Hypnotic Clambake
“Traditional and Contemporary sounds with a Twist of Lime!”
The perfect alternative to loud electric guitar bands, Hypnotic Clambake’s instrumentation includes accordion, clarinet, tenor sax, scrub board, harmonica, slide whistles and so much more. Creating music that takes its audiences on a journey through centuries of folk traditions from around the world while melding this with a modern musical sensibility. Their music is a unique listening experience for all ages. Bandleader Maury Rosenberg is an award-winning ASCAP composer who has collaborated with musical legends such as Yo-Yo Ma, Woody Allen and Peter Yarrow of “Peter, Paul & Mary. The band has received standing ovations at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Milwaukee Summer Festival. They are available to bring their energetic and fun music to your event.
ZYDECO VACATION
“A New Orleans road show experience!”
Members of Zydeco Vacation have been recognized and shared stages with some of Louisiana’s most legendary entertainers, including: “Boozoo Chavis,” “Buckwheat Zydeco,” “Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas,” “Beau Soleil” and “Terence Simien and the Mallet Playboys.” Zydeco Vacation is one of the country’s most sought after Zyde-Cajun experiences. Combining virtuosic blues accordion with the age old frottoir (scrub board), once this dance party gets cookin’, it becomes a good old-fashioned Louisiana Donkey-Straw Party.
NEW YORK KLEZMER ORCHESTRA
“A musical journey through Eastern Europe performed by extraordinary musicians!”
The NYKO is one of the United States foremost performers of traditional and contemporary klezmer music. They fuse a wide variety of music which includes Russian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish and Bulgarian folk music along with contemporary genres such as Rock, Swing, Reggae and Ska.
MAURY ROSENBERG
Maury Rosenberg is a Berklee College of Music graduate holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in film scoring. His musical collaborations include creating music for the Boston Ballet and working with Yo-yo Ma, Glen Dickson, Woody Allen, Peter Yarrow, David Lindley, Baby Gramps and many fine performers. While directing and leading his original band, "Hypnotic Clabake." Maury's group has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival amongst other performances.
Presently, Maury Rosenberg performs nationally and internationally. Both solo and with his three bands which include "Hypnotic Clambake," "Zydeco Vacation" and the "New York Klezmer Orchestra."