Wendell Fullmoon Coffeehouse: **Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem at the Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse**

[Robert Heller via friends-wfmch]

"One of America's most inventive string bands" -- The Boston Herald

**Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem bring joy to the Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse

The longest running Non-Profit venue in New England; where Every Show is
for the Benefit of Local Environmental and Service Organizations.

www.wendellfullmoon.org

Saturday, March 23, 2019 7:30 p.m
sliding scale admission $6 - $15
Cash only to
benefit the Friends of the Wendell Free Library
Open Mic begins at 7:30.
For Open Mic sign-up, directions and further information please visit our
website www.wendellfullmoon.org
Or call (978) 544-5557

Harmony, rhythm, indelible songs -- these are the hallmarks of Rani Arbo &
daisy mayhem, the New England based folk quartet now in its 15th year. From
the Newport Folk Festival to the California World Music Festival and
beyond, this band's steadfast brew of wit, camaraderie, and musicality
leaves audiences everywhere humming and hopeful, spirits renewed. Rani Arbo
& daisy mayhem are Rani Arbo (fiddle, guitar), Andrew Kinsey (bass, banjo,
ukulele), Anand Nayak (electric and acoustic guitars) and Scott Kessel
(percussion). At the helm, Arbo is "blessed with an unmistakable voice,
both light RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM and sultry, with a hint of tremolo and
smoke" (Acoustic Guitar). With Kinsey and Nayak's vibrant baritones and
Kessel's resonant bass, the band's signature lockstep harmonies can shake
the rafters or hush the room. Arbo's fiddle is sweet and sinewy, while
Nayak's guitar stretches across genre lines. Kinsey's old-time bass anchors
the deep groove of Kessel's homemade percussion kit -- a truly funky
collection of cardboard boxes, tin cans, caulk tubes, packing-tape
tambourines, bottle-cap rattles, Mongolian jaw harps, and a vinyl suitcase.
In the lineage of string bands who blur the boundaries of American roots
music, Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem have always been standard-bearers, with a
particular knack for pairing words and music. From bluegrass barnstormers
to sultry swing, old-time gospel to bluesy folk-rock, they consistently
turn in lush arrangements with "stylish, unexpected choices" (Acoustic
Guitar). Original songs fit seamlessly aside artful re-workings of Georgia
Sea Islands music, Hank Williams, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen -- just a
few of the many places this band is willing to go. Writes Maverick
Magazine, "How refresh-ing to hear something that sounds as if it has come
from people who are genuinely original thinkers. As soon as Rani Arbo &
daisy mayhem strike up, you realize this is a band that is unpredictable
and impossible to pigeonhole. But, what a thoroughly mellifluous melange --
sophisticated, soulful and always handled with care and a lightness of
touch that is part folk/jazz/ country, part blues/old time, and all good.
There is a togetherness that flows right through the heart of the
performance. It never gets too clever and always remains understated and
classy."

                                   



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