2017-09-06: Accordion Noir Fest pre-show with Secret Emchy Society at the WISE Lounge

Longtime fellow traveler in West-Coast alt-accordion circles, the Bay Area's Cindy "Emchy" Emch has long been on our radar due to her activities in Vagabondage and Rhubarb Whiskey, but despite our ties to that sphere, we never managed to quite connect... until now! Upon learning that she's been visiting the area in association with Carolyn Mark, we found that she was going to be nearby juuuuust before the 10th annual Accordion Noir Festival. But when you have a winner's mind, there is no such thing as a loss, so we put our minds together and strategized a festival pre-show featuring the Secret Emchy Society (meaning Emch and her ad-hoc local supporting band) along with yours truly, the jug band of the damned! And, who knows... if the festival brings other surprise characters to town without official festival stage time, maybe we can share a slice of ours with them.

This big fun goes down by donation Wednesday September 6th downstairs at the WISE Lounge, 1882 Adanac! 8-11 pm. Be there, or ... you'll be slightly better rested for the official start of the festival the following day. (But you'll have missed out in so many other ways!)

For those who like to kick off the celebrations a little early, here's a punky little alt-squeezebox warm-up show to kick off the 10th annual Accordion Noir Festival like we used to do it -- by the seat of our pants!

Inspired by 1920s cabaret music, murder ballads and Leonard Cohen, Emchy has been keeping the squeeze dark and alt for over a decade through her projects (list heavily abbreviated) Rhubarb Whiskey, Vagabondage and the Oakland Wine Drinkers Union, Local 88. A great friend to Geoff Berner and Carolyn Mark, you just know you want to join their rarefied ranks also.

http://www.emchy.com/

House band of the Accordion Noir project on and off for the past decade, the jug band of the damned the Creaking Planks continues in their exploration of cognitive dissonance through juxtaposing a contemporary songbook with folk revival arrangements. Your brain tells you "that's just WRONG!" and finds itself utterly incapable of explaining the grin on your face.

At the WISE Lounge. Admission by donation, at the door. Please join us to kick off a Most Eventful series of concerts!