lOAKal Free Concert: Joe Rut & Loretta Lynch | Oakland

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE
The New Parish | 579 18th St Oakland, CA, 94612

lOAKal Free Concert Wednesday | Oakland
Berkeley streaming music service DeliRadio kicks off its new monthly local concert series, lOAKal Free Wednesday, at Oakland’s famed New Parish. Free Wednesday is set to run throughout the rest of the year— on the second Wednesday of every month.

Admission to all shows is free for music fans 21 & up, with nightly specials including $3 beer and a $3 food menu.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Joe Rut & Loretta Lynch | lOAKal Free Concert Wednesday | Oakland

Joe Rut‘s fans have compared him to influences as disparate as Todd Snider, They Might Be Giants, The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, and Ween. His live shows have earned him a cult status, among those in-the-know, as a crafty guitarist and a clever songwriter who disarms the listener with humor while airing weightier fare.

“Loretta Lynch plays the sort of California country-lover’s country that has no past… Buttery vocal harmonies and wary rhythms convey timeless tales about heartbreak, coming home, and growing old that still manage to sound utterly modern.”
- East Bay Express

Singer-songwriter Melody Walker and picker extraordinaire Jacob Groopman have fused their influences into a style they like to call “Americali.”