Community Corner
Evie Laden, aka Evil Diane, at The Woodshed
The polyrhythmic heat of Evie Ladin's clawhammer banjo, resonant voice, real stories and rhythmic dance have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Celtic Connections, Lincoln Center to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. On January 18, Evie brings her band, aka Evil Diane, to The Woodshed in Los Gatos.
The Woodshed is an
80-seat listening room located inside Keith Holland Guitars, managed by 501c3
nonprofit Woodshed Music & Arts.
Tickets
are $18 in advance, available at Keith
Holland Guitars and online via Brown Paper Tickets. To charge by phone call 800-838-3006.
Remaining tickets will be $22 at the door.
"You don't often hear words like "traditional," and "authentic" paired with "innovative" and "unique," but Evie Ladin has brought them together brilliantly in the self-titled, debut album of the Evie Ladin Band, and the result is truly a high point in new old-time music." Folkworks
Tenacious, innovative string musicians/dancers with a quirky neo-trad soul, the Evie Laden Band throws down a new folk music with an unusual live show. Their 2012 eponymous release Evie Ladin Band was nominated for Americana Album of the Year by the Independent Music Awards.
Keith Terry (bass, Body Music, vocals) is a renowned percussionist/rhythm dancer, and the founder of the International Body Music Festival. A pioneer in contemporary Body Music, Keith produces large-scale intercultural collaborations and educational outreach. In the DUO, Keith brings a cinematic ear to playing bass as tonal percussion, with bells, box, body and toys.
Erik Pearson (guitar, banjo, vocals) is a musician's musician with the Crooked Jades, storyteller Diane Ferlatte, and his solo projects. His original banjo tune Fork & File was the soundtrack for a rapids rafting scene in Sean Penn's movie Into the Wild.