The extraordinary Jason Webley is coming back to Cyclops - and this is gonna be your last opportunity to see him for quite awhile. He's one of the best live performers you'll ever see - that's why around 100 people packed the place last time he was here so don't miss it. He's playing with the equally amazing Paco Fish and Eliza Rickman.
The Seattle Times describes accordion troubadour JASON WEBLEY as "one of Seattle's most talented musicians." Since his beginnings as a street performer, Webley has built a loyal following around the globe with his uninhibited live performances. His relentless touring schedule has taken him to over 30 countries, most concerts ending with the entire crowd locked arm-in-arm, swaying and singing.
Webley has released six albums and numerous collaborations on his own record label. He organizes and headlines the annual Monsters of Accordion tour and has shared the stage with the likes of The Avett Brothers, Devotchka and Regina Spektor. Recently, Webley finished a world tour with Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls as one-half of the duo Evelyn Evelyn.
At the end of 2011, Webley will be taking a break from touring, making this special show his last Baltimore appearance for some time.
http://www.jasonwebley.com/
PACO FISH thrives on duality. The cabaret-performing alter ego of Paul Galbraith, a cytogenetics technologist by day, Paco Fish is a dynamic performer of spoken and physical comedy, burlesque, circus, and any other medium where he can find a stage. Most of Paco’s characters exist in multiple worlds at the same time and his acts are visual representations of the transitions between different, but coexisting realities. Whether playing the aggressive lion with a heart (and thong) of gold, the go-go dancer working part time as the Grim Reaper (also with a thong of gold), or the bride of indeterminate gender, Paco dismantles assumptions and defies convention with humor and passion.
www.pacofish.net
ELIZA RICKMAN is a singer, songwriter and pianist living and performing in California. Her unique and haunting sound combines the lilting sweetness of popular vocalists like Feist or Annie Clark with the gritty sensibilities of PJ Harvey and the playfulness of Kurt Weill. While she performs with a small chamber of musicians at venues like Hotel Cafe (Hollywood) & Viracocha (San Francisco), the toy piano is the central instrument on her EP, Gild the Lily (2009). Full of lovesick lullabies, Gild the Lily marries pure and sultry melodies with melancholy lyrics. The raven-haired, porcelain-skinned songstress serenades listeners into an unexpected vulnerability while leading them on a quest for love by a little girl lost.
Two stunning music videos were made in 2010 with Mindfruit Films. The first video ("Cinnamon Bone") was completed in the spring, and is a reverse effect, slow motion short film about a young woman reliving her heartbreak through the seasons. All effects for the video were analog only, and this unique concept landed "Cinnamon Bone" a spot at 2011's SXSW Film Festival. A stop-motion video for "Black Rose" was released in the fall after months of painstaking work. The use of an adorable Blythe doll in "Black Rose" quickly won Eliza much admiration from the doll community.
Eliza recorded her first full-length effort this winter with Chicago-based engineer Mark Greenberg (Andrew Bird, Wilco, Mavis Staples). The album is anticipated for release in the fall of 2011, and highlights Eliza's talent for writing string arrangements, and includes contributions from percussionist Kevin O'Donnell (Andrew Bird's 'Bowl of Fire') & bassist Tom V. Ray (Neko Case, Jakob Dylan).
https://www.facebook.com/andyrubin#!/elizarickman?sk=info
