Potpourri – the hit single by Lucia Comnes and Karamo Susso (the official music video)
Featuring Lucia Comnes on vocals and violin, Karamo Susso on kora (West African harp) Sean Stillinger on electric bass, Tim Keiper (Vieux Farka Toure Band) on drums and Ben Isaacs on percussion. Music video by Aaron Proctor. Learn more at drymypetals.com.
Lucia Comnes Band @ Civic Center Plaza for the 160th St Patricks Day Festival of San Francisco – 2011
Lucia Comnes and her band featured in San Francisco’s 160th St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Civic Center Plaza on March 12, 2011. This is a set of jigs: The Black Rogue / Mist on the Mountain / The Carraroe. Band members here include Gawain Mathews (guitar), Sean Stillinger (bass), Kyle Caprista (drums) and Scott Marshall (bodhran – Irish drum).
Mori Shej, Sabina – Lucia Comnes at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
Featuring Gawain Mathews on guitar, Sean Stillinger on electric bass, Cormac Gannon on bodhran and Aharon Wheels Bolsta on tabla. October 8, 2009 concert with The Hounds and The Gasmen.
The Anatolian Butterfly, featuring Karamo Susso
This is an original fusion of Irish, Turkish and Armenian elements we call The Anatolian Butterfly and for the first time adding the kora… Lucia Comnes on violin and vocals, Karamo Susso on kora (West African harp), Sean Stillinger on electric bass, Aharon Wheels Bolsta on calabash and darbouka/doumbek, and Will Bates on drums, at the Big Sur Spirit Garden in Big Sur, California – June, 2009.
Patrick’s Wife (Bean Phaidin) – Irish Gaelic
Lucia Comnes and her band featured in San Francisco’s 160th St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Civic Center Plaza on March 12, 2011. This is a song called Patrick’s Wife (Bean Phaidin), sung here in Irish Gaelic. The story is about a woman who wishes she was married to Patrick and she daydreams of ways Patricks actual wife would fail…
I Dreamt You Returned (Sono Dikhljum) – Bulgarian Rom
Lucia Comnes & her band perform a Bulgarian Rom song at Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, on 3/15/08. The lyrics cry “Alone with two children, I’m poor, God. How could you leave me? Your heart is a cold stone.” Lucia learned this song from Carol Silverman and from her days performing with Bizim Mahalle. Check out the stunning bass solo by Sean Stillinger. Other band members include Aharon Wheels Bolsta (percussion), Will Bates-Minou (drums), and Pat Duffey (guitar).
The Lemon Seller / Limoncu – Turkish Roman
Lucia Comnes & her band perform a popular Turkish Rom song at Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, on 3/15/08. The Lemon Seller says “If you are drunk, have a soda, If you faint, have a lemon.” Lucia learned this song from Brenna MacCrimmon and learned the dance from hanging out in Istanbul with Jessaiah Zure. Band members include: Sean Stillinger (bass), Aharon Wheels Bolsta (percussion), Will Bates-Minou (drums).
St Patrick’s Day in SF 2011 – The Tamlin Reel
Lucia Comnes and her band featured in San Francisco’s 160th St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Civic Center Plaza on March 12, 2011. This is a tune called the Dusty Wine Bottle (by Kila) followed by the Tamlin reel.
