Happy Lucky Crosses the River

Poster says it all. We'll be smuggling some of our new CD's to North Side if we don't get stopped at Customs.

Lucky Buddha

cover art Jennifer Watson

"Lucky Buddah" has been completed and is available exclusively @ Crossroads Coffee, South Side, Richmond VA, USA.  $5.

It is the second in a five part series of recordings that started with "Carnival of Sound", which is also available there.

Here's Bill Lupoletti's review from his Global A Go-Go Blog

Richmond’s Happy Lucky Combo is a think-globally, act-locally trio that started as a street band.  Nowadays drummer Pippin Barnett usually sits behind a full kit rather than marching with a snare, and bassist Dave Yohe plays an instrument that’s uniquely ill-equipped to be portable; accordionist Barry Bless continues to be fully mobile. After years of gigging all over town, the band has gotten serious about producing recorded documents (this is the second in a planned series of five releases) of their unique blend of klezmer, tango, zydeco, oriental music, blues, jazz and all the other musical ideas bouncing around in their heads.  This time the focus is on their oriental side: track 1 is Happy Lucky’s take on Martin Denny-style exotica, and 6 is a stately Japanese melody with a spaghetti-western twist.  Track 2 re-examines the band’s fascination with klezmer, and perhaps best of all is 7: imagine Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango and French musette set to a funky shuffle rhythm.  Guests include some of Richmond’s finest open-minded musicians: Antonia Begonia (track 1), John Winn (2), Emily Avesian (5), Stephen Williams (6), Bob Jacobs (7) and Paul Watson (9). 

TOP TRACKS:    1    2    6    7

ALSO RECOMMENDED:    3    5    9

Petersburg 2nd Friday April 2012

 

 

 

all photos Cathy Wiliams

Happy Lucky at Stir Crazy

videos Joe Sohkol

photo Otway Calkley

Stir Crazy!

Happy Lucky is back at Stir Crazy, Friday, March 9, 2012. Admission is free and we play from 9 - 11 PM.

This concert is part a cultural exchange program to increase understanding between the peoples of North Side and South Side Richmond.

Fat Tuesday Cabaret

photo John Moser

photo Otway Chalkley

photo John Moser

photo Charles Sugg

                                                                                                                                                                    

photo Otway Chalkley

photo John Moser

Serving it up @ Stir Crazy

photo Arthur Stephens

Upcoming

Happy Lucky tries out a new venue in Northside, Stir Crazy. It's next to the old Shenanigans. We hope to see freinds from all over the city but especially you Northsiders.

Barry "Professor" Bless plays solo at the Phoenician Restaurant, 4401 W. Broad St. for Valentine's Day dinner. Music starts at 6:00 PM. He'll be serving up French, Middle Eastern, Standards and Originals

Raqs Luminaire

photo Otway Chalkley

photo Arthur Stephens

photo Arthur Stephens

video Arthur Stephens

Raqs Luminaire

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Pippin and Barry from Happy Lucky Combo will be accompanying some song and dance at Raqs Luminaire 2012, Dance of Lights this Sunday, Jan. 15, 3:00 PM at the Byrd Theater in Richmond Va. Tickets are $15.

Raqs Luminaire is an annual event organized by Khalima. She provides a venue, a team of tech people and a narrative structure for a variety of performers; dancers, singers, actors and musicians to participate.

This year the Russian folk tale of Baba Yaga and Vasilissa the Beautiful provides the overiding story line while performers interpret other folk tales in various genres; Bollywood/Indian, Caporereia/Brazilian, Bellydance, Cabaret... and various hybrids.

In collaboration with August Hoerr, we provide music for the character baba Yaga, incidental music, foley art and a piece composed for Khalima's dance.

Below is a teaser video by Arthur Stephens of a rehearsal that includes Rogue Bellydance Collective, Spoon, Onca and the Alexandra Dance Company. The opening music is a recording by Raquy and the Cavemen.

To the right are stills by Otway Chalkley and Arthur Stephens.

Happy New Year

 all photos and video Arthur Stephens

Frolic!

It's time again for the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden New Years Family Frolic with the Ululating Mummies. It looks like it's going to be beautiful weather for the processional to the hill roll.

The frolicing is from 2 until 5. The Mummies play 2:30 until 4:30, with the the random countdown to New Years and processional at the end of the first set... 3:30 ish? The Monkey Butt chorus will be near the beginning of the first set.

And you may stay after 5 and walk through the gardens to view the Gardenfest of Lights!