The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center and the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa Outreach College presents Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem, an American roots music group that combines traditional, original and contemporary sounds on fiddle, guitar, bass and recycled percussions. The group is made up of 4 skilled musicians who have been performing together for 14 years.
Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem will perform at the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, January 22, 7:30 p.m. and UH Mānoa’s Orvis Auditorium on Sunday, January 25, 4 p.m.
Dubbed by the Boston Herald as one of “America’s most inventive string bands,” Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem draw from the deep well of American roots music and have an adventurous way of mixing things up. A 200-year-old Georgia Sea Island song gets a New Orleans groove; an Irish fiddle tune gets new lyrics and a Peruvian cajon and a Bruce Springsteen piece gets high-octane, bluegrass-style harmonies.
The band’s original songs range from folk to swing to pop and are peopled with characters any audience can relate to–a young man seeking his spiritual path, an elderly rose gardener in New York City, a mother finding her way through breast cancer and much more.
With influences from Doc Watson and Django Reinhardt, from traditional Ghanaian drumming to the funky Meters and from old-time fiddling to Bob Dylan, daisy mayhem celebrates America’s rich musical past and brings it into the present.
Event information
UH Hilo concert
Tickets for the UH Hilo show are available at the Performing Arts Center website.
Tickets prices
- $25 general admissions
- $20 seniors/UH Hilo faculty and staff
- $12 UH Hilo and Hawaiʻi CC students with valid spring 2015 ID/children 17 and under
UH Mānoa concert
Tickets for the UH Mānoa show are available online at etickethawaii.com.
Tickets prices
- $25 general admissions
- $20 seniors/military/non-UH Mānoa student/UH Alumni Association/UH faculty and staff
- $10 UH Mānoa students with valid spring 2015 ID/children 17 and under
