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Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder Play Bohemia Café April 21 Champion Musicians Find New Style in Ancient Music

The fateful meeting last year of two already widely esteemed performers produced a frenzy of creative inspiration, resulting in a colorful, exciting and completely unique approach to roots-based acoustic music. Champion Celtic violinist Jamie Laval and mandolin champion Ashley Broder now form an instrumental duo rendering traditional Irish and Scottish music with hints of classical refinement and ethnic music from around the world. The duo will appear at the Bohemia Café, 106 N. Jefferson Avenue in West Jefferson on Saturday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.

Their partnership began in a jam session in the wee hours of the morning at the National Old Time Fiddle contest in Weiser, Idaho. Laval and Broder connected instantly on both musical and personal levels.

Prior to their meeting, Laval simultaneously pursued careers as an acclaimed solo fiddler and a professional symphony violinist. Subsequent to his winning the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Championship in 2002, he devoted himself to touring throughout the United States and Scotland and appeared regularly on NPR radio, in concert series and on large festival stages.

Meanwhile, Broder had competed regularly in fiddle contests, ultimately winning the Western Open Picking Championship in 2003 and 2004. She collaborated with world-renowned mandolinist Mike Marshall on his method books, taught at the Mandolin Symposium in California and played in a number of L.A. area bands while studying classical violin and cello in college.

To hear the two perform, click to www.MySpace.com/jamielavalandashleybroder.

For more info about the performance in West Jefferson, call the Bohemia Café at 336-846-1498.

Want To Go?

Date: Saturday, April 21
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Bohemia Café, West Jefferson
Cost: $15