Randal Harrison: Calendar

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Delafield Brewhaus

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Jackpine Jamboree

Piper Road is back to perform at this great Wisconsin Bluegrass festival. What a great way to kick off another Wisconsin mini-tour!!!!!

(more details to follow)

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Orton Park Festival

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Samba Brazilian Grill

My good friend Dave Irwin needed the night off and asked me to cover his gig. Come for the food - It's fantastic! 

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Milwaukee's Irish Fest

High Life Stage

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Gypsy Fest @ Art in the Barn

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Milwaukee's Irish Fest

High Life Stage

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Milwaukee's Irish Fest

Tipperary Stage!

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

The Harmony

Bring your dancin' shoes!

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Cafe Carpe

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

CRAVETH LAKE PARK

A Summer Tradition! All you need is a chair and a picnic basket.

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Lake Park's Musical Mondays

This concert takes place in Lake Park Picnic Area #3, just south of the playground and tennis courts.

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Atwood Fest

This is the first performance of a week long Wisconsin tour! More details to follow.

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

"Jazz on a Summer's Eve" @ Art in the Barn

The New String Trio features new compositions by jazz violinist Randal Harrison, cellist Matt Turner and bassist Mark Urness!!!!!!!! Two other groups are featured at the Madison Music Collective's "Jazz on a Summers Evening" festival: Joel Adams Quintet and vocalist Jackie Allen!

Here's the schedule:

5:30 - Joel Adams Quintet

7:00 - New String Trio (Randal Harrison-violin, Matt Turner-cello, Mark Urness-bass)

8:30 - Jackie Allen!

$20 general, $15 members of MMC and MJS, $10 students

No charge for children 14 & under

DOORS OPEN AT 4:00 PM

BRING YOUR OWN PICNIC and LAWN CHAIRS (optional)

OR PURCHASE DINNER FROM FOOD STAND

You can pruchase tickets here:

http://mmcmusic.org/sales.php

You can find more information about the performers here:

http://mmcmusic.org/artinbarn2010.php

See you at the barn!!!!!!

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Sinnissippi Music Shell

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Greendale Gazeebo

Bring your picnic basket!

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

High Noon Saloon

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

2nd Annual Oshkosh Irish Fest

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

World's Largest Brat Fest

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

The Brink Lounge

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Fitchburg Days

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Inn on the Park

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Grey Eagle Community Library

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Heider Center for the Arts

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Revere's Well Street Station

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Milwaukee Ale House

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Cafe Carpe

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Schauer Center for the Performing Arts

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Cedarburg Cultural Center

Annual Irish Eve

Friday, March 5th, 2010

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Edgewood Fine Arts Festival

The Randal Harrison Trio featuring:

Nick Moran - bass
Geoff Brady - percussion

Original Jazz, Appalachian Funk and Tango Nuevo!

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Watson Field

Benefit for ROTORY
featuring all-day music: Brian Roberts, CW Colt, Terry Cassidy's All Stars, Bobby D' & No Slack Livingroom Band, and PRSB (at about 4:00 PM)

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Dockside @ Sombraro Marina

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Hogfish

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

the Green Parrot

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Boondocks

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Mangrove Mama's

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Key West Tour

That's right! The Piper Road Spring Band is on tour from January 29 through February 7th. You can book your flight and hotel now. I don't know about you, but I love a little sunshine and a lot of bluegrass pickin' in January. Hope to see you in the Keys!

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

The Barrymore Theatre

Here's the line-up:
The Gomers (maybe w/Gomerokee? Great way to start the day!)
members of Piper Road Spring Band
The Stellanovas w/Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines
Sean Michael Dargan Band
Tony Brown & 608 Riddim Section
Honor Among Thieves

(the above line-up MAY NOT reflect the order of the performances. That's still needs to be decided.)

Hey Y'all. Come on down to the Barrymore Theatre. Six bands , three fiddle players (Randal Harrison, Biff Blumfumgagnge, Chris Wagoner), one cellist (Mary Gaines), plenty of drink, popcorn and a whole lot of "for a good cause". All the Bands are donating their time and talent. Come on down and have a great time. It's the right thing to do!

Sponsored by:
The Barrymore
Intellasound
WORT-FM

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Suzuki Association of Wisconsin's Winter Retreat and Workshop

Randal will be teaching Jazz/Improv Classes again at this year's retreat. Pleasae join us for the final performance on Sunday @ noon at the Capitol Rotunda.

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

The Harmony

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Bach in a Backpack

Here's what Kenneth Burns @ the Isthmus says:
Critic's Choice 11/30/2010
"Emmy-nominated composer Randal Harrison brings a brain bursting with classical, jazz and folk gems to the local coffee shop, adds some caffeine and sets the room on fire with the power of a single violin - and does it before lunchtime. Now that's what you call a morning person."

Here's December's Schedule:

The Mermaid Cafe / 1929 Winnebago St, Madison, WI
11:30am - 1pm
Thursdays Dec. 3, 10, 17
Tuesdays Dec. 22
Thursday Dec. 31
http://www.mermaidcafemadison.com

Mother Fool's Coffee House / 1101 Williamson St, Madison, WI
10-11:30am
Mondays Dec. 7, 14, 21 and 28
http://www.motherfools.com

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Samba Brazilian Grill

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Top of the Park @ the Inn on the Park Hotel

Join us at a fundraiser for the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Featuring Geri Dimaggio and Friends:
Lynette, Sally DeBroux, Sara Yervand, Paul Hastil, John Mesoloras, John Becker, Randal Harrison, Marilyn Fisher, and more ....

Tickets available @:
DiMaggio's Euro Design and
Isthmus Publishing

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Samba Brazilian Grill

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Mother Fool's Coffee House

Solo Violin Performance

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The Schauer Center

Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble is an instrumental group based out of Madison, Wisconsin. They are primarily influenced by the legendary Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. The ensemble also pulls influences from jazz, swing, traditional Latin, Parisian waltzes, and other vintage-jazz sources. Expect a range of tunes from the "Hot Swing" repertoire, originals and standards done in uniquely arranged styles.

more info at: http://gypsyswing.com

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Mother Fools

Mother Fool's is thrilled to host the first-ever duo show from two of Madison's most dynamic string musicians. Join us for a very special evening of hot swing, blues, Celtic and bluegrass music.

Randal Harrison is well-known to Madison audiences as the innovative jazz violinist in the Randal Harrison Trio, and as the blues-rock violinist in Honor Among Thieves. This summer he has also been touring with Milwaukee's Irish group Leahy's Luck, and with bluegrass stalwarts the Piper Road Spring Band. He has won Madison Area Music Awards for Artist of the Year in each of the Jazz, Classical, and Blues categories.

Chris Powers is the commanding lead singer and multi-instrumentalist with the Old Tin Can String Band. His mandolin was the third voice in the blues-roots group The Roddys. He also was band-leader for Madison's long-running Bluegrass Survivors, and for the original string jazz trio Nobody's Bizness. He hosts the weekly radio show "Mud Acres" on WORT-FM.

Powers and Harrison first played together in the mid-1980's when they were both studying jazz with Richard Davis' Black Music Ensemble. Though their paths have crossed many times over the years, this is the first time they ever collaborated an entire show.

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Silver Lake College

About the show:
http://slcnews.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/irish-folk-band-leahys-luck-appearing-at-silver-lake-college/
For tickets:
http://www.sl.edu/News/Calendar/artistmusicseries.asp

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Quad Cities Erin Feis

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Fighting Bob Fest

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The East Side Club (ESBMA)

Piper Road Spring Band

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Jack Pine Fest

Bluegrass Extravaganza!

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

The Brocach

Live Bluegrass w/ The Old Tin Can String Band with guest Randal Harrison

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Irish Fest-Miller High Life Stage/Parkview

It's the Largest Irish Music Festival in the World!

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Irish Fest-Miller High Life Stage/Parkview

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Irish Fest - Tipperary Stage

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Craveth Park Bandshell

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

SINNISSIPPI PARK BANDSHELL

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

2 Seasons Bowl

Bluegras Jam w/Three bands!

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

The Harmony

Hey Y'all,

This show is a last minute addition to the schedule. Keith had a cancellation for this night and asked if the Thieves could do what we do best, Rock the night on fire at our favorite club in Madison!

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Cafe Carpe

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Wilson Center for the Arts

Starry Nights Concert Serires!

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Conserve School Theater

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Nicolet Theater

Randal Harrison - Solo Violin

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Galena Festival for the Performing Arts

Friday, July 10th, 2009

the Frequency

Honor Among Thieves ( including drummer emeritus Kliff Hopson)
is the guest for the Gomers' "Slappy Hour" at the Frequency.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Escape Java Joint

The Madison Music Collective and Unofficial Productions present a concert ot solo and duo performances by violinist Randal Harrison and saxophonist JoAnne Pow!ers on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009, as part of the Collective Escape Series.
 
Emmy-award winning violinist Randal Harrison will join local free-jazz multi-instrumentalist JoAnne Pow!ers for a series of solo and duo improvisations drawing from a wide array of styles, ranging from the collective explorations of Chicago`s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians to the rock influences of Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix to the musics of India and the Middle East.
 
The Collective Escape Series is a series of improvised music presented every Tuesday at 7PM at Escape Java Joint.  The series features weekly performances by local, regional, national and international musicians.    The series aims to fill a gaping vacuum in Madison`s musical landscape by providing a regular venue for challenging and adventurous creative music.
 
Solos and Duos by:
Randal Harrison - Violin
JoAnne Pow!ers - Saxophones
Tuesday, July 7th
7PM
Escape Java Joint
940 Williamson St.
Suggested Donation: $7

 
About JoAnne Pow!ers:
http://www.joannepowers.org Free jazz outlaw JoAnne Pow!ers plays frequently in the Madison Area both as a solo act and with her trio (The aptly-named JoAnne Pow!ers Trio). Pow!ers also makes occasional appearances in the [sometimes literally] underground music scenes of New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Her frenetic saxophone abuse is often compared to that of Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann, with further influences from late-period John Coltrane and legendary Japanese free-improviser Kaoru Abe. With a tone that has been known to alternately peel the paint off of walls and lull angry babies to sleep, Pow!ers is known for her lightning-fast keywork, and heavy use of multiphonics and other extended techniques. While largely operating within the "Energy music" school of improvisation, Pow!ers` music also incorporates elements of the music of the Middle East and India. In addition to her trios, Pow!ers` collaborators have included New York percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani; Dave Rempis (saxophones), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Tim Daisy (percussion), Jaimie Branch (trumpet) and Marc Riordan (percussion) of Chicago`s thriving improvised music scene; extreme vocalist D.B. Pedersen, and the late multi-instrumentalist Lyx Ish.  She recently launched her own JoAnne Pow!ers Chicago Trio with violinist Andrew Royal and percussionist Bryan Sulpizio.

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Greendale Gazeebo

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Craveth Park

Piper Road Spring Band featuring Randal Harrison

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Leach Amphitheater / Oshkosh Irish Fest

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Leach Amphitheater / Oshkosh Irish Fest

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

The Harmony

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Capitol Lakes - Grand Hall

The Wealth in our Midst:
A Celebration  of Creative Improvised Music & Arts in Dane County


 
The Jazz Violin with The Randal Harrison Trio
 
The violin is the most predominant instrument in European classical music, aside from the piano. But what has happened  since, say 1492? The proud, full-chested little instrument emigrated and gradually acquired the language of jazz as musicians cast their fortunes in The New World. Such  historical echoes call out when Randal Harrison lays  horsehair to string because America’s indigenous musical art remains somewhat under served by the violin.

 Consider that virtually no violinists of note emerged from bebop, the idiom that defined modern jazz. Yet violinists did populate the swing era and a variety of contemporary and cutting-edge styles. 
 
That historical context provides a compelling reason to hear Harrison play at The Madison Music Collective’s fourth concert in the series “The Wealth in our Midst: A Celebration of Creative Improvised Music & Arts in Dane County.” 
 
You may have heard of Jean-Luc Pointy, Stephane Grappelli and Svend Asmussen, all European violinists who adopted jazz. Perhaps you've heard the Americans Ray Nance, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Jerry Goodman, Billy Bang, Leroy Jenkins and Regina Carter and various bluegrass players  who’ve tapped the instrument’s improvisational potential and power to swing. But it’s a mystery why more haven’t. The violin’s basic vocabulary --  abrasive attacks, legato melodies, nuanced fingering and see–saw dynamics --  lends itself to swing’s sly rhythmic effusions as much as any instrument. 
 
Rare as the real jazz fiddler is, Madison is lucky to have Harrison. With solid classical training, he firmly grasps a venerable tradition while swinging an axe that cuts new clearings and builds on the still-evolving jazz violin tradition.  Harrison’s compositions draw from such diverse influences as Indian Classical music, his own “Appalachian funk,” Gypsy and Klezmer traditions of Eastern Europe, and Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Nuevo of Argentina.  
 
This program will appeal to the area string community; to those more classically oriented, this performance could be a potentially meaningful introduction to improvised music.

The concert  series The Wealth in our Midst: A Celebration  of Creative Improvised Music & Arts in Dane County is sponsored, in part, by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional funds from the Overture Foundation and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, WORT 89.9 FM, WYOU TV, and Capitol Lakes Retirement Community.   Additional sponsors are: Willy Street Co-op, Capitol Centre Market, Fromagination, and Potter’s Crackers.

 Founded in 1985, the Madison Music Collective (MMC) is the region’s premier resource for musicians and fans of improvised music. The Collective aims to present improvised music to a broader audience, without compromising artistic integrity or creativity. Performances provide educational information to musicians and the public, and the MMC fosters a tightly knit community of musicians and listeners.  As creative improvised music becomes harder to come by, the MMC continues to bring challenging and original music to Dane County , and provides an acoustically-responsive space in which artists present their work.  For more information
about the MMC, please see www.mmcmusic.org.

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

The Harmony

(Andy Ewen-guitar, Randal Harrison-violin, Doug DeRosa-bass, Joey B. Banks-drums)

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

the Brink

Mad Toast Live Hosts Chris and Mary have invited Honor Among Thieves members Andy Ewen and Randal Harrison as tonights guests.

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Cedarburg Cultural Center

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Chautauqua Fine Arts Center

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

North Shore Suzuki Strings

Annual Workshop featuring Violin Instructors Everette Goodwin and Rob Richardson, Cellist Flora Van Wormer and Improvization with Randal Harrison

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Cedarburg Cultural Center

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Key West Tour with the Piper Road Spring Band

Hey Y'all,

Bluegrass pickin' in the Florida Keys in February. Doesn't get much better than that. This is what's confirmed so far:

29 january/6-10pm MANGROVE MAMA'S (Sugar Loaf Key MM20)

30 january/6-10pm CRAZY FISH (Big Pine Key MM31)

31 january FISH BUSTERZ (Stock Island, Front St.)

1 february-benefit for HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (pickin' party)

5 february/10pm-2am-GREEN PARROT BAR, Key West

6 february/7-11pm BOONDOCKS (MM 27.5)

7 february/5-9pm HOG FISH BAR AND GRILL

See you in the Keys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Inn on the Park

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Inn on the Park

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Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Irish Fest Center

Proceeds benefit Julie (Worm) Steffen's Medical Expenses and Brain Cancer Research.

Six good reasons to attend:
1. Silent Auction
2. Beer, wine and soda available
3. Christmas Music
4. Irish Music
5. The Leahy Girls
6. Julie needs your help!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The Harmony

The annual Halloween Bash at the Harmony. Cash prizes for the best 3 costumes. Fun, fun, fun!

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Talula's

The Party starts at 2pm. The Thieves are up at 7pm.

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

House of Guiness

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The Brink Lounge

Randal Harrison and Andy "Andrando" Ewen are tonite's guests!

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Lake Street ARTfest

Friday, September 26th, 2008

The Brink Lounge

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Tri-County Trail Builder's Chicken BBQ

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Mabel Tainter Theatre

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Mo's Irish Pub (downtown)

It's half way to St. Patricks Day!

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Mo's Irish Pub (Tosa)

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Fighting Bob Fest

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Stevens Point Jazz Festival

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Waterfront Festival

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Milwaukee's Irish Fest

Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

UW Memorial Union Terrace

Randal is performing a solo show as part of the MAMAs Showcase Concert! As the recipient of the Jazz and Classical Artist of the Year '08 MAMAs and Best Blues Artist in '04 with Honor Among Thieves, You can expect an eclectic display of musical styles. Come down for a whole evening of music (4-6 bands) that begins at 5pm!