The Rakish Angles at Shady Grove

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Saturday, August 23rd, 2014
7:30 PM

The name �Rakish� is an adjective that means �displaying a dashing, jaunty or disreputable quality or appearance.� Any experience with this Canadian Roots band is bound to be jaunty and jovial, but not at all untrustworthy. While singing time-stopping harmonies into one collective microphone, they carry every audience to wholesome, playful, and wooden-timbred places � much like where they live.

British Columbia�s Sunshine Coast is a tranquil neck-of-the-woods beside the Pacific Ocean that resonates with a woody timbre. This unique place conjured up a definitive sonic quartet called The Rakish Angles (Rakish: an adjective meaning having a dashing, jaunty and slightly disreputable quality). Newgrass, Latin, gypsy-jazz, old-time music. None of these styles were born there, yet they have given inspiration to the vision of these musicians, who hail from various locations around Canada. There�s gentle counterpoint to the band and maybe that�s why their music and performances strike a chord � they simultaneously say sweet and mysterious, novel and ageless. The quiet complexity is honest and musical and natural.

Since forming in 2007, The Rakish Angles � composed of Ali Romanow (Violin, vocals), Simon Hocking (Mandolin, vocals), Boyd Norman (Bass, vocals), and Dan Richter (Guitar, vocals) � have been making their own unique sound. They have shared the stage with Tony Trischka, Doug Cox, Po�Girl, Celso Machado, The Red Clay Ramblers, Frazey Ford, Jesse Zubot, Tanya Tagaq & Joel Fafard. In the process, they�ve earned nominations for a Canadian Folk Music Award in 2009, Indie Acoustic Project Awards in 2009 and 2011 as well as Western Canadian Music Awards in 2010 and 2012.
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Suggested donations are $15 per person and reservations are strongly recommended. As usual, refreshments will be available.