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For Yuledance: A Celtic Christmas Celebration, the guys are joined by vocalist/harpist Jesse Autumn, whose unbelievably fragile voice and gentle harp nicely balance the manly men on their high-energy instrumentals. Yuledance bursts with Celtic charm and enthusiastic professionalism... I have always loved the delicate Lo How a Rose Eer Blooming, and the piece is perhaps my favorite on the album. Jesse Autumns heartbreakingly beautiful vocal will bring tears to your eyes; she is also rapturous on Drive Sorrows Away and Silent Night. Carol Swanson, christmasreviews.com

Molly's Revenge is a dynamic, acoustic Celtic band known for its unique and infectious enthusiasm. The classic combination of bagpipes, whistle, fiddle, and song, with a backdrop of guitar, bouzouki, bodhran, and mandola, guarantees an enjoyable experience for all fans of Scottish and Irish music. Molly's Revenge has performed at many of the top folk festivals and performing arts events in the USA, and prestigious events in Australia and China. Their arrangements of traditional Celtic jigs and reels bring these dance tunes up to date with a driving, hard-edged accent that always leaves audiences shouting for more.

John Doyle, a founding member of the Irish supergroup Solas, produced their seventh full-length recording "The Western Shore". Guest performers on this record include percussionist Fraser Stone (Old Blind Dogs) and vocalist Moira Smiley (VOCO), who has done extensive vocal work for folk, new, early and pop music projects for film, television, and recordings worldwide. Moira performs often with Molly's Revenge as a special guest vocalist.

"There is an engaging freshness and yet an impressive maturity in their playing. There is also a lovely balance of repertoire, alternating a familiar with a most arcane selection of tunes and songs." --Mick Moloney, National Heritage Award recipient.

"Revered in California as one of its most energetic, exciting and innovative bands, Molly's Revenge has a produced an album that is a total joy." --Shay Black, of the legendary Black family.

"They bring to the music a vital and joyous creativity that excites even the hardest of hearts." --John Doyle, founding member of Solas.

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A small group of pals living in Mill Valley, California, in the mid 70s with a penchant for Kentucky bourbon formed Monday Night Wild Turkey Jug Band. From Yellow Springs, Ohio, Gregory Leroy "Duke Dagreeze" Dewey (Mad River, County Joe & the Fish, Marty Balin), his brother - Nicholas Q (Not Joe) Dewey, and their partner in "The Reptile Brothers Band," Tim Eschliman (Commander Cody, Etta James) started the weekly Appalachian-style jug jams with the Deweys' roommate, Paul Wenninger (from Chicago, road manager for Van Morrison, Dan Hicks).

Spur-of-the-moment street corner appearances, instigated by Dan Hicks (Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks) around the same time also had a jug band instrumentation and included many of the same musicians. The Monday Night Wild Turkey sessions lasted only 10 weeks, but had many guests stopping by, including Hicks; L. D. Armstrong (Rowdy and the Rivets), Austin de Lone (Eggs Over Easy, Commander Cody), and other local musicians mostly from the Old Mill Tavern music scene.

The jug-jam sessions were about creating new tunes, new lyrics, or just new grooves with an acoustic, backwoods, jug sound. A harmonica, old arch top f-hole type guitars, a jaw harp, a washboard, a washtub bass and even coat-hangers banged on the edge of the old wooden kitchen table became the desired sounds of the group. To preserve the creative spontaneity, cover songs were generally forbidden and to maintain the funky, down-in-the-holler home-made instrument kind of sound, pianos, professional-sounding dread-naught sized guitars and any other instruments deemed "too-good-sounding" were discouraged. Carbon-date testing of left over Kentucky bourbon decanters from those sessions point to the year 1976.

Many original holiday numbers, parodies of unlikely classics, and raucous jugbandizations of seasonal favorites were added to the band's song list and in 1987 Globe Records released the band's first album, "Mistletoe Jam" (on green vinyl) and the group officially became "The Christmas Jug Band."

Twisted traditional tunes and loads of witty originals about boozy holidaze, elfin insurrection and the pressures of being Santa Claus in the run-up to Christmas Eve's big show. With titles like Santa's Going Crazy This Year, Shoot 'Em in the Pants, and Evathang Gonna be All Right, you know you're not exactly in for a high holy Mass, so loosen up them suspenders, you're in for a treat replete with kazoo, washboard, slide whistle, and all the genre paraphernalia. Along the way, expect lampoons of standards chockablock with a lotta new shtuff.

A winter nights yodel! Cowboy trail songs and Old Time tunes and entertainment Swingin tunes! Cowboy crooning! Yodeling pyrotechnics! Side-splitting humor! Yes folks, all this and more can be yours at the only show on the planet where you can witness a man in a ten gallon hat, yodel, play accordion, two-step and twirl a lariat - all at the same time. Sagebrush artist, Sourdough Slim, transport us to a whimsical, infectious world where vaudevillian camp and cowboy lore intermingle, producing grins galore, with the Saddle Pals, providing that great "silver screen" cowboy trails music we all love.

The Faux Renwahs are an acoustic trio, specializing in Old-Time style music with an original twist. Using traditional instruments including fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, octave mandolin and bass violin, they cover a wide range of music. American and Celtic fiddle tunes, old and new songs blend harmoniously with their own compositions.

An evening of guitar and voice Scheherazade Stone and Brian Gore of "The Sing Strings" bring insightful and imaginative original songs and arrangements to Sutter Creek Theatre January 8th. Their music blends two unique styles for voice and guitar into one mesmerizing melange of soul, blues, folk, jazz, and fingerstyle guitar influences. The evening will feature their duo work and innovative solo guitar pieces from Gore.

The music of the Sing Strings is harmonically rich and lyrically deep, while catchy melodically and easy on the ears. Scheherazade Stone is a superb musician and a stunning singer with a magnetic stage presence (Robert Hurwitt, SF Examiner). Tunesmith and solo guitarist Brian Gore is an exceptional musician, -(Alex Varty, Vancouver Straight). Together, they forge two high caliber eclectic musical styles into a powerfully emotive duo for voice and guitar.

Scheherazade Stone got her first name from her parents who raised her in a musical way. Shes collaborated with players ranging from Don Cherry, Chico Freeman and Omar Sosa to Jai Uttal and Cheb I Sabbah. She even appeared on a Grammy nominated tune from the Hieroglyphics Ensemble.I love Scheherazade Stone and its always interesting to hear her sing, proclaims JH Tompkins of the SF Guardian. Julia Chase of the SF Weekly says, Vocalist Scheherazade Stone is the scene stealer, a vision of Josephine Baker in vintage gowns, she drifts effortlessly between her character Paulette and her place in the band.

Known as a poet of the guitar, Brian Gores emotive, expressive style combines influences from folk, jazz and classical music. Ron Forbes-Roberts of Acoustic Guitar Magazine says, Gores finely crafted poetic songs without words take the listener on a spellbinding, emotional ride. He has great facility as a player, but its the depth and range of moods his pieces evoke that makes his music such a pleasure. Gore performs as the founder of International Guitar Night (IGN/USA). He can also be found touring solo, as well as in double bills, in concert halls and festivals around the world. Hes been featured on NPRs nationally syndicated Echoes Radio and performed live on many NPR affiliate stations in the US.