dickey Song Workshop
Grey Larsen, Janne Henshaw, NanMcEntire, Steve Dickey, Nancy Dickey, and Paul Tyler — all of whom knew Hoosier musician and songwriter Lotus Dickey (1911-1989)—will lead a workshop in which you’ll learn some of Lotus’s best songs. The Lotus World Music and Arts...