Wednesday, October 28 at 7:30pm the notloB concert series will team up once again with Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave, Somerville, to present a special performance by innovative multi-instrumentalist string musicians and sister/brother act Elizabeth and Ben Anderson, Scottish fiddle and cello. This will be the fourth time notloB has presented these rising young stars of the Celtic celestial sphere:
11/01/13 Fellswater w/ Elizabeth and Ben Anderson @ JPUU
03/21/14 Elizabeth and Ben Anderson @ Outpost 186
10/09/14 Rushad Eggleston w/ Elizabeth and Ben Anderson @ Davis Square Theatre
Admission is by free-will donation, $10-15 cash suggested. Reservations are recommended (the last Celtic concert sold out) and available athttp://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-music-6730833315/and at the door on the evening of the event.Samples of the Andersons’ music can be found on their website,http://elizabethandbenanderson.bandcamp.com/
ARTIST BIOS:Elizabeth and Ben Anderson, a Celtic fiddle and cello duo, has been gaining an enthusiastic following in the Boston area and throughout New England. Blending Scottish tunes with lively rhythms and innovative harmonies, they create a sound rooted in tradition, inspired by the contemporary, and completely original. On stage, they captivate audiences with their ability to effortlessly communicate musical nuances as only siblings can. They recently opened for the Battlefield Band at the Burren in Somerville, in a concert which will be airing on Brian O’Donovan’s Celtic Sojourn on WGBH radio. They have performed at the Boston Celtic Music Festival, the Ossipee Music Festival, the Club Passim Campfire Festival, and in numerous solo concerts and restaurant and club performances.
Elizabeth is a Senior at Berklee College of Music and is a three-time New England Regional Junior Scottish Fiddle Champion, current second place holder in the New England Regional Open Scottish Fiddle Competition, and third-place holder in the 2014 US National Open Scottish Fiddle Championship. Ben is a student at Westborough High School and current second place holder in the New England Regional Junior Scottish Fiddle Competition and third place holder in the National Junior Scottish Fiddle Championship.
“They have taken the influence of people like Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas and really made their own mark on what they are doing in traditional music.”
--Brain O’Donovan, Host of WGBH Radio’s Celtic Sojourn
This is the fourth of concert of notloB Music season presented at this venue. As it did at its long-running Loring-Greenough concert series, admission is by free-will donation.
General admission $10-15 cash suggested.This is a small space, reservations via Eventbrite are strongly suggested - https://www.eventbrite.com/d/local/notlob/?view=list
Upcoming in the series
11/03 Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons w/very special guests Elijah Wald and Sandrine Sheon
12/07 The Freewheel Trio & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and Matt Witler
12/09 Wrong is Right and Morgan Weidinger and friends
Food, libations and getting there.Food, coffee/tea and beer/wine are served by the Armory staff. Free parking in the back lot and on street.MBTA: Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MBTA Red Line. Also served via MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop, or from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
Bicycle: The Armory is four blocks (down Lowell Street) from the Somerville Community Path.
More info athttp://artsatthearmory.org/about/getting-here/get
notloB Music also presents concerts in Cambridge, Arlington and Newton. See its full schedule at https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic. Tickets for all concerts are available at http://www.eventbrite.com/o/notlob-music-6730833315. For more information see its Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/- or email notlobreservations@gmail.com(please do not contact the venues).