Noble House Concerts
Van Nuys, California

Enjoy quality music in an intimate setting. All proceeds go to the musicians.

Please note: "Noble House Concerts" is simply the name we choose to describe our private parties, in our private home. These parties are NOT a business nor are they a business related activity. They are strictly a hobby for us, and are simply gatherings of our friends and guests to enjoy live acoustic music, fellowship, food (a potluck dessert buffet) and fun. Our concert parties are officially free (or else it might be considered a business), although voluntary contributions (suggested donation of $15 per person) are accepted at the party on behalf of the artists. 100% of all contributions go directly to the performers. By invitation only.

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Saturday, August 28, 2010 - Larry Bulaich Wilder and son Nolan National Yodeling Champion Larry Bulaich Wilder featuring son Nolan Bronson -- the one who CAN sing! Enjoy an evening of Americana folk, bluegrass, cowboy and original tunes. Darn good guitar and banjo. Dynamic entertainment, outstanding acoustic musicians, and compelling music are offered from each genre: bluegrass, folk, Americana roots, gospel, and cowboy - featuring fancy and harmony yodeling! Thirty years in music [with concert tours nationwide, Japan and Europe] have forged a versatile fusion act. Drawing from an extensive repertoire and instrumental mastery, each show is crafted to bring the audience rare musical depth and intensity. Shows are fast-moving, highly interactive down-home fun, leaving audiences wanting more. Larry has won entertainment awards and is an accomplished arranger and bandleader. A riveting vocalist, he is also renowned for his solid, tasty, and lightning fast acoustic instrumentals on banjo, guitar, and Autoharp. Traditional Americana music sources, the Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Woody Guthrie, Sons of the Pioneers, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Cotten, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Kingston Trio, Gordon Lightfoot and Peter, Paul & Mary along with many others are featured. Saturday, October 9, 2010 - Dan Navarro Dan Navarro spent 20 years as one of of the duo Lowen & Navarro. For twenty years, Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro have written, recorded and toured for a growing national audience. Their dozen CDs showcase self-penned songs of experience, colored by supple acoustic-based arrangements centered around their intertwined voices. Songwriters of notable cachet, their works have been recorded by artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the worldwide Top 5 smash "We Belong"), The Bangles, The Four Tops, Dave Edmunds, The Temptations and a host of others. Out of their success as songwriters came the impetus for forming Lowen & Navarro: They wanted to sing their songs themselves. In recent years, Dan has focused on his solo career including the release of a wonderful CD, Live at McCabe's. Dan has also been an activist in musician and songwriter issues in Washington DC, as well as institutionally, serving as President of the Board of Directors of Folk Alliance International since 2007, and as a member of the Board of Directors of AFTRA (the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) on both their National and local Boards, elected in 2000 with both terms to expire in 2011. He also served eight years on the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy (the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) between 1999 and 2007. Saturday, March 12, 2011 - Claddagh Irish Band Claddagh. Saturday, April 9, 2011 - Richard Berman Richard Berman first received national recognition in music circles by winning the 1992 Napa Valley Music Festival's Emerging Songwriters Contest. He went on to win the 1995 South Florida Music Festival's songwriting contest, was selected to showcase at the 1997 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and was chosen to do so again in 2001. In 1999 Richard won the Sierra Songwriters Festival's songwriting contest. In 2000 he was a finalist at The Wildflower Festival's songwriting contest, the winner of the Rose Garden Coffeehouse Songwriting Contest and was a finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk songwriting contest, a selection that was repeated in 2001. In 2003 he won the Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival's songwriting contest. Over the past dozen years Richard has performed in coffeehouses, clubs, festivals and House Concerts in the Northeast, the Southwest, and California, and has toured England and Wales. Richard's songs tell moving and heartwarming stories with great songwriting skill and surprising humor. "This man has the gift." So said the late Utah Phillips, legendary figure in American folk music, after hearing Richard Berman sing at the Kerrville Folk Festival's Ballad Tree in 1992. And Richard has used that gift to write many songs that tell moving, true stories. "Gil's Song", the song that prompted Utah Phillip's appraisal, is the tale of a Wyoming sheepherder's one brief attempt at closeness and its consequences. Humor, too, is part of Richard's performance, as in "Monopoly", his first-person account of the power of that game on behavior, and "The Kids Are Back", his take on the latest stage in family development, both songs from Richard's second CD, Love Work and Play.

Suggested Donation: $15 per person (all proceeds go to the musicians) RSVP to: barb@noblehouseconcerts.com or call (818) 780-5979 (Directions given upon RSVP) Contributions to the appetizer/dessert buffet appreciated. RELATED LINKS: Russ & Julie's House Concerts in Oak Park, CA Concerts at the Bodie House in Agoura Hills, CA Folk Alliance Region West (FAR-West) HouseConcerts.com Concerts In Your Home

Please note: "Noble House Concerts" is simply the name we choose to describe our private parties, in our private home. These parties are NOT a business nor are they a business related activity. They are strictly a hobby for us, and are simply gatherings of our friends and guests to enjoy live acoustic music, fellowship, food (a potluck dessert buffet) and fun. Our concert parties are officially free (or else it might be considered a business), although voluntary contributions (suggested donation of $15 per person) are accepted at the party on behalf of the artists. 100% of all contributions go directly to the performers. By invitation only.

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