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Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band at Angelica's
Courtesy of Joy Montana | Posted on September 10, 2015
Where
Angelica's
863 Main Street
Redwood City, CA
Map
650-365-3226
When
Fri, October 9, 2015
8:30 pm
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Musicians
About
new video from Sonoma Show 9/8/15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqpKpsL63LU
Roberta Donnay is a Jazz Age preservationist, guardian of Depression-era sounds, and extender of traditions, but her music isn't covered with cobwebs or dated in any way. On Bathtub Gin, this singer-composer puts a new coat of paint on the songs of the '20s and '30s, contributes originals sympathetic to the sounds of those times, and conjures thoughts of life during prohibition.
- All About Jazz 2015
With her singularly enticing sound, few contemporary vocalists are as well suited to dustily vintage material as jazz-blues stylist Roberta Donnay. She affectively proved so three years ago when, teamed with her Prohibition Mob Band, she surveyed standards from the 1920s and ’30s on the charming A Little Sugar. Now she’s back for more. – Jazz Times 2015...