BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130525T104631CEST-9844JpjFRD@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130525T080531Z DESCRIPTION:\nBorn in a log cabin in Big Sur CA\, cello-goblin Rushad Eggle ston is a masterful improviser and a wildly inventive performer. He's know n for his revolutionary cello playing\, semi-acrobatics\, and motivational songs from his own land of Sneth. Two decades of practicing and meditatio n led Rushad to invent bluegrass cello\, co-found folk-bluegrass sensation Crooked Still\, and earn a Grammy nomination with the all-star group Fidd lers 4. In 2007 he strapped on his cello and unleashed the cello-driven ro ck band Tornado Rider.\nHe attended the prestigious Berklee College of Mus ic in Boston\, Massachusetts\, after having won the first-ever full string scholarship in a competition. There Eggleston studied cello with Associat e Professor Eugene Friesen and graduated in May 2003. After releasing a sm all-press album called Nico and Rushad with fellow musician Nico Georis\, Eggleston made his large-scale recording debut with his Compass Records re lease with the group Fiddlers 4\, which was nominated for a 2002 Grammy\, as well as with Darol Anger's Republic of Strings\, bringing him to nation al prominence. Eggleston has toured extensively with Darol Anger's Republi c of Strings\, Fiddlers 4\, and the alternative folk/bluegrass group he he lped found\, Crooked Still. Crooked Still released two CDs with Eggleston\ , in 2004 and 2006. He also released a more experimental album\, Playhouse of the Universe\, with The Wild Band of Snee\, as well as another of his goofier self-titled albums. Eggleston left Crooked Still in November 2007. Eggleston has been an instructor at Mark O'Connor's fiddle camps and conf erences from 2001 to 2007. He has also taught cello at Maine Fiddle Camp a t camp NEOFA.\nEggleston now leads\, produces\, and tours nationally with his band\, Tornado Rider\, based out of Oakland\, CA\, and with other arti sts including Lily Henley. Tornado Rider has earned fans nationally during performances at venues like The Boom Boom Room in San Francisco and at fe stivals like SpringFest\, Burning Man\, and the Magnolia Festival.\nLily H enley is a singer\, songwriter and fiddler who is gaining recognition as o ne of the most unique and passionate voices on the acoustic music scene. B orn in Boston and raised accross more than 20 locations\, Lily brings a di versity of experience and depth to her music\; synthesizing her many influ ences to breathe life into a style all her own.\nLily grew up in a musical household inspired by parents who were avid folk music enthusiasts. Befor e her 6th birthday she heard Irish fiddling for the first time\, and at th e age of 11\, after requesting one for years\, Lily received her first vio lin and immediately began teaching herself tunes by ear. Two years later s he attended Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camp\, the first fiddle camp of many. I t was at these camps that she was able to study with inspiring teachers in cluding Natalie MacMaster\, Darol Anger\, Bruce Molsky\, Alasdair Fraser\, Liz Carroll\, and many other renowned musicians\, and was introduced to a multitude of fiddle styles and the world of acoustic string music.\nIn he r teens Lily was a musical staple at concerts around the Chicago area\, an d before her 15th birthday had already performed at the Milwaukee Irish Fe stival\, Chicago Celtic Festival\, and the Chicago Highland Games. She tra veled to Cape Breton Island to study at the Gaelic College in Baddeck\, bu t as she neared the end of high school she chose to attend the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in order to branch out in oth er musical directions. While still in school\, Lily joined Sanda Weigl's G ypsy Jazz ensemble on a tour of Romania\, toured the US with Jordanian pia nist Zade Dirani\, and in 2008 was a featured vocalist alongside clarinet phenomenon David Krakauer at Carnegie Hall. After graduating\, Lily moved to Tel Aviv\, Israel where she collaborated with the Baroque Ensemble Barr ocade\, and toured extensively with Israeli band Ktiphah Schorah. She was also a member of Musica Nova\, Israel's only experimental music ensemble\, and was a featured new artist in major articles in Haaretz and Yediot Aha ronot (national newspapers of Israel).\nAs a versatile singer and fiddle p layer\, drawing on her roots in both Americana and Middle Eastern music tr aditions\, Lily Henley has begun to forge a unique musical path for hersel f. Her repertoire crosses three languages and combines original material w ith ear-catching arrangements of traditional songs and melodies. Lily curr ently lives in New York City and has just released her first record produc ed by Israeli Composer/Arranger Omer Avital entitled "\;Words Like You rs"\;. DTSTART:20130114T200000 DTEND:20130114T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:Rushad Eggleston\, Lily Henley & Friends END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR