Auburn House Concerts offers private acoustic performances in an intimate setting at our home in Auburn, Placer County, California.

We began hosting house concerts in the fall of 2007. Our house has a fabulous living room space, with hardwood floor and high ceiling, that is just made for music. We also know lots of marvelous musicians, so this is a perfect fit.

If you have never been to a house concert then you must attend one: you're in for a treat! Seeing artists perform ‘up close and personal’ is a very different experience than you get in a nightclub, concert hall or festival. Minimal (if any) amplification is used, for one thing. The audience gets a chance to meet the artist after the performance.

Below is the list of musician who have performed at Auburn House Concerts.

1. Euphonia–A café-style acoustic combo featuring soaring harmony vocals and sophisticated musicianship. September 2009.
   

2. Holdstock & MacLeod–Enthusiastically performing together for over twenty-five years, with authentic renditions of the songs of their homelands. July 2009.
   

3. Bryan Bowers–Virginia born singer, story teller and virtuoso autoharp performer. May 2009, May 2010.
   

4. Jim Malcolm–Scottish born singer, songwriter and lead singer with the world-renowned Old Blind Dogs. February 2009,  January 2010.
   

5. Gerry O’Beirne–Irish born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; 6 and 12 string guitar, tiple, and ukulele, slide guitar et cetera. November 2008, October 2009.
   

6. Chris Caswell–Celtic Harpist who plays the tin whistle, Irish flute, highland bagpipes, tar (lute), English concertina, chromatic button accordion, harmonium, tambura, bodhrán, congas, briefcase, tambourine and Scotch snare. He also sings and writes wonderful songs. Chris was joined by Myra Joy on violoncello. November 2008, March 2010.
   

7. Paddy Keenan–Irish born founding member of The Bothy Band, acknowledged as the most accomplished uilleann piper performing today. August 2008.
   

8. Tommy O’Sullivan–London born singer songwriter performs traditional Irish and American as well as contemporary songs. August 2008.
   

9. Pete Grant–California born Auburn musician performing on dobro, banjo, and pedal steel guitar. Pete has backs up the featured performers. August and November 2008.
   

10. Legacy with Valerie Plested, Don Penzien and Justin Murphy–Traditional Irish music and song from the southern states; fiddle, guitar, whistle, bodhrán, flute and vocals.  July 2008.
    

11. Notorious with Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger–Traditional and contemporary acoustic music from around the world.  July 2008.
    

12. Melanie O’Reilly with Sean O'Nuallain and Richard Tibbitts–Irish born singer songwriter who blends traditional Irish music and jazz; vocals, guitar, flute and whistle. November 2007, March 2009.
    

13. Stevie Coyle–Entertainer and musician, fingerstyle and lap steel guitarist/vocalist. September 2007,  January 2009.

Scotland’s singer song writer Jim Malcolm is returning to Auburn House Concerts again this January. You may also know him as the singer for the famous Scottish group, Old Blind Dogs.

Experience the traditional and contemporary songs from Scotland performed with guitar and harmonicas, warmth and wit.

Jim is one of Scotland’s finest singer/songwriters.  He was the lead singer of the Scottish band Old Blind Dogs for seven years and is now focusing on his solo singer-songwriter music. With Jim Malcolm you can expect to hear traditional songs and ballads, his own compositions, and compelling stories, told both through singing and on their own.

Check out the two videos of  Jim recorded at last year’s Auburn House Concert: My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose and The Flowers of Edinburgh.