Davis Odd Fellows Thursday Live! is very excited to open their fall series of free concerts with Rita Hoskin and One Button Suite, two local country-folk bands. The show starts at 7:30 at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall located at 415 Second Street in Davis.<!--break-->
Rita’s style of country-folk has been lauded for story and sense of place, and her at 7:30 pm at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall located at 415 Second Street in Davis.
performances praised for capturing the audience. Honors include winner of the '08 Dave
Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival, finalist in the '09 Telluride
Troubadour Contest, and more. "This California girl comes by her mountain-music sensibility
with true authenticity, with original songs deeply rooted in her family's frontier experience,"
(Dan Ruby, FestivalPreview.com) and Rita’s fans call her “the real deal.” A descendant of
Cornish miners who sang in the mines, Rita grew up with deep regard for folk music and the
power of the voice.
“In scorching form” (UK Telegraph), Northern California’s own Rita Hosking sings of forest
fires, culture clash, demolition derbies, the working class and hope. From major CA music
festivals to Bob Harris’s BBC show, Rita is moving audiences around the globe with her
stories in song and doubly sweet and sinewy voice, “a captivating performer,” (R2 Magazine.)
Rita began recording and publishing in 2005 with Are You Ready?,and followed in 2007 with
Silver Stream. Come Sunrise, Rita's 2009 record, won Best Country Album Vox Pop in the
2010 Independent Music Awards. Burn, from 2011, was placed in the top 10 "Young Female
Artist releases for 2011" by No Depression magazine, and listed as a "Hidden Gem of 2011"
by the UK's Observer. Both Come Sunrise and Burn were produced by Rich Brotherton--
producer, engineer, and guitar player in the Robert Earl Keen Band. Rich's studio in Austin,
Texas, Ace Recording, is where Rita recorded her most recent album, Little Boat. This album
was the #7 Top Album on the Folk DJ List for March 2013, and Parting Glass is tied for #3
Top Song--way to launch, Little Boat!
In live performance, Rita will play solo but most often appears as a duo with her husband
Sean Feder on Dobro and banjo, or as a trio or quartet dubbed "Rita Hosking and Cousin
Jack"--Sean Feder (Dobro/banjo), and Bill Dakin (upright bass). Of recent, one or more of
Rita and Sean's daughters will often join in as well.
You can listen to some of Rita’s music and find out more about her and the band at http://
One Button Suit is a certified locally-grown, Sacramento-based string band that offers up
tunes well adapted to the California climate. They feature a unique blend of established,
local musicians infused with the traditional and funky tones of the past and present, with a
repertoire of originals and bluegrass familiars hinting at unconventionality. One Button Suit
features Kristen Juarez singing and playing fiddle, Brian Burke on lead guitar, and Tom
Shewmake on mandolin and vocals. Tim Tobias plays guitar and sings, Matt “Machine Gun”
Milan drives the banjo, while Beau Jeffers holds down the bottom end with his bass fiddle.
Thursday Live! is sponsored each month by the Davis Odd Fellows Music and Concert
Committee with help from KDRT. For more information, or to be added to the email list,
contact Juelie Roggli, juelrog@gmail.com or 530/219-5444.
Date:
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 7:30pm