BOULDER ACOUSTIC SOCIETY
and ROUND MOUNTAIN

Photo by Elena Gomez.

March 21 at 7:00
Santa Fe Brewing Company
$10 at the door. Free for SW Roots Music Members.

Boulder Acoustic Society concocts rootsy hybrids of blues, folk, gospel, rock and world music. The young quartet's blend of violin, accordion, bass and percussion focuses on powerful grooves and sharp vocal hooks, and has earned them gigs on some of the nation's top festival stages. Also, they can rock the ukulele. Their latest release, The Caged Bird, features guest trumpeter Ron Miles. The band recently scored original music for the new ESPN.com series Mayne Street.

Round Mountain's Char and Robby Rothschild have been playing music together for most of their lives. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, their background ranges from Balkan and West African styles to traditional Appalachian music, from classical to funk. While they have played extensively together and separately in many ensembles and projects, including Ottmar Liebert, Prince Diabate, Panjea, and the Old Moscow Circus, this configuration marks the crystallization of their own music using the traditions that have inspired them. Expect many extremes — beautiful acoustic numbers, wild bagpipes, trumpet and accordion played by one person at the same time, Bulgarian zydeco, klezmer, and Malian rhythms, to name a few. But while their music is varied, it is far from random. There is a solvent behind all these different dry ingredients that allows them to blend seamlessly — original songwriting with respect and love for the music.