Benefit Concert for R.A.W.A.

northern california rawa supporters & fire museum present: A BENEFIT FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN (RAWA) & CD RELEASE PARTY FOR THE AZADI! BENEFIT COMPILATION CD THURSDAY MARCH 27TH, 2003 DOORS 7:30PM, SHOW 8:00PM $8-$80 DONATION AT OAKLAND METRO:- 201 BROADWAY (@ 2nd STREET, JACK LONDON SQUARE), OAKLAND featuring performances from the following: CHARMING HOSTESS You couldn\'t invent a band more conceptually busy than the Oakland, Calif., group Charming Hostess if you tried. The short version is that they\'re a sort of funk-folk band fronted by a close-harmony trio in the tradition of Eastern European women\'s choirs, with a repertoire drawn from pretty much every kind of folk music that\'s close to the American pop tradition: klezmer, European folk, African-American work songs, white gospel, you name it. Not to mention that the lyrics, when they\'re in English, are smart and elliptical, whether their sentiments are concrete (\"I\'m Not Hungry,\" dedicated to \"those who died on Cosmo\'s altar\") or abstract (\"My body fragments are full of bread ... Thank God for the laws of physics\"). Salon.com 20 MINUTE LOOP Belonging to the post-Pixies generation of alternative bands, 20 Minute Loop brings on the guitars and male/female vocal interplay that was at the core of that influential group\'s sound, while putting its own futuristic and gentle spin on the blueprint for modern alterna music. Vocalist and keyboardist Kelly Atkins and guitarist and vocalist Greg Giles share the bulk of the songwriting, and together they\'ve created their own world of song — simultaneously bleak and melancholic but nonetheless hopeful. Doubt, fear, and cynicism are covered over by shining, ascending melodies . There\'s an undaunted quality to the strength and determination of 20 Minute Loop\'s sound and a soulfulness all too rare during the icy age of early-21st century rock.\" ~ Denise Sullivan: All Music Guide http://www.20minuteloop.com/ FAUN FABLES (SOLO) \"The songs evoke images of a nightmarish festival set in a haunted forest, in which undead minstrels serenade doomed travelers. Singer Dawn McCarthy\'s voice changes dramatically as she shifts roles, moving from a weary narrator to a passionate protagonist to a scarcely sane sprite. In concert, her expressive windblown vocals must resonate with an enchanting power that could never be fully realized on disc.\" -Pitch Weekly, Kansas City http://www.faunfables.net JOU JOU Jou Jou is... a five women a cappella group who sing Balkan, Appalachian, Italian, Greek and Portuguese songs. Jou Jou are Jen Tait, Kalonica Mc Questen, Cynthia Lohr and Shari Greenfield. http://www.joujousings.com for further information about this performance and other benefit events: (415)273-4681, firemuseum@care2.com