Double Bill: Bobo Lavorgna/Erik Rabasca & Knox Chandler
August 29, 2025 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center: 605 Main St Middletown, CT 06457 Get Directions
Double Bill: Bobo Lavorgna/Erik Rabasca & Knox Chandler
Bobo Lavorgna has performed and recorded with Mark Naftalin, The Bargain, Jake & the Family Jewels, Stormin’ Norman & Suzy, Ebin-Rose Trio, Mercy Choir, Brian Larney, and The Mojomatics and opened for Howlin' Wolf, Manhattan Transfer, Sam & Dave, NRBQ, Iain Matthews, Geoff Muldaur. He was recently featured, along with fellow Blake Street Gut Band band mate, Armand Morgan, on Chris Ruggerio's Preservation Sound Radio show on WPKN.
Erik Rabasca is a recording and performing artist, producer and founder of the independent label, Highest Frequency Records. He currently leads or co-leads a variety of projects including Light Warriors, Ecstatica, Lions Gate, Human Tribes Collective, among other one-off projects.
After years of solo explorations, Bobo and Erik join forces to strive for flow state improvisations. This will be the second duo performance at The Buttonwood Tree for Lavorgna-Rabasca
: Knox Chandler
Knox Chandler’s career has spanned for over four decades, including performing, recording, arranging and producing, with such acts as REM, Depeche Mode, Grace Jones, Marianne Faithful, Natalie Merchant, Tricky, The Creatures, Dave Gahan Paper Monsters, The Golden Palominos,The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Cyndi Lauper. For the past ten years Knox was residing in Berlin Germany, deepening his exploration of sonic soundscapes (soundribbons), and applying it to different genres and mediums. This performance marks the return of Chandler to The Buttonwood
Erik Rabasca is a recording and performing artist, producer and founder of the independent label, Highest Frequency Records. He currently leads or co-leads a variety of projects (Light Warriors, Ecstatica, Lions Gate, Human Tribes Collective, among others). A musical chameleon with a wide range of performing experiences from nearly 700 shows in his performing life, he plays a fusion of styles as an acoustic soloist from folk, roots, jazz to reggae, indie and country. His lyrics and songwriting have been compared to legends…Dylan, Marley, Simon and more but has uniquely and soulfully his own sound without imitation. Erik has toured the country, performed internationally (Ethiopia, Jamaica, Canada, Thailand), was selected by multiple-Grammy winner Jon Batiste to open Batiste’s appearance at Stamford CT’s Alive At Five concert series, opened for Grammy winner Mike Farris (Screaming Cheetah Wheelies), collaborated and toured with reggae legend Mad Professor, and shared the stage with notable reggae artists Sugar Minott, Culture, Easy Star All Stars, Grammy winners SOJA, among many other regional acts at clubs and festivals throughout the years. In 2016, Rabasca founded the independent record label, Highest Frequency Records to create music that “serves universal language.” He has since released over a dozen albums and EPs in multiple projects.
his concert and other Buttonwood Tree events brought to you by our generous donors and patrons, and the following community organizations:
Boboonbass.bandcamp.com
Erik Rabasca:
Linktr.ee/erikrabasca
Highestfrequencyrecords.
Knox Chandler:
knoxchandlermusic.com
