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ZIAF with very special guest CIRKESTRA
ZIAF w/ special guest CIRKESTRA
9:15 doors
$10 advance / $12 at the door
Edith Piaf, "La Mme Piaf" (the Little Sparrow) was a poignant, heartbreaking songbird, born and raised on the streets of Paris. She sang her way through a tempestuous life of lurid affairs, unsavory associations, and drug and alcohol abuse. Discovered in 1935 by a nightclub owner, Piaf impassioned audiences with her deep expressions of romance, love, grief, and joy. She died in 1963, but her spirit lives on through generations of audiences that fall in love with her fiery music and the story of her tumultuous life.
About 40 years later, Ziaf formed as an offshoot of Boston-based electronic rock band "All the Queen's Men" (AQM). With the addition of "La vie en rose" to their repertoire in early 2003, AQM was approached by the coordinator of a Bastille Day event with a request to expand and perform their own Piaf selections. The success of this show, subsequent demand for bookings, and the sheer enjoyment of playing Piaf's music, led to the crystallization of Ziaf as an official band in October of 2003.
Performing a classic repertoire of such complexity and character can be risky and challenging. Ziaf's inventive arrangements successfully pare down full orchestrations into a raw emotive musical experience, based on the core of the group-Christine Zufferey (vocals), Catherine Capozzi (guitar) and Tamora Gooding (drums). It is perhaps with the voice and presence of Swiss-native Christine Zufferey (the Z in Ziaf) that audiences find great resonance. The Boston Globe writes, "Piaf was known for a dramatic, vibrato-laden voice that infused her songs with palpable emotion, a characteristic that Zufferey embodies perfectly."
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LocationThe Lizard Lounge
1667 Massachusettes Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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