the pickPocket ensemble: New Music For The World Cafe

Inspired by many world musical traditions, the pickPocket ensemble inhabit a country all their own.  Original, fresh and engaging, the pickPocket ensemble create a contemporary chamber café music that moves both body and soul.

“Always rich in mood and atmosphere, they deftly meld inspirations and instrumentation from around the globe. Some are fleeting like single threads in their lustrous tapestry, while others (such as the Appalachian folk and Balkan gypsy influences) appear more solidly, forming artfully arranged patches of the PPE musical quilt. Along the mesmerizing way, they visit and revisit the twist and turns of jazz, flamenco, tango and chamber music.”  – Aquarius Records

“Their dark, austere, gypsy-tinged acoustic melodies linger over tricky rhythms that sometimes shift shape to the point where it’s impossible not to get lost. Plaintive but not sentimental, wistful without being hokey, this is tremendously captivating rainy-day music.” – Lucid Culture

Lila Sklar – violin
Rick Corrigan – accordion and composition
Yates Brown – guitar and banjo
Kurt Ribak – double bass
Brian Rick – percussion

http://www.pickpocketensemble.com
http://youtu.be/rJ9-bxNhuw4

$12-$15 admission.  Doors at 7:30 pm.  Show at 8:00 pm.