Catch Us in the Act at the Sonoma County Fair this Tuesday night, August 9th from 6-9pm on the Park Stage.
Tuesdays are 2 for 1: Buy one Fair General Admission and get one free every Tuesday BEFORE 5:00 pm.
Come early and enjoy the music of our friends, the Italian pop sensation, Bella Ciao who are playing before us on the same stage from about 1-4pm.
Got the word that I will be an Accordion Babe in the 2012 “Accordion Babes Album and Pin-up Calendar”. Hurray!
Because of our new CD, “Shake Those Bones”, I chose a roguish, card-playing, dice throwing theme.
Once again photographer John Clayton took a fab shot. Thank you, John!
Our cut for the Accordion Babes compilation CD will be our cumbia-esque tune “The Cards On the Table” from “Shake Those Bones”.
And now I know quite a bit more about working with dry ice and fog machines 
Catch Us in the Act
Smiley’s Saloon
41 Wharf Road
Bolinas
Bolinas sits just a tad west of the San Andreas Fault.
The fault runs right through Bolinas Lagoon.
Will this rowdy folk fusion band’s high energy jostle the geology?
Come find out or, better yet, do some terpsichorean jostling along with us tonight!
June 11
Saturday night
50 Mason Social House
San Francisco
No Cover!
The Mad Maggies and Go Van Gogh
Two Septets, Two rounds each
Come cheer us on. This is our third match with our pals, GVG. Training has been intense. Tensions are high. The competition will be fiercely fun.
Musician Ed Ivey opened this hip beer and wine lounge in 2010 so it is fairly new and quickly gaining a very good rep. Check out the positive Yelp reviews to give you an idea of how cool 50 Mason Social House is.
Trivia
Ed and I played together years ago in Polkacide. In fact when I auditioned for that band it was at a place that Ed shared with trumpeter, John Lieb.
This Thursday night
June 2
Downtown San Rafael Farmer’s Market
Court St. Plaza off 4th Street
6pm until about 9pm
FREE
Kid-friendly
Out of Doors
We always have a good time at this casual, pleasant market.
There’s restaurants on the side of the courtyard where we play. Why not do some shopping and then swing by for a snack or beverage and listen to our tunes?
If your feet get happy, don’t feel shy. Start dancing in the streets!
Mad Ms Trivia:
We made our world debut as a band at this market on July 7, 2005
The Mad Maggies at the Presidio Yacht Club
ALL AGES!!! • Only $5 • FANTASTIC LOCATION!
We play all night long starting at 8:30 and going to just before midnight. Come early, stay late. Bring kids, teens!
If you’re like me you’ll want to be dancing and partying on the night before the “End Times“. I won’t let a silly, lil’ ol’ rapture spoil the fun
May 20, Friday 8:30pm
Great music, that’s us, in a fab location with spectacular views of the Golden Gate and SF, that’s the Presidio Yacht Club at Fort Baker, Sausalito.
Close for you city folk, east bayers and marinites so plan on coming!
Here’s a shout out to several fine radio stations which give our tunes airtime.
• The Wild Wilson Show
• Never Ending Wonder Radio Accordion Babes Hour
• KOWS FM
• Online Folk Festival
• PBS 106.7 FM “What the Folk” with Susi Lanagan
• WWUH
• KUNM
We spent this weekend and the last at Wally Sound laying down live musical performances onto reel to reel tape. 2 inch tape to be exact. 16 tracks.
The tape rolled, we played and our time art of making music was preserved on magnetized iron oxide particles. There was the occasional punch (a part re-recorded onto the tape) but in essence our performances were continuous and live.
It takes discipline and technique to record this way.
No digital wizardry for this band of talented musicians. Well, not until mixdown. Even then we will not touch the performance. We will not adjust or “correct” notes nor pitch shift or auto tune or quantize.
We like keeping it real.
Photo of Wally and Mags courtesy of our own GDub aka Gary Wium
Saint Patrick’s Day with The Mad Maggies at
the Sleeping Lady, Fairfax
We play all night starting at around 9pm.
Grab a friend or two, or six and come on down.
Help us make it a right Irish bash!
Happy St. Pat’s day to you! / Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
Our Day will Come! / Beidh ár lá linn!
Ireland Forever! / Éirinn go Brách!
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The Sleeping Lady has great food! Come early for dinner and stay for the music.