Good times with Matthew Logan Vasquez!
TONIGHT!
Friday, September 27th at Cà d'Zan House Concerts!
Matthew Logan Vasquez of Delta Spirit
🍉 6:00pm - potluck/social hour
🎤 7:00pm - concert
💵 $15-25 suggested donation (please bring cash) or purchase
🎟 Tickets at xroadscc.org/events
👨👩👧 All ages, family-friendly
⛈ Rain location: Bishop Hill Creative Commons
Best-known as the co-founder and frontman for shape-shifting heartland indie rockers Delta Spirit, Matthew Logan Vasquez's fiery delivery and thought-provoking lyrics draw from a huge and versatile well of influences, including Gram Parsons, Kurt Cobain, Neil Young, and Iggy Pop. MLV is bringing a 4-piece to Cambridge for this show! Get your tickets now!
TONIGHT!! (Fri, Sept 20) at Cà d'Zan House Concerts
The Nordic Fiddler's Bloc
🍉 6:00pm - potluck/social hour
🎤 7:00pm - concert
💵 $20-30 suggested donation (please bring cash) or purchase
🎟 Tickets at xroadscc.org/events
👨👩👧All ages, family-friendly
"I surrender unconditionally to these master musicians. The worn concept of tradition and innovation have rarely been used as smart as this" – LIRA
From the moment Kevin Henderson, Olav Luksengård Mjelva and Anders Hall of The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc first played together in 2009 they felt a particular chemistry in the sound they created.
Some seven hundred gigs later, playing across Scandinavia, mainland Europe, the U.S. and the UK, that chemistry continues to draw the trio together.
Passion is a word that comes up often in conversation with Henderson, Mjelva and Hall. It’s a word that lies behind the trio’s determination to find exactly the right tunes to play and exactly the right way to play a certain phrase (Henderson has been known to find forty different examples of them playing the same motif stored on his mobile phone from rehearsals). Passion for the music they make is also what makes them endure forty-two-hour flights that should only have taken two – to – three hours to get to a concert rather than let the promoter and audience down.
Hundreds of tunes have been tried and laid aside in The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc’s quest for the music which on three albums, their self-titled debut from 2011, "Deliverance" from 2016 and "Bonfrost" from 2020 has charmed listeners in the same way that their live performances beguile and satisfy.
In the beginning they were intrigued. For Henderson, who grew up in the fiddle-rich tradition of the Shetland Islands, there was a mystery in hearing his Scandinavian colleagues harmonize with one another. Although Fiddlers’ Bid, the Shetland group he has played with since his teens and continues to work with, create a harmonious, four-fiddle so
Tuesday, Sept. 17th at Cà d'Zan House Concerts
Shane Hennessy -- direct from Ireland
🍉 6:00pm - potluck/social hour
🎤 7:00pm - concert
💵 $20-30 suggested donation (please bring cash) or purchase
🎟 Tickets at xroadscc.org/events
👨👩👧All ages, family-friendly
“There was part of me that didn't really believe that he could do what he does on one guitar until he came into the studio, sat down in front of me, and played. I thought there had to be loops, or extra tracks, or recording tricks, and there was none of that - my jaw dropped! What a talent!” - Marty Whelan, RTÉ Lyric FM
Shane Hennessy is a virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist, singer/songwriter, and composer. With an upbringing in the world of Irish traditional music, Shane has been captivating audiences globally for the past few years, with sell-out solo tours in Europe and North America under his belt, as well as regular appearances at major international music festivals including MerleFest (NC), Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival (Winfield, KS), Sound of Europe Festival (Düsseldorf, Germany), and Milwaukee Irish Fest (WI). He has released four albums of original music, and his most recent studio album ‘Rain Dance’ was hailed as “a triumphant reaffirmation of his virtuosity and compositional excellence” by Irish Music Magazine. Shane has collaborated with Tommy Emmanuel, worked with Grammy-winner Bill Whelan (composer of Riverdance), and made his début on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee in March 2023.
A musician from a young age, Shane credits his background in Irish traditional music as the base on which he has built his genre-defying musical explorations. Initially a concertina player under the tuition of the renowned Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh, he achieved successes in the Fleadh Cheoil competitions in Ireland. He then turned to the guitar aged twelve inspired by the music of James Taylor. Becoming more interested in songwriting and in music in general, it was
TOMORROW (Sept 14) at Cà d'Zan House Concerts
Carsie Blanton
🍉 6:00pm - potluck/social hour
🎤 7:00pm - concert
💵 $20-30 suggested donation (please bring cash) or purchase
🎟 Tickets at xroadscc.org/events
Carsie Blanton is a songwriter with hooks, chutzpah, and revolutionary optimism. Inspired by artist-activists including Nina Simone and Woody Guthrie, her catalog careens through American popular song from folk and swing to pop-punk protest anthems.
With her unique mix of humor, soul, and political wit, and fifteen-plus years on the road, Blanton has amassed a dedicated fan base and a small menagerie of viral hits (Rich People, Sh*t List, Fishin’ With You). Her latest album After the Revolution, produced by Grammy-winner Tyler Chester, was released in March of 2024.
Thank you to the Ken and Doris Charitable Trust for their support to make this concert possible.
