True Life Trio performs riveting vocal harmonies from Eastern Europe, the Americas and beyond, featuring veteran vocalists from legendary Bay Area groups Kitka and Brass Menazeri. This innovative trio explores the creative possibilities of cross-fertilization of different traditions with unlikely timbres connecting Bulgaria to the Bayou.
Leslie Bonnett - voice, fiddle, percussion
Briget Boyle - voice, guitar, percussion
Juliana Graffagna - voice, accordion, percussion
Duo Kel-Mo: Traditional and Romani Music from Eastern Europe and Beyond.
Marco Ghezzo (primas) grew up in a small town in the foothills of the Italian Alps. He started out playing the violin at the traditional music festivals of his region. At the age of 18 he fell in love with Hungarian and Romanian Roma music. For a while, he split his time between Romania and Italy, studying the violin in the Transylvanian village of Szaszcsavas and preparing his ethnomusicology thesis. Marco now lives in the Bay Area. Balder ten Cate, born into a musicians family, is a multi-instrumentalist who grew up in the Netherlands but was steeped in Eastern European music from a young age, spending his childhood summers in Hungary listening to live music in the restaurants every night. He studied Romanian music with cimbalom master Giani Lincan, as well as, after moving to the Bay Area in 2008, music from the Balkans with Rumen Sali Shopov. Currently, Balder plays cimbalom in a number of Eastern European, and middle-eastern, ensembles that are local to the Bay Area, as well as in the international Trio Dulce Amar, and with his parents whenever they are in town.
Tickets are $20 general admission. Children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available at the link below, or you may purchase your tickets at the door the night of the show. Doors open one half hour before show time. We accept cash or Venmo only at the door (ATMs are nearby).
A Message About Our Indoor Shows:Our indoor shows require proof of vaccination, and you must wear a mask except when eating or drinking. The performers will be mask-less and same-day tested.