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Start: 12/13/2009 8:00 pm
 Join acclaimed violinist, singer, and composer Jenny Scheinman as she breaks the mold with this special show designed for Berkeley, featuring three duos: an instrumental duo with pianist extraordinaire Myra Melford highlighting music from Crossing the Field, Jenny's 5th CD, a singing duo with Chicago-based guitarist Robbie Gjersoe featuring original songs from Scheinman's critically acclaimed debut vocal release, and a special duo set with Canadian folk singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn with whom Scheinma
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Start: 12/14/2009 8:00 pm
 Violinist and composer Gloria Justen presents a program of mostly original music, rounded out by some duos by Bela Bartok for two violins, played with SFCO colleague Hrabba Atladottir. Gloria’s solo violin works, which explore the sound colors and tone possibilities of the violin, are interspersed with her electronic sound collage pieces, which are constructed using layers of field recordings and instrumental sounds.
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Start: 12/15/2009 8:00 pm
 Eeeehaw! They're back, folks! It's been a long, dry spell for Hot Club of Cowtown fans, but luckily for us the trio is back together on the road again, with fire in their fingers and a highly acclaimed new CD, Wishful Thinking, under their belts.
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Start: 12/16/2009 8:00 pm
 We wouldn't dream of knocking the Nutcracker, Santa Claus, and the rest—but maybe you need a little something else this holiday season? For example, a bisl rockin' klezmer or some soulful Sephardic music to tug at your heartstrings?
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Start: 12/17/2009 8:00 pm
We
wouldn't dream of knocking the Nutcracker, Santa Claus, and the
rest—but maybe you need a little something else this holiday season?
For example, a bisl rockin' klezmer or some soulful Sephardic
music to tug at your heartstrings?
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Start: 12/18/2009 8:00 pm
 The Christmas Jug Band, a tongue-in-cheek collaboration of some familiar rock and folk legends, continues to set the standard for holiday high spirits. For more than a decade, this self-styled "momentary lapse of sanity grown to ubiquitous proportions" has graced the Freight stage with their raucous revelry and funky, down-in-the-holler "jugbandizations" of seasonal favorites.
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Start: 12/19/2009 8:00 pm
 Glasgow-born bard Al Stewart has been leaving his mark on the music world for nearly four decades. His distinctive voice and quirky, literate lyrics gained wide recognition in the mid-1970s, with the release of two hit albums, Year of the Cat and Time Passages.
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