Welcome to Barn Concerts
We host private invitation house concerts in a friendly setting where music can be enjoyed among friends. The "Barn" was a former winery which still maintains its rustic charm.Performers enjoy an intimate atmosphere and outstanding acoustics. Guests are treated to some of the best music around.
Instructions for Invitations and Reservations
Seating New !!
Upcoming Barn Concerts
Fur Dixon & Steve Werner, Saturday August 23rd, 2008,8:00 pm
Fur is a hand-crafted songwriter and angel-voiced cowgirl. She gathers her musical influences from Gillian Welch, June and Mother Maybelle Carter, Hazel Dickens, and Johnny Cash. As a teen, she cut her teeth singing in church and winning musical contests. Fur has played rockabilly and hard driving country music with Los Angeles bands the Hollywood Hillbilly's and the Screamin' Sirens. She's lived and played in Austin, New York, and has toured Europe on bass with Psycho-punk legends the Cramps. Fur's songs come straight out of her heart. Her voice is playful, melodious and seductive. When she sings you a story of hope and heartache you know she has traveled every mile of that journey. Fur is the voice of an old friend, heard across a campfire on a starry night, a voice that calls upon ghosts of another time, when the Carters and the Stanleys sang those same truths around the home fires of their beloved hills.
Steve is an unrepentant Harley-riding, hard-traveling folksinger. He is a Flat-pickin', Travis-pickin' son of a gun and his original songs have the timeless quality of classic folk songs. Steve made his name as guitarist and bandleader for original fifties rockabilly singers like Glen Glenn, Ray Campi, Johnny Legend, Tony "Wildman" Conn, Sonny Burgess and Tommy Sands. He’s played Lollapalooza and opened for Bob Dylan. His first album, Biker Campfire, has become a staple in the motorcycle world. The songs he wrote for expatriot American rocker John Whiteleather, in Sweden, scored on the charts all over Europe, where he travels frequently. Yet, for all that rockin, folk music has always been his first love, his heart and his home. With his trusty Martin HD-28 He's played all over the world from Japan to Europe and all across the USA. An old-school troubadour trained in the ways of his heroes Woody Guthrie and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Steve keeps that grand tradition alive in fine rough and rowdy style.
Together, Fur and Steve are a combination that can’t be matched. In their guitars there’s the smoke of a thousand campfires. When they sing harmony it’ll raise the hair on your arms. Listen to their words and you’ll want to pack up, climb into the back of their pickup truck and head out for a musical joyride down the dusty highways and backroads of the American west.
Caji & Solame, Friday September 5th, 2008,8:00 pm
Caji, a distinctive guitarist in the Brazilian style and unique singing interpretation redefines the grooves from his hometown, Salvador, Bahia. He released is first solo work (Caji da Bahia) in 2004 with Indie record company AmazRecords, with the participation of an exceptional team of fine jazz musicians.
Salomé, from the islands of Azores, joined him as a multilingual vocalist; her percussions grooves; ukulele and her passion for Brazilian and world music.
Together they extended the musical language to a mutli-cultural expression. They represent and explore a vast universe of musical styles that are interconnected. While the main influence is Afro-Brazilian, which includes bossa-nova, samba, and afoxé, they incorporate reggae and other world music styles such as bolero, morna, and fado into their unique sound.
With her percussiveness and ability to sing in four different languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English), and his sensitivity to musical language, and rythms, they are able to bring to the music of the world, including Brazilian, Cuban, French, Peruvian, Cabo Verdan and Portuguese, a special sensitivity to the rare beauty of these cultures, bringing together the people of the earth.
They released a CD project blending their passion and using the organic power of acoustic instruments, like the nylon string guitar, surdo, pandeiro, conga, and innovative vocal interpretations. “Cartão Postal Acústico / Acoustic Post Card", was recorded and produced by master engineer, Kyle Harris.
The show combines Caji’s original compositions from his first solo album (Caji da Bahia) and songs from their duo album (Acoustic Post Card), compositions from the greatest Brazilian composers such as Tom Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Dorival Caymmi, Gilberto Gil, and their interpretations of classic music from Portugal, Cuba, South America, Cabo Verde, and France, Jamaica and USA. Caji and Salomé transport the listener to Brazil and beyond...
*Caji & Salomé will be joined Evan Ege on drum set and percussion.
Keith Greeninger, Saturday September 13th, 2008,8:00 pm
There is no barrier between the man and his music. Keith Greeninger is a seasoned troubadour, political activist, award-winning songwriter, and unforgettable performer. With nothing more than a guitar in hand and a song with a story to tell, Keith can completely captivate an audience. From the deep laid back grooves of a soulful ballad to the righteous intensity of a hard-driving anthem, his rich vocal range conveys strength tempered with vulnerability, political struggle reflected in personal experience, and the deep connection to earth, sky, community, and family.
A fourth generation Northern Californian Keith has traveled and lived throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America. His music has been deeply influenced by his work with Native American and Latin cultures, and his songs cut an honest, hard worn path to places of simple truth about good people holding on to hope and instinct in a world that often tries to strip these things away.
As a solo artist, and with his previous trio City Folk, he has toured the national Folk and Americana circuit extensively for the last decade and a half. He has, performed at festivals and legendary venues, national radio shows, and shared stages with dozens of the country’s best-known artists. His masterfully crafted tunes and powerful presence have earned him the top songwriting awards at the Telluride Blue Grass Festival, The Kerrville Folk Festival and The Napa Valley Folk Festival.
With three critically acclaimed CD’s to date Greeninger’s newest release , Glorious Peasant, may be his strongest yet, showcasing his strengths as both artist, and producer. Although the folk music roots are evident, Glorious Peasant is a full-fledged journey into the land of groove and soul. The CD beautifully matches Greeninger’s honest, organic style bringing you right into the room for every note, and capturing some of the warmest, most expressive vocal tracks in recent memory. The musicianship is stellar throughout thanks to a supporting cast of top-drawer musicians. There's acoustic piano, lush Hammond organ and some beautifully overdriven Fender Rhodes from John R. Burr (Robin Ford, Alison Brown, Maria Muldar), smoking electric and slide guitar by Randy Mitchell (Warren Zevon, Billy Bob Thornton, Donna Summers), and some tasty horn arrangements by Greeninger’s longtime collaborator Dayan Kai (who plays flute, sax, clarinet and percussion, in addition to adding background vocals). The rhythm section team of drummer Jim Norris (Lacy J. Dalton, Larry Hosford) and Dennis Murphy on bass (Acoustic Alchemy) provide just the right feel to these superb renditions of Greeninger’s material.
“Greeninger's music has a dramatic quality to it. A storyteller in song, he paints masterful portraits of humanity in both its splendor and strife.” STEVEN SAWADA Eugene Weekly
“KEITH GREENINGER was on fire, every chord he touched turned epic, every conviction he put forward resonated with an incredible power.” Steve Palopoli Metro Santa Cruz
“I field calls on countless artists, and no one has captured my listeners more than Keith" Brian Terhorst, KVMR, Nevada City CA
“One of the finest writers on the scene today. His songs always find a way to touch, inspire, celebrate… and when necessary, enrage Mike Meyer, KRVM Radio, Eugene OR
"One of our Favorites here at the PIG!" Laura Ellen Hopper Legandary founder and program director of KPIG Radio.
Acoustic Eidolon, Saturday September 27th, 2008,8:00 pm
Acoustic Eidolon, featuring Joe Scott on double neck guitjo and Hannah Alkire on cello are from Colorado and have graced stages throughout the US, Europe, Australia and Canada. With six CDs and 1 DVD to their credit, these masterful artists continue to captivate audiences throughout the world with their signature "new acoustic" sound and boundless possibilities in blending Celtic, Folk, World & Latin music influences, something that Dirty Linen magazine praises as “a sumptuous musical feast.” They are described by the Swallow Hill Music Association as "an evening of brilliant instrumentality," and Georgia's Good Life magazine enthuses, “Acoustic Eidolon offers concert-goers a chance to absorb some of the most powerful and intriguing music on the scene today."
Their original sound is created by the mixing of their diverse musical backgrounds and their unusual instrumentation including the one-of-a-kind double neck guitjo, an instrument of Joe’s own design praised by USA Today as a “beautiful harp-like sounding instrument ... like nothing they've ever heard before.” The double-neck guitjo has 14 strings and Joe has developed his own style and technique, playing both necks simultaneously. Classically-trained cellist Hannah Alkire studied with G. Magyar of the Hungarian String Quartet and is recognized internationally for her stunning tone and emotional, impeccable playing and for taking the cello places it's never been before.
The two joined their personal lives after forming their musical alliance and were married in 2001. The result is a coupling of intricate and passionate music with genuine and engaging stories.
Venues in Europe have included Saint Paul’s Cathedral and The Royal National Theatre in London, the Spandau Theatre in Berlin Germany, the Guitars For Hope Festival in France. While in Australia they enjoyed a variety of venues from small folk clubs to the prestigious Mackay Theater in Mackay Australia. In the US, Acoustic Eidolon has recently performed at venues such as The Kennedy Center, the prestigious Florida State University arts festival "Seven Days of Opening Nights," Chicago Cultural Center, International Bluegrass Music Association Fan Fest in Nashville TN, the Volcano Theater, Volcano National Park, HI, Scottish Rite Auditorium in Cambridge, OH, the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre in Denver for the Colorado Performing Arts, the Frederick Brown Amphitheater in Atlanta, GA, Kerrville Folk Festival, and the Vancouver Island Music Festival. They are featured on the nationally-syndicated radio programs “WoodSong’s Old Time Radio Hour,” “Echoes” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Houston Jones, Saturday October 18th, 2008,8:00 pm
Houston Jones is a California based high octane Americana sextet. Formed in 2001, the band performs a strong original repertoire that ranges from bluegrass and folk to blues and gospel. With a world-class combination of vocal and instrumental prowess, Houston Jones features Peter Tucker (drums and percussion), Glenn Houston (lead guitar), Travis Jones (lead vocals and acoustic guitar), Henry Salvia (keyboards and accordian) and Chris Kee (standup bass).
“As good as any singing and picking I’ve heard in my thirty years in the music business. Do your friends a big favor, and turn them on to this band!” - Bob Brown, Owner, Rancho Nicasio, and manager, Huey Lewis and the News
Voted “best new discovery” and “best vocalist”, Strawberry Music Festival
www.houstonjones.com
The Palm Wine Boys, Saturday November 8th, 2008,8:00 pm
West African palm wine music and American folk and blues all come together to make up the mellow rhythmic sound of the Palm Wine Boys. Palm wine music is West African roots music. Like folk and blues, the roots music of North America, it is the music of the township and village; "an expression of the day-to-day life of ordinary people, the music of their hearts. It tells of their joys, their sorrows, their pleasures and their displeasures" said the late S.E. Rogie, one of the great innovators of the genre. The Palm Wine Boys fuse the lyrical sensibilities of folk and blues with the guitar lines and rhythms of palm wine music to create a new form. They play innovative world roots music.
"The rich vocal harmonizing, combined with intricate guitar interplay and lilting rhythms make Palm Wine Boys a fresh, warm breeze in the increasingly stale 'world music' atmosphere" - Larry Kelp, KPFA
Their recently released second album, Up & Down, their first for Oakland, CA based indie folk label Wildplum Recordings, will remind many of early highlife or acoustic calypso with its lilting melodies, irresistible bouncy rhythms, and playful lyrics. The new CD features four part harmonies, the dual intertwining guitars of palm wine music, strong bass lines, occasional flute and various African hand percussion throughout.
2009 shows coming up:
Vive Le Jazz (formerly The Very Hot Club)
Hassa Flamenco
Eric Taylor
