CAA Americana Night May 18 features Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally

On Thursday, May 18, the Cloverdale Arts Alliance’s Americana Night will feature the live music of Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally. This genre-busting duo delivers original music and stories, startlingly fresh arrangements, delivered with virtuosic improvisation. Featuring Jim Nunally on guitar, banjo & vocals, Nell Robinson on flute & vocals.

Nell Robinson has been described as a “modern day Patsy Cline” and “one of the freshest voices in roots music.” Her side-projects, from the poignancy of Soldier Stories to the whimsy of The Henriettas, further attest to the breadth and ambition of the youthful musical passions she let flower. Robinson’s 2014 release “The Rose of No-Man’s Land became a PBS Special with it’s own episode in the Music Gone Public series.

Jim Nunally is a San Francisco Bay Area-native, a musician, composer, record producer, and teacher. As a guitarist and vocalist with the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience for over 13 years, Jim joins master American guitarists Doc Watson and Tony Rice as one of the finest interpreters and performers of bluegrass and traditional music. He is a recipient of two Grammy and IBMA Awards and is a two-time Western Open Flatpicking Guitar champion.

This concert is a chance to experience exceptional acoustically oriented Americana roots music in a warm and intimate environment at the Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery. Americana is contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music styles, including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B and blues.

This performance will be at the Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery, located at 204 N. Cloverdale Blvd. Tickets are $20 for Cloverdale Arts Alliance members and $25 for non-members. Doors open at 7:00 pm; music begins at 7:30 pm. Americana Night takes place the third Thursday of each month from October through May. To receive reserved seating privileges, purchase advance tickets online at www.cloverdaleartsalliance.org. Tickets are also at the door, if available

Americana Night is a program of the Cloverdale Arts Alliance, a non-profit arts organization bringing cultural arts to northern Sonoma County. Other CAA programs include Friday Night Live at the Plaza, Art Gallery, THE Jazz Club, Music Workshops, Beatles Study Group, Discovering Art Series, Art Classes, The Blues Night, and Special Events.