Sounding Board Productions - House Concerts

Sounding Board Events

2006

May 6^th : Jim Nunally & Judy Forrest Jim and Judy will

perform American roots music including traditional

country, bluegrass and folk, featuring two guitars, two

voices, and occasional mandolin.

Jim Nunally is an award-winning musician whose third-

generation traditional music roots began in Arkansas.

This pedigree contributes to his unmistakably

traditional sound.  Jim performs with Canada's John

Reischman and the Jaybirds, and California's David

Grisman Bluegrass Experience, Due West, and in duos

with Dix Bruce and Keith Little.

Judy Forrest performs in the Bay Area's old-time/early

country trio No Hiding Place.  She is drawn to the

metaphor, imagery, and irony inherent in traditional

music's treatment of human weakness and misfortune. Her

repertoire encompasses music from the early country

stylings of Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter Family, and

Ralph Stanley, to contemporary artists, and according

to her nine-year-old daughter is "the best singer and

guitarist in the world."

June 4^th: Brocelïande

September, date tbd: Flavio Cucchi

October 8^th : Gerry O'Beirne

November 5^th, Concert : Chulrua (pronounced cool-ROO-ah), translates from the Irish as "red back," and was the name and distinguishing feature of the favorite wolfhound belonging to ancient Irish hero Fionn MacCumhaill. It is also the name of an internationally acclaimed trio of some of the most respected and unique exponents of Irish traditional music. Button accordion icon Paddy O'Brien has accumulated a veritable hoard of rare versions of tunes and stories gleaned from more than forty years of patiently seeking out and spending time with older musicians throughout Ireland. Also an avid student of the old masters, Patrick Ourceau is a virtuoso on the fiddle, and a particular specialist in the style and repertoire of Clare and East Galway. For twenty years, Tipperary man Pat Egan has developed his own powerfully emotive style of guitar accompaniment and vocal delivery. He has chosen to feather his nest with some wonderful but little-known songs, old and new, that fit into both traditional and contemporary contexts.