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Bird Mancini (Ruby Bird & Billy Carl Mancini), Boston’s acclaimed accordion/guitar duo, features eclectic acoustic rock pop style with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, melodica and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles. Favorite gigs include the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, International Pop Overthrow Fest in Boston & New York City, and a West Coast tour. They’ve shared stages with Leon Russell, David Crosby (of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Joan Osborne, Gregg Allman, Jonathan Edwards, James Montgomery, The Stompers, The Outlaws, Mighty Sam McClain and the Pousette-Dart Band. The duo was nominated for a New England Music Award in 2017 and 2018, and a Limelight Award in 2019. Along with many radio and TV appearances, Bird Mancini has released 7 full length CDs and a live performance video.
“Boston’s Bird Mancini manage to sound both very familiar and highly original all at the same time.”- PoprockRecord.com. “…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” – The Boston Globe