St. Clair Productions presents moira smiley & VOCO in concert on Saturday, February 9, 8 p.m., at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 4th St., Ashland. Ashland’s Rogue World Ensemble opens the show. Tickets are $18/advance, $20/door, $10/12-17 and free under 12. Tickets available at the Music Coop in downtown Ashland, www.stclairevents.com or 541-535-3562.
moira smiley & VOCO is a visionary blend of voices - redefining harmony singing with the power & physicality of folksong, the avant-garde fearlessness of Béla Bartók and delicious, vaudevillian accompaniment of cello, banjo, ukelele, accordion and body percussion. Moira Smiley's award-winning original music and spell-binding American and East European folksong light up the stage with rompin’ stompin' body percussion and warm wit. Named #1 a cappella group in the U.S. in 2007, moira smiley & VOCO is the energy of street singing and the elegance of a string quartet. Expect magnificent, hair-raising performances – music that mourns and dances at the same time. Called "fascinating and multi-lingual" by the LA Times, "Persuasive, near perfect musicians" by the Herald Times, “gritty and ethereal, banjo to Bartók” by the Village Voice.
“They are vocal chameleons, by turns seductive, comforting, dissonant, playful, keening, exuberant. They have the finesse and discipline of classically trained musicians, but they’re also inventive, with a renegade streak that takes all musical genres as fair game. Most of all, they sing with heart.”
– Margaret Shepard 14850 Magazine
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