Euphonia Not your mama’s folk music!

Euphonia Not your mama’s folk music! http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html Come bouncing along folk music’s backroads with Euphonia, a café-style acoustic combo featuring soaring harmony vocals and sophisticated musicianship. This group brings together the compelling voices, restless minds and nimble fingers of four remarkable Northern California musicians. Singer-guitarist Sylvia Herold (Wake the Dead, Cats & Jammers, Hot Club of San Francisco) delivers assertive guitar work and shoulders most of the storytelling with her clear, captivating voice. Mandolinist Paul Kotapish (Wake the Dead, Kevin Burke’s Open House) dispenses rhythmic drive and weaves tunes like vibrant musical threads through the songs’ fabric while adding his own rich harmony and lead vocals. Accordionist Charlie Hancock (Swing Farm, Crepes Musette) draws on his deep reservoir of dance-music performance to provide bounce and passion. Bassist Chuck Ervin (The Dialtones, Crepes Musette) supplies a jazz-inflected pulse and contributes harmony and lead vocals. In its newest recording, The Old Jawbone, Euphonia offers American old-time songs amid fresh renditions of proven winners from John Hartford, Gillian Welch and the Sons of the Pioneers. Fiddle tunes from America and Europe are woven throughout. Guest percussionist Brian Rice adds jumping beans (in a can) along with a jawbone—of course—and a variety of homemade rhythm instruments, giving these folk songs an unexpected and compelling groove. In its first album, Lovely Nancy (2005), Euphonia used innovative arrangements to breathe new life into songs drawn from the Anglo-Celtic tradition. Listen to tracks by Euphonia as well as other folk and swing music at Sylvia’s Recordings page. Euphonia photo by Anne Hamersky http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html#0 7404c8fe-e9b9-4223-9ecf-07d41884ad6a http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/Euphonia-tilt-1000/thumb.jpg http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/Euphonia-tilt-1000/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">Euphonia</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"> photo by Anne Hamersky</p></div></div> Euphonia Paul, Charlie, Sylvia, Brian, Chuck http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html#1 2e10d22a-bfc7-4659-8ac0-34686926012e http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/02_euphonia/thumb.jpg http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/02_euphonia/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">Euphonia</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Paul, Charlie, Sylvia, Brian, Chuck</p></div></div> The Old Jawbone (2009 CD) Mostly American Folk Songs http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html#2 ab287eba-d759-4d33-811c-2c941d23d92e http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/jawbone-cover_website/thumb.jpg http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/jawbone-cover_website/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Old Jawbone<br/></p><p class="Caption">(2009 CD)<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Mostly American Folk Songs</p></div></div> Sylvia Herold http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html#3 1bc26b03-b103-4a78-990e-476470f6cf50 http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/02_silvertones/thumb.jpg http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/02_silvertones/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lovely Nancy<br/></p><p class="Caption">(2005 CD)<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Anglo-Celtic and American Folk Songs</p></div></div> A Mockingbird Sings in California (2001 CD) Nature-inspired swing and folk http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html#6 c2fc4158-77cf-4448-90e1-c3e59e576088 http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/03_ac_mockingbird/thumb.jpg http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/03_ac_mockingbird/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A Mockingbird Sings in California<br/></p><p class="Caption">(2001 CD)<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nature-inspired swing and folk</p></div></div> A Bowl of Crystal Tears (1997 CD) Moody Irish and British folk songs http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html#7 ae9cedc8-e20f-4f57-bb2f-65457560a4ab http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/03_ac_crystaltears/thumb.jpg http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/03_ac_crystaltears/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A Bowl of Crystal Tears<br/></p><p class="Caption">(1997 CD)<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Moody Irish and British folk songs</p></div></div> Sharon & Jaya with Euphonia after the 2009 concert. http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia.html#8 906c7cdb-35df-4fae-bd0f-84ef1c6b8e8e http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/DSCN2279_2/thumb.jpg http://www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org/Auburn_House_Concerts/Performers/Pages/Euphonia_files/Media/DSCN2279_2/micro.jpg

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