Announcing the dates for the Ham & Mike tour. Mandolin and Bandolim of many superlatives, the Duo de Dinâmico of Mike Marshall and Hamilton de Holanda publish their US performance dates, including the equivalent to a rare alignment of the planets in this week's Wintergrass Festival (2/23-25) when they team up with Chris Thile:

February 20, 2007
Recital Hall
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

February 21, 2007
Freight & Salvage
Berkeley, California

February 23-25, 2007
Midnight Mandolins with Mike, Hamilton, and Chris Thile
Wintergrass
Tacoma, Washington

March 1, 2007
Acoustic Music San Diego
San Diego, California

March 3, 2007
Dominican University Performing Arts Center
River Forest, Illinois

In case you just woke up and aren't aware of this amazing collaboration, monster multi-instrumentalist Marshall and his "Brother from WAAAAYYY down South" de Holanda team up to bring some of the most beautiful Brazilian music ever performed on US soil. If you can't make one of the performances, you simply must have their CD in your library.

Read Review of their recent CD release "New Words."

Current Mike Marshall Tour Dates and more information.

Posted by Ted at February 20, 2007 6:12 AM