globalFEST: Creole Carnival presents Emeline Michel, Brushy One String and Casuarina at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, April 16, 2016

Cal Performances presents globalFEST: Creole Carnival featuring Emeline Michel, Brushy One String, and Casuarina
2016-04-16
Zellerbach Hall Auditorium
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305
8:00 PM, Saturday, April 16, 2016

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[8:01 PM lights down, announcements; open with Emeline Michel and band]

1. [8:01 AM] Merci la Vie
2. [8:05 PM] ?
3. [8:08 PM] ?
4. [8:13 PM] ?
5. [8:18 PM] ?
6. [8:29 PM] ?
7. [8:35 PM] Haïti chérie
   [8:40 PM, band off, Emeline introduces Brushy One String, then departs]
8. [8:44 PM] Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
9. [8:48 PM] Boom Bam Deng
10. [8:52 PM] ?
11. [8:58 PM] ?
12. [9:01 PM] ?
13. [9:05 PM] Another Song of Praise
    [Brushy's set ends 9:09 PM; introduces Casuarina]
14. [9:09 PM] ?
15. [9:11 PM] ?
16. [9:14 PM] Dora
17. [9:19 PM] ?
18. [9:23 PM] ?
19. [9:25 PM] É Isso Aí (Problema Dela)
20. [9:33 PM] ?
21. [9:37 PM] ?
    [add Emeline Michel and band]
22. [9:40 PM] ? “J’aime, J’aime, J’aime”
    [add Brushy One String]
23. [9:47 PM] Get Up, Stand Up
    [show ends 9:52 PM]

• Carol Hodge: drums, harmony vox;
• Dominic James: guitar, acoustic guitar;
• Calvin Jones: bass;
• Emeline Michel: vox.

• Brushy One String AKA Andrew Chin: acoustic one-string guitar, vox.

Casuarina

• Gabriel Azevedo: pandeiro, lead and harmony vox;
• John Cavalcanti: tan-tan, lead and harmony vox;
• João Fernando: mandolin, harmony vox;
• Rafael Freire: cavaquinho, harmony vox;
• Daniel Montes: seven-string acoustic guitar.

A fun night at Zellerbach with a show thrown together from diverse musical elements. Creole? Carnival? globalFEST? OK, whatever. An excuse to send a bunch of talented unknowns on tour across Canada and the USA. Tonight was the last show of the tour, and everyone seems to have been in high spirits – must have been a pretty good time for all involved!

Each of the acts was fun to hear, and the continuous mini-set format forced them to concentrate on their strongest material (probably a good thing!).

After the show, Cal Performances treated us to finger food, wine and dessert bites in the upstairs lobby. A bunch of the performers appeared, but this part of the affair was rather disorganized (no hot water at the tea station, nor any cream to go with the coffee until I made an inquiry – what, as if cream an unusual thing to expect with coffee!?), and we didn't get much of a chance to mingle or slap hands. A missed opportunity, perhaps, though being multilingual (in French or Portuguese) probably would have been helpful…

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!