Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra + TBD at The SOMO Redwood Grove

1400 Valley House Drive,Rohnert Park CA 94928

28 May, 2022

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Marty O'Reilly outdoors in Rohnert Park Join Second Octave, Sally Tomatoes, and SOMO Village for our second season of small outdoor concerts in the redwood grove! Doors 630pm, Show 730pm $35 until April 28 $40 until May 21 $45 until day of show Groups that would like to be seated together must purchase as a group. All ages Dinner available for $20, purchasing dinner reserves a seat Explaining Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra’s music is like describing a dream. It feels familiar, but at the same time unchartered. The songs sound bluesy but not blues, folk but not folk, soulful but not soul. Marty’s voice is beautiful and unique, his lyrics stark yet lush over gritty electrified guitar. Chris Lynch's violin, Matt Goff's percussion and Ben Berry's rich bass meld beautifully into genre-defying music within the vast definitions of Americana. The chemistry of these friends is obvious. But one can also hear an urgency and complexity in the songs, expressing something elemental and perhaps contradictory: love and anger, joy and pain, real and imagined. The live performance is at the core of this Bay-Area based project: the band enters a trance and the music is born again as something new every night. It’s what their followers call “magic”. They go from raw gospel blues to cinematic epics, from heavy driving grooves to delicately arranged folk songs. They leave the stage out of breath and sweaty, the ground littered with broken strings and bow hairs. It's hard to describe, impossible to categorize. Yet people who know the music will try to explain it to you, just as you might struggle to explain a dream in the morning. The details might slip away as you recount them, but the feeling remains. https://www.martyoreilly.com/ Dinner Menu Garlic Bread Caesar Salad Greek Pasta Salad BBQ Chicken BBQ Pulled Pork with cole slaw and small rolls Homemade Cookies and Brownies