COYLE — A brand-new, all-female trio will bring the music of Ireland and Appalachia to rural Jefferson County this Saturday night.
Calliope — Tashina Clarridge, Emily Mann and Amy Anders — will sing and play fiddles, guitars, whistle, mandolin, bass and banjo at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, in another Concerts in the Woods series show.
Admission is by donation to the 7:30 p.m. performance, and listeners of all ages are welcome.
Brought up in tepee
Raised in a tepee in the rural mountains of Northern California, Clarridge was enrolled in a Suzuki violin program at age 2 and went on to study Baroque classical violin and Texas-style fiddling.
She later landed at the feet of fiddlers Darol Anger, Natalie MacMaster, Alasdair Fraser and Mark O’Connor at various music camps.
Now Clarridge, in her early 30s, pursues bluegrass and the fusion music known as “New Acoustic,” along with traditional Irish and Appalachian old-time songs.
In addition to playing with Calliope, she tours with her brother, Tristan, and Simon Chrisman in the acoustic ensemble The Bee Eaters, and organizes the Big Sur Fiddle Camp and Shasta Music Summit in California.
Mann, a 21-year-old multi-instrumentalist, singer and former student of Clarridge’s from Big Sur, Calif., also adores the sound of the Appalachian Mountains. She plays with another band called the Knuckle Knockers and raises bees in her spare time.
Completing the trio, 16-year-old Amy sings and plays fiddle, Irish whistle, mandolin and guitar.
More details
Information about this Saturday’s show and directions to the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center can be found at www.CoyleConcerts.com or by contacting presenter Norm Johnson at 360-765-3449 or johnson5485@msn.com.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
