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The Bills
Sunday, December 3, 2006
explosive acoustic folk from Canada's "billhillies"
Door 7:30 P.M., Music 8:00 P.M. | Purchase advance tickets: $18.50

Instrumentally breathtaking, exuberantly clever, irresistibly spontaneous: it's difficult to sum up a performance by The Bills in just a word or two. The Herald of Scotland settled on describing them as "the aural equivalent of a sequence of multi-flavoured sherbet fireworks seducing your taste buds." Ever since they released their 2002 Juno Award-nominated album, All Day Every Day, this Vancouver Island-based quintet formerly known as the Bill Hilly Band has been hailed as one of acoustic roots music's most innovative acts.

With their latest Juno-nominated effort, Let 'em Run (Red House), Marc Atkinson (mandolin), Chris Frye (guitar and vocals), Adrian Dolan (fiddle, accordion, and piano), Glen Manders (string bass), and Richard Moody (fiddle) further hone their virtuosic down-home style. Their inspiration is drawn from a wide range of European stylings, the rhythms of Latin America, the melodies of the Romany peoples, and traditional styles from coast to coast of their own continent, and their shows are simply electrifying. It's probably best to wear rubber-soled shoes, just to be on the safe side.

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