City Pages Picked To Click and Radio Heartland present Roma di Luna with Pieta Brown
Cedar favorites new-oldtime group Roma di Luna and Americana singer-songwriter Pieta Brown in a smash double-bill! At its heart, Roma di Luna is the wife-husband duo Channy Casselle (vocals, violin) and Alexei Casselle (guitar, vocals). They began performing in 2004 as street musicians in downtown Minneapolis and since then have released two full-length albums, two EPs, and casually transitioned their musical concept into a full-band affair. If the occasion arises, however, Roma di Luna can still stun as a two-piece, returning to their busking roots with the same moving presence and musicality.
Besides Channy and Alexei, Roma di Luna’s principal players are Ben Durrant (electric guitar), James Everest (bass guitar), Ryan Lovan (percussion), Jessi Prusha (backing vocals), and Michael Rossetto (banjo), and all are featured prominently on Roma’s latest album, Casting the Bones. Instrumentally lush, vocally assured, Casting the Bones explores new sonic territory while still embracing the art of traditional folk songs and storytelling. No mere roots revivalists, Channy and Alexei sing the Janis-faced blues, modern appropriations of love and loss, suffused with both possibility and melancholy.
Pieta Brown has a new EP Flight Time out, seven songs, short but sweet, as we have come to expect from one of Iowa's finest.
Tickets are on sale now from Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Depth of Field, Homestead Pickin' Parlor and Irish on Grand), and online at Ticketweb
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Pieta Brown's own blend of folk, rock, country and blues has garnered numerous comparisons to musical forbearers like Rickie Lee Jones, Bobbie Gentry, and Bob Dylan. Lyrically and musically poetic, Brown's deceptive simplicity and seductive purity combine to...
Roma di Luna is a 6-piece soulful folk-rock band from Minneapolis, led by Alexei and Channy Moon Casselle. They have emerged quickly as one of The Twin Cities’ most dynamic and exciting bands, known for powerful live performances and songs that deeply move....
