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Profile GeneratorCafé Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix of vintage Swing, Latin, American, and French Café Music. Their music evokes the repertoire of the Bal Musette orchestras, the bands that were popular in Parisian cafés and bistros in the 1920s through 1950s. The heart of this repertoire is the romantic, gypsy-influenced valse-musette or swing waltz. CAO complements the musettes with swing, ballads, tangos, paso dobles, boleros, rumbas, and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. While they inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon, their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert act as well as a great dance band.
Café Accordion Orchestra is led by DAN NEWTON on accordion and vocals with BRIAN BARNES on guitar and vocals, ERIC MOHRING on mandolin, fiddle and vocals, ERIK LILLESTOL on bass and JOE STEINGER on percussion. The members have a combined total of over a century of experience with the likes of Prairie Home Companion, Stoney Lonesome, Bone Tones, The Nationals, Jumbo Ya Ya, Ethnic Dance Theater and the Laketown Buskers. And they have a combined height of over 28 feet!
CAO now has six recordings with the 2006 release of Cinema.
Visit http://www.cafeaccordion.com for more info.
Upcoming Events
May 17 Saturday
Private Event
May 18 Sunday
Private Event
May 24 Saturday
9:30pm
The Times Restaurant & Bar
2nd Ave & E Hennepin, Mpls
612-617-8098
http://www.timesbarandcafe.com/
May 25 Sunday
Private Event
June 19 Thursday
12noon-1pm
Northrop Auditorium Plaza Concert(rain or shine)
University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus
84 Church St. SE, Mpls, MN
612-624-2345
http://www1.umn.edu/umato/summer.html
June 21 Saturday
11am-3pm
Chateau St. Croix Winery
St. Croix Falls, WI
715-483-2556
http://www.chateaustcroix.com
June 21 Saturday (evening)
Private Event
June 23 Monday
Private Event
June 27 Saturday
9:30pm
The Times Restaurant & Bar
2nd Ave & E Hennepin, Mpls
612-617-8098
http://www.timesbarandcafe.com/
