Nocturra & Ric with David Olney & Sergio Webb in Altadena Oct. 11

Nocturra & Ric
David Olney with Sergio Webb
8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11
Coffee Gallery Backstage
2029 N. Lake Ave.
Altadena
$18
626-794-2424.
www.coffeegallery.com

DAVID OLNEY with SERGIO WEBB:
Prolific singer-songwriter/published author/'net broadcaster DAVID OLNEY has become known worldwide for his intense live performances - especially with multi-instrumentalist SERGIO WEBB - as well as his intelligent compositions as recorded by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Slaid Cleaves, Dale Ann Bradley, Ann Rabson, Kane/Welch/Kaplin and others. In 2009, David became a published author with "A Sign From God" featured in the release of "Amplified: Fiction From Leading Alt-Country, Indie Rock, Blues and Folk Musicians" (Melville House). Last Fall, David began broadcasting live on the internet every Tuesday with "Hear & Now" on uStream.tv in addition to posting videos of his stellar interpretations of classic poetry on YouTube.

David & Sergio are featured performers at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville, TN in September and are returning to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco in October. They recently completed a two-month tour in Europe in support of the new "Dutchman's Curve" album released earlier this year. The live performance reviews are stunning:

"DAVID OLNEY doesn't tour over here with a band. He doesn't have to. Between his own sturdy rhythm-and-riffs guitar playing and his trusty sidekick, Mark 'Sergio' Webb's extraordinary range of accompaniments, Nashville-based OLNEY GIVES A PERFORMANCE THAT BORDERS AT TIMES ON THE ORCHESTRAL....A show PACKED WITH INCIDENT, amusement, contrast and fine, fine songsmithery." -- The Herald (Scotland) - May 2010

"On top of an amazing sound, Olney's incredible TV Evangelist-Beat Poet style story telling in the intro to most songs is SO THEATRICAL, you just can't help but be absorbed by his incredible imagination. HE IS A MAN WITH A GIFT. If you get the chance, YOU MUST SEE DAVID OLNEY LIVE." -- James Cooper, Lonesome Highway.com (Dublin, Ireland) - May 2010

You can hear & see more of David with Sergio and their music here: http://www.davidolney.com

Dave Olney is one of the best songwriters I've ever heard - and that's true. I mean that from my heart." -- Townes Van Zandt.

....Additional flame & flash with.... NOCTURRA & RIC .

Nocturra has been belly dancing for nine years, specializing in swords and noted for her eclectic choices of choreography and music. Ric Sarabia has been playing the African djembe drum since 1984 and was the frontman and lead singer for the 1990's coffeehouse band DigaJiga. The two have been combining their talents for more than two years and their unique chemistry, as well as their rapport with thecrowd has made them popular wherever they perform.

On stage, Ric makes audiences smile and laugh with his banter and vocal and drum performance of popular and unusual songs. He also provides the backdrop for Nocturra's skillful handling of up to three swords as she dances- complete with shimmies and other surprises. They perform regularly at McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World in Altadena and annually at the Los Angeles County Fair, in addition to a range of other venues.

In Nocturra's other life, she is an entertainment and features writer for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group and was the 2007/2008 Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Queen. She is also a Polynesian/Tahitian dancer. When he's not banging out a beat, Ric is an actor. His roles have included a cameo in Clint Eastwood's film, "Changeling," and co-starring in television's "Medium", "CSI: Las Vegas", "Monk" and "Eleventh Hour."