PRESS, LISTINGS,
& OTHER WRITE-UPS:
"...Standalone accordionist Mrs. Hobbs lent her music to the line-up, most especially to Martin during one of his pieces towards the night’s close, a marriage of melodious phrase and melancholy recitation..."
-- Review: Milo Martin and the Utopian Nihilists at Skylight Books
Los Angeles Cityzine
Lindsey Darden, Sept 16, 2008
The 2008 Los Angeles Accordion Festival was written up in the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Weekly, Flavorpill, Metromix, Latino LA Calendar, Metblogs, Let's Polka - An Accordion Blog, Yelp, and Diglounge. Mrs. Hobbs was mentioned as the "quirky experimental diva Mrs. Hobbs" in Flavorpill and as the "sexy and sultry Mrs. Hobbs" in Metblogs.
May 2008
QUATTROFORMAGGIO PRESS SHEET (pdf)
photos and text of articles from LA Times Calendar, LA Weekly, Flavorpill, and The Argonaut, Dec. 2007
"QUATTROFORMAGGIO: This program of interdisciplinary movement-and-music pieces has a slight scent of inscrutable modern dance about it. Despite phrases like "the presence and absence of love" and "surreal private world" being bandied about, the solo and ensemble performers — as well as guest dancers and musicians like post-pop cabaret squeeze-box diva Mrs. Hobbs — are far more sultry and subversive than you might think. Working with intense physicality, dreamlike distortions of space and time, and collective metaphors for intimate psychological conditions, each of their "four cheeses" offers its own sweet and pungent pleasure."
-- Flavorpill (Shana Nys Dambrot, Dec. 2007)
"RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: Like its namesake Italian pasta and pizza dishes that layer four cheeses into an entity that respects the value of each component but strives for an exponential result greater than the arithmetic total, the secret to success rests in the quality of the individual ingredients. In the case of this aptly named dance concert, the four dancer/choreographers have distinguished themselves as part of the highly respected Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble as well as in their own right.Anne and Jeff Grimaldo are also known under the arresting moniker Naked With Shoes; here they offer Common Side Effects, with guest musicians Mrs. Hobbs and Quentin Joseph. Stefan Fabry is known for his improvisational explorations, this time it’s 1% Rot, with guest dancer/visual artist Yicun Sun. Today’s headlines provide grist for Vox Dance Theatre’s Sarah Swenson in her new solo, Pavane for an Iraqi Girl. Swenson also offers Civilization, with background text recorded by her grandfather. A bracing antidote in this season of sweets."
-- LA Weekly (Ann Haskins, Dec. 2007)
"For something completely different, be sure to check out the Hohner Panther played by Mrs. Hobbs. From outstanding original compositions to interpretative cover versions of her influences, Mrs. Hobbs' avant-garde style is not your mother's accordion music."
-- music-instruments.biz (Matt Kerwin, Oct. 2007)
"The delicate deconstructions of singer/songwriter Erik Penny and the melodious musings of avant-accordionist Mrs. Hobbs alternate with poetry, as Amber Tamblyn's raffish reflections and Milo Martin's esoteric observations round out a Sunday afternoon in the garden."
-- Flavorpill (Shana Nys Dambrot, Aug. 2007)
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