Mystic Theatre presents Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra have been captivating audiences around the world for over three decades with their signature blend of flamenco, classical guitar, and global rhythms.
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra have been captivating audiences around the world for over three decades with their signature blend of flamenco, classical guitar, and global rhythms.
Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout™ started on a Sunday night in 1991 at Ashkenaz in Berkeley with four harmonica players: Rick Estrin, Mark, Dave Earl and Doug Jay. Each player performed a twenty-to-thirty minute set, and everyone jammed together with Hummel’s Blues Survivors as backup. Over the next five years, it grew to become a multi venue event around California
Sam Grisman is a bass player, music appreciator, and bandleader who grew up in Mill Valley, California in a home where some of the great acoustic music of our time was being recorded on a regular basis.
Chris Thile is a multifaceted musical talent, described by The Guardian as “that rare being: an all-round musician,” and hailed by NPR as a “genre-defying musical genius.”
Brazilian-born brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad celebrate 60 years of setting the standard of guitar innovation, ingenuity and expression. Their exceptional artistry and uncanny ensemble-playing come from a family rich in Brazilian musical tradition and studies under guitarist/lutenist Monina Távora, a disciple of Andrés Segovia. Their virtuosity has inspired a wide range of composers to write for them including Astor Piazzolla, Terry Riley, Radamés Gnattali, Marlos Nobre, Nikita Koshkin, Roland Dyens, Jorge Morel, Edino Krieger, and Francisco Mignone. Sérgio has added to their repertoire by composing music for the duo that showcases their virtuosity.
For nearly two decades Donavon Frankenreiter has been traveling the globe, first as a professional surfer and now as a musician. Born in Southern California, Donavon spent most of his youth chasing waves, turning pro at the age of 16. These days instead of surf competitions, it’s concert halls that bring Frankenreiter to town, where he entertains audiences with his unique blend of laid-back grooves, philosophical lyrics and soulful delivery.
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light are a Boston-based string band making music that blends folk tradition with feminist storytelling, poetic detail, and just enough grit.
Singer, songwriter, music producer, visual artist, and writer Neko Case is the consummate career artist — fearless and versatile, with a fierce work ethic and a constant drive to search deeper within herself for creative growth. “One of America’s best and most ambitious singer-songwriters” (Rolling Stone) and “essentially peerless” (NPR), Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans.
Singer-songwriter Meels grew up among the redwoods of Northern California, where music was as constant as the ocean air. Born Amelia Einhorn and raised in Mill Valley, she was steeped in the sounds of John Denver, Iris DeMent, The Beatles, and Peter, Paul and Mary. After studying Recorded Music at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute, she began shaping a sound all her own—one that blends folk, country, and bluegrass into what she calls “Critter Country.”