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What is a Dirty Cello? Find out at McCloud River Mountain Music on June 8

The band Dirty Cello is a globe trotting band that performs blues, rock and Americana, all fronted by virtuoso cellist Rebecca Roudman. A classically trained symphony player, Roudman dropped the straight- jacket of classical music years ago and hasnโ€™t looked back since.

โ€œWe travel all over the place,โ€ says Roudman, โ€œand everywhere we go, the idea is to put on a high energy show. Weโ€™re a rock band, but with a cello instead of a lead guitar.โ€ The Dirty Cello band really does get around – with shows from Iceland, to China, to a Santa Cruz nudist resort. The band will be performing for the first time at the McCloud River Mountain Music on June 8.

Among their many descriptions, Oakland Magazine describes the group as, “Dirty Celloโ€™s music is all over the map: funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, and textured, and only occasionally classical.” Roudman agrees with this description and adds, โ€œWeโ€™re all about the fun at our shows and we step on stage with only a vague plan as to what specific songs we are going to play, and we react to what the audience wants to hear and adjust accordingly.โ€

With a set list ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Charlie Daniels to rocking original songs, the band can deliver on this promise. Tickets for the concert are available at DirtyCello.com

Rebecca Roudman of Dirty Cello

More info:

Dirty Cello at McCloud River Mountain Music
325 Lawndale Ct. McCloud, CA, 96057
June 8 at 7 pm
Tickets: $20 at https://bit.ly/dirtycello_mccloud

Dirty Cello – cello like you’ve never heard before! Combine the virtuosic wail of Jimi Hendrix, the soul of BB King, and the fire of Bill Monroe, and add a whole lot of cello, and you get the Dirty Cello band.

Dirty Cello performs all over the world, from Iceland to Israel, from Scottish castles to underground caves presenting an energetic and wild show that’s been described as,
“Dirty Celloโ€™s music is all over the map: funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, and textured, and only occasionally classical.” by Oakland Magazine.


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