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| Johanna Rose and Carl Nichols of Nickel & Rose |
Nickel & Rose from Milwaukee opened. This talented charming duo just returned from 4 months of an European tour through 9 countries (mostly Eastern) and a lot of performances. Their banter shared experiences and inspiration of their song writing.
Their evening's first song was the powerful spiritual "Ain't Going to Let Nobody Turn Me Around" which they sung while in Romania during the protests this winter to a crowd of some 50,000. Wowser. The very thought gave me goose bumps.
Johanna, a traditional bluegrass bassist has found a comfortable harmonic vocal fit with guitarist Carl Nichols. Although they profess to really not play blues, there's definitely a spiritual flavor and Carl's music studies's presence of Southwestern African melodies is ever present. He said there wasn't a market for his African music but he has found a way to incorporate it. I heard some Flamenco runs in there too.
After a brief intermission and time to browse the books/ get a snack/drink, Chris Koza, out of the Twin Cities shared his music.
Besides solo gigs, he's part of the band Rogue Valley, and actually in rehearsal for a play from which we got to hear a solo. In addition we got to hear his song Wolves and the Ravens in the sound track of Ben Stiller's movie 'The Secret World of Walter Mitty.' Chris is a seasoned performer with a soothing voice and sweet audience rapport.
Below is a snippit from our evening...
No matter when, do be sure and go listen to your local talent. You will be doing yourself a favor.
Thanks to youtube for Nickel and Rose's rendition of Ain't Going to Let Nobody Turn Me Around
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