Bird Mancini has been invited to play The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England with the International Pop Overthrow Festival to be held May 20-26, 2008. They will perform two shows on May 26, 2008, one at The Cavern Club and another at The Cavern Pub. The accordion/guitar Boston based duo of Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini will be joined by bassist John Bridge and drummer Larry Harvey for the overseas engagement, playing songs from their acclaimed 2007 CD release entitled "Funny Day." Bird Mancini, being self-proclaimed “Beatle heads”, are thrilled to have the opportunity to play at The Cavern Club, famous for hosting early Beatles performances in the 1960’s prior to their phenomenal rise to international pop stardom. Locally, Bird Mancini will perform in full band regalia at The Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, MA on Friday, May 16th just prior to boarding their plane for the United Kingdom. Don't miss it!

Bird Mancini are also finalizing plans for a West Coast U.S. tour in July.
 

"A dynamic duo with wailing vocals and a soul-filled, throw-down, hoe-down, acoustic blue-ness with rocky roots and captivating harmonies." -Oasis Coffeehouse, Waltham

"Every song is superb..." -The Noise Magazine

"Pick Of The Week"- www.MuzikReviews.com  (June 4, 2007)

"Funny Day" is made up of 13 infectious and addictive rock-pop-psych gems. Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck-May 16, 2007

"With Funny Day Bird Mancini manages to pull from music's past and mix it with modern musical elements to create a sound that, while sounding familiar, is still fresh and innovative." -By Senior Staff Writer C.W. Ross ( www.indiemusicstop.com )

Camped out in six inches of mud, they played for 5,000 people at a van show in Englishtown, New Jersey. They've been stranded on a mountain in a broken down bus, gigged one-nighters out West where it's 100 miles to the next town, and made their living for years playing Northeast clubs, colleges, resorts, music halls and festivals. They've opened for David Crosby (of Crosby, Stills & Nash), Gregg Allman, Jonathan Edwards, James Montgomery, Mighty Sam McClain and the Pousette-Dart Band. And all this occurred before their first CD release in 1996 (then as The Sky Blues). Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini's career together spans nearly two decades. Their original recordings have garnered critical acclaim, an ASCAP/Boston Music Award nomination, and fans from all over the world. Twice, in 2002 and 2004, Bird Mancini were named among the Top 10 Year's Best by New England's Metronome Magazine. But their music is its own reward to those lucky enough to find it in an Irish pub in Boston, a breezy summer concert, on the Internet, or simply through word of mouth. As www.AllMusic.com  puts it, "Bird Mancini is likely to please a wide array of listeners."

Gospel choirs in country churches and Kansas City blues and swing were Ruby's early upbringing, while Billy Carl cut his guitar-playing teeth on high school rock and roll bands covering songs by 60's greats like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and the Stones. Mix it all together and you get two high-spirited lead singers, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, a variety of percussion, bells and whistles that is the Bird Mancini duo. Add a plethora of talented musician friends acquired over the years, and you get energetic recordings with an astonishingly colorful palette-- www.IndieMusic.com says, "It's so refreshing to hear such great variety on every single track and with such consistency and quality." A snowballing circle of talent finds its way each year to their annual Backyard Acoustic Jam Love and Food Fest--think Monterey Pop or Woodstock on a smaller scale. If you appreciate fusions and variations on rock and roll, blues, pop, Latin jazz, country gospel and psychedelic world beat, you are likely to come away from a Bird Mancini recording or live performance feeling happy you found your way there. Peace.