Concert Begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $16 to $20.
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“This husband-wife duo began their careers busking around Minneapolis six years ago. Now playing as a seven-piece, the neo-folk crew’s latest disc features hushed, strummy tunes that recall Cat Power.” (Rolling Stone Magazine)
About Roma di Luna
Roma di Luna started out as the simple yet profound folk-singing duo of Alexei and Channy Moon Casselle, busking at Farmer’s Markets and on street corners, playing songs from the great tradition of American folk music. But soon the two talented songwriters began writing their own powerful songs, releasing CDs Face of My Friends (2006) and Find Your Way Home (2007) to wide acclaim and a growing fan base. The Roma family then began to evolve into a full band on 2008’s Casting the Bones, widening their net to include a variety of musical styles and thrilling performances. Now with the dynamic rhythm section of Ben Durrant, James Everest and Ryan Lovan, as well as vocalist Jessi Prusha, Roma di Luna has come into its own on their latest, award winning full-length recording, Then The Morning Came (2010).
Then The Morning Came weaves together influences of roots, bluegrass, gospel, psychedelia and soul into a stunning mix of great songs. Channy’s evocative voice remains front and center, surrounded by a magnificent array of sounds and textures inspired by the collaborative and adventurous approach the whole band took to producing the album. Recorded from April of 2009 to July 2010 at Crazy Beast Studio (Dosh, Andrew Bird) the process of Then The Morning Came was surrounded by births and deaths, often beset by a chaos and confusion that almost stopped the music-making altogether. Rising from challenges, the new life of the four babies who were born to the band members during recording was a source of comfort and strength. Channy wrote of the time, “Most of these songs were written and recorded with my newborn daughter in my arms. They are a reflection of the life and death surrounding her first year on this earth, the love and the madness I found in myself and the amity of all my fears.”
With the love and growth of the Roma di Luna family, Then The Morning Came builds on the talents of the full band and the cornerstones of American music, but contains its own exciting locomotive power. With a group of musicians as talented as Roma di Luna, it is no surprise that they have taken those roots and made a powerful record that is wholly and passionately their own
For more information, visit www.romadiluna.com.
Channy Moon Casselle, lead vocalist of Roma di Luna, was just named
2011 Best Female Vocalist by City Pages
Roma di Luna was just named 2011 Best Folk Artist by City Pages
Roma di Luna perform “Starling” live in the green room of the Cedar Cultural Center for MPLS.TV’s weekly live performance series, “City of Music” presented by Gimme Noise. City of Music: Roma di Luna from MPLS.TV on Vimeo.