The Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal at the Starry Plough presents
Dan Cantrell and Friends (10:30 pm)
Dodona (8:30 pm).
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA

$20 general/$15 students. All ages before 10 pm. 21+ after 10pm. Doors open at 7:30pm
Beer, wine and food available from the bar. Kitchen closes at 10pm.

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Dan Cantrell (accordion and voice) is now slotted to bring his new supergroup fresh off of their hot NYE performance at Ashkenaz for an epic headlining set with a dream team of powerhouse Balkan musicians including Lila Sklar (violin) Calvin Lai (clarinet), Greg Jenkins (sax), Jesse Hix (bass), Sean Tergis (drums), and more TBA.

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Dan Cantrell is an Emmy award winning composer known for his innovative and evocative film and theatre scoring approach, as well as his virtuosic playing abilities on the accordion, piano and musical saw.  He holds a BFA degree from CalArts where he majored in Composition and Piano performance.  Dan is a self taught master of the accordion, excelling at Balkan, Romani, Eastern European, and Klezmer styles.   Dan has performed and recorded with Kugelplex, Inspector Gadje, Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom, Beats Antique, Bono, Danny Elfman, members of the Klezmatics and Fishbone.  Dan’s broad ranging musical portfolio, including compositions for video games, cartoons, film, television, web broadcast, and self produced albums can be heard at www.bellowhead.com

Dodona: Drawing from the deep well of musical traditions from Albania and the Epirus region of Greece, Dodona moves between the mournful to the celebratory. The members of this new group have a specific goal, to bring out their love for the melodies of this small region. With a repertoire that goes from plaintive, to trance inducing, to driving, Dodona is one of the few groups in the Bay Area specifically focused on the Albanian and Epirus diaspora. So whether you love a good tsamiko, or the familiarity of a syrtos, or even if you just love to dance with wild abandon this unique band is sure to deliver. Dodona’s members are Calvin Lai on clarinet, vocalist Genevieve Daphne, violinist Ari Langer, Jenette Selin on accordion, Kent Kessinger on guitar and Sean Tergis on drums plus Greg Jenkins on clarinet and vocals (pending confirmation).