Duo Dirty Cello performs Oct. 28 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick for Concerts for a Cause. Courtesy photo
Fresh off its third tour to Iceland with crazy adventures like playing at an Icelandic film star’s wedding to a show on a whale watching boat, San Francisco-based band Dirty Cello will bring its unique spin on cello to the Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, to raise money for the Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.
The duo will present their exciting blend of blues, rock and Americana that has been described by Oakland Magazine as, “…funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, textured and only occasionally classical.”
Band leader and cellist Rebecca Roudman is a member of classical orchestras, but with the Dirty Cello band she lets her hair down and uses her classical training to push the cello to its limits — more Jimi Hendrix than Yo -Yo Ma.
“We play what folks want to hear, from the “Devil Went Down to Georgia” to Led Zeppelin,” Roudman said. “We go on stage with a huge collection of songs and then just have a ton of fun — we don’t take ourselves too seriously, and we just want the audience to have a good time too.”
Nick Diamantides from Ashland Daily Tidings described it this way, “When lead guitar is replaced by the sound of hot licks on a cello, blues, rock and bluegrass rise to a new dimension. But what is most spectacular about them is hearing the depth of soul in Roudman’s playing — it goes beyond what most people would expect from the instrument.”
Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door, or $10 for children. They can be purchased at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books or online at ticketstripe.com/dirtycello.
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