Event Listing - Music

Fri Jun 6

Uni & Her Ukelele

with The Ding! String Trio, Mimes of Wine and Foxtail Brigade

Tel. 831.646.1415
Website

Location	Date and Time
Monterey Live 414 Alvarado St. Monterey, CA 93940 district: Monterey	Fri Jun 6 (10pm)

Description

Uni & Her Ukelele and The Ding! String Trio with Mimes of Wine opening and Foxtail Brigade. Its UNI's BD Party!

UNI, the neo-vintage pop chanteuse/raconteur gathered up kickpants, a rockhawk and magical ruby slippers for the first time in 2004 and her 20's punk movement has been gathering strength ever since.

On the world tour beat and in the recording studio she competes for the limelight with her prima Donna ukelele 'Sally Luka.' Originally a singer/songwriter for over a decade, when she met the bawdy Uke she swallowed her pride and joined up for the raucous phenom that became known as Uni & her Ukelele, and having second billing has only made Sally more indignant. Having opened for the likes of James Brown, Huey Lewis, Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson, The Four Tops, Tower of Power, Coco Taylor and Jollie Holland to name a few, Sally has had a taste of fame and Uni is now forced to take her to the top.

Uni's lo-fi folk-pop, first album "My Favorite Letter is U" dropped in 2006 and the response was overwhelming. Her original and sincere take on the Ukelele coupled with her sweetly stirring and sometimes-haunting refrains unite to conjure the spectrum of catharsis.

Her recent EP "I'm On My Way" introduced her rock-ability with hits like the title track and "Twinkle Twinkle." This new sound gathered more love from the fans and now the word is spreading magical wildfire.

Always keeping it fresh, Uni has recently gathered together a group of, super-powered, classical musicians to accompany her, and has formed "Uni & the Ding! String Trio" who's EP "As Gold" was unveiled this spring in all its phantasmagorical brilliance.

"FOXTAIL BRIGADE's story-based songs and melody-driven style bring commanding stage presence reminiscent of Kate Bush, Edith Piaf, and Nico. Their haunting vocal sound and violin harmonies, fairy-tale lyrics, and classical technique deem them artists to watch with great things to come."
-C.B.F. (Village Voice Media).

MIMES OF WINE were born on a cold night of winter 2004 when Amir made a beautiful drawing and Laura decided to keep it for a name and a vest. She wrote all the songs in the last three winters, between California, Bologna, and Paris. The day she finally recorded them, some of her friends have been really precious to her, becoming this way Mimes of Wine with her and Amir. She is particularly grateful to Enzo, Luca, Gian Andrea, Daniele, Adriano, and Elisabeth, for their continuous presence, help, and contribution. Also, she played with Francesco and Zeus, whom she really likes. Now Laura is playing around with a ghost violin, and a ghost stand up bass. We hope to see you soon, thank you for reading, Mimes of Wine.