Fri 10/21 @ 8-10PM
Alla Boara is a relatively new band on the Cleveland music scene, formed by busy local drummer Anthony Taddao just a couple of years ago.
And it’s unique to area music venues. It uses Alan Lomax’s 1954 Smithsonian Folkways field recordings of nearly extinct tunes traditional Italian folk tunes as its baseline, including regional tunes mostly unknown today, describing them as “folk lullabies, laments, hymns and festival songs [that] are variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender and bewitching.” And it gives the music a contemporary twist, drawing on jazz, rock and world music.
The lineup includes some of the area’s top local jazz, pop and classical musicians, including vocalist Amanda Powell (known for her work with baroque chamber ensemble Apollo’s Fire), guitarist Dan Bruce, trumpet player Tommy Lehman, bassist Ian Kinnamon, and accordionist/keyboard player Clay Colley. And now they’re presenting their long-promised debut album, titled Le Tre Sorelle.
The release show will take place at the BOP STOP. Tickets are $20 to attend in person, but you can also listen to the livestream on the BOP STOP’s Facebook page for free and donate as you wish at givebutter.com/AllaBoaraCle.
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