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Dafni
Acoustic / Folk / Pop

New record available at www.borondarecords.com



LOS ANGELES, California
United States

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Last Login:  11/24/2009
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   Dafni: General Info
Member Since9/30/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.dafni.us
Band MembersDafni: vocals; acoustic and electric guitar.
Mark San Filippo:drums
Geoff Rakness:upright bass
Peter Kavanaugh: lead guitar
InfluencesNina Simone
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Frank Zappa
Judy Garland
Tom Waits
Brian Robbins
Eleni Mandell
Gwendolyn
Ani DiFranco
Norah Jones
Inara George
Mia Doi Todd
Bob Dylan
Ry Cooder
Led Zeppelin
Patsy Cline
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
David Bowie
Radiohead
The Beatles
Iris DeMent
Anita O'Day
Cassandra Wilson
Madeleine Peyroux
Jerry Garcia
Randy Weeks
Mike Stinson
Tony Gilkyson
Eliza Gilkyson
Elizabeth Cotten
Sounds LikeAni DiFranco (fingerstyle guitar)
Norah Jones (jazzy pop stylings)
Billie Holiday (old-time moods)
Record LabelBoronda Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 14 2009 9:00P
Cinema -- Opening for Rick Shea’s record release Culver City, California
Nov 15 2009 9:00P
Renee’s Courtyard Cafe and Bar Los Angeles, California
Nov 18 2009 9:00P
Cinema Acoustic Music Night culver city
Nov 25 2009 9:00P
The Cinema Bar / opening for Ben Vaughn’s Modern Skiffle Quartet! Culver City, California
Dec 14 2009 9:00P
Cinema Acoustic Music Night culver city, California
Dec 27 2009 10:00A
Santa Monica Farmers Market Santa Monica, California

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   About Dafni
Buy the CD
DAFNI: Charlie's Lonely Sunday
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Dafni’s soprano rings true. Her latest album, “Charlie’s Lonely Sunday” may contain echoes of a Parisian street corner, Tin Pan Alley, and an Appalachian barn dance, but the petite redhead isn’t interested in merely creating some dusty museum piece that imitates another time and place. “I’m gettin’ carried away,” she sings over percolating banjo and a smooth bed of accordion on “Carried Away.” But with her next breath she’s “…Walkin’ through the streets of L.A. in this dreamy giddy haze.” The key to Dafni’s appeal is how she examines contemporary life and love through the lens of enduring musical styles that capture our imaginations and hearts. She goes on to explain, “I don’t give a hoot because you melt my heart away/At least my darlin’ I had you for today,” and somehow the sweet and simple language of a jazz standard makes your own ill-fated romance seem like a jaunty little misstep from which you will easily recover.

Singer, songwriter, and guitar player Dafni started out far from the palm-lined streets of L.A. in frosty Wisconsin, where she cut her teeth on minor sevenths in the high school jazz band. She played piano from the age of five, and went on to play bass and French horn in addition to singing in the choir. Dafni earned degrees in chemistry and psychology at the University of Wisconsin before following her love — organic chemistry — to graduate school at UCLA where she played solo acoustic shows and formed the folk/punk band Stay at Home. In 2001 she home-recorded “Red,” an earnest collection of acoustic songs which received airplay on folk and women's music shows.

Dafni’s first studio album “Drifting in Circles” featured a notably fuller, richer sound. Building on her solid songsmithing foundation, she incorporated jazz chords and arrangements and expanded the instrumentation to include bebop trumpet, sprightly banjo and Ry Cooder-inspired slide guitar. She formed a live band with Mark San Filippo (drums), Geoff Rakness (upright bass), Wil Forbis (lead guitar, banjo), Edie Murphy (mandolin, fiddle), and Josh Bandur (accordian) and became a frequent performer at L.A. songwriter hangouts like Cole’s and the Cinema Bar in Culver City.

With 2007’s “Charlie’s Lonely Sunday,” the former folky-girl-with-guitar truly came into her own as a songwriter and musician on par with adult contemporary artists like Eleni Mandell and Madeleine Peyroux. Her smiling and demure personality shines through with her most confident songwriting yet, and her stylistic range is seamlessly sewn together, from the sultry tango “Let’s Pretend” to the lilting waltz “This One Dance.” Pasadena Weekly music critic Bliss commented of “Charlie’s Lonely Sunday,” “…lo-fi sound, snappy syncopation and instrumentation owe obvious debts to Billie Holiday and Madeleine Peyroux…she harks back to bygone eras with her dreamy soprano and sweetly romantic songs.”

-- Susan Clark


   Dafni's Friend Space (Top 34)
Dafni has 1725 friends.
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 Mark 


 Richard Glaser Band 


 Peter Kavanaugh 


 Dan Janisch 


 John Groover McDuffie 


 Wil Forbis 


 Todd 


 Alyssa 


 Sarah Stanley 


 jaimi shuey 


 Kathy 


 Lisa Finnie 


 Vicki Hill 


 Edie Murphy 


 Peggy 


 Ghost Town 


 curmudgeon joe 


 Brian Hogan 


 miss christine 


 Mike Baker 


 laura heffington photographic documentation 


 gwendolyn 


 Mike Stinson 


 Tony Gilkyson 


 Jeb Lipson 


 BUCKSWORTH 


 tracy huffman 


 Cliff Wagner & The Old No. 7 


 Ben Vaughn 


 The Running Kind 


 The Cinema Bar 


 Jeremiah and the Red Eyes 


 MULE 





Dafni's Friends Comments
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rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band

rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band



Nov 20 2009 7:00 AM

"...here on the west coast keepin' music real down-home for y'all..."
Poppa’s Kitchen

Poppa’s Kitchen



Nov 16 2009 10:39 PM

Dafni,

Come do the Venice Hang thang....Poppa's Kitchen @ The talking Stick 11-19-09 @ 9pm
Ella

Ella



Nov 15 2009 10:56 AM


******* newness *******
hey, how was your summer?
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsyGWtW5xQY
RAQUEL AURILIA

RAQUEL AURILIA



Nov 3 2009 8:53 PM

Thanks for adding me! -Raquel
Steph Hoy

Steph Hoy



Oct 29 2009 10:08 PM

Thanx for the add Dafni... great sound bravo
hope you liked my tunes too
Cheers from France
Steph
Steph Hoy

Steph Hoy



Oct 26 2009 9:50 PM

Thanx for the add Dafni... Great music. Love it ...
Hope you're doin fine and liked the tunes
Take care
Steph
michelle

michelle



Oct 26 2009 9:08 AM

Hi Dafni,

Good seeing you @ the Cinema Bar. I can't wait to listen to your new CD!

Michelle~
Claremont Friday Nights Live

Claremont Friday Nights Live



Oct 15 2009 6:37 PM

DAFNI tomorrow, Friday, October 16th playing Claremont's Friday Nights Live! 6-9 pm. FREE! In the Public Plaza outside the Laemmle Theater, one block east of Indian Hill Boulevard between 1st and 2nd Streets in the Village Expansion.
Paul McCallum

Paul McCallum



Oct 15 2009 7:00 AM

Hey Dafni, it was fun to be back at the Cinema. Good to see you. Cheers,
eamon

peter harte



Sep 29 2009 12:59 AM

Hi Dafni Thank you for the friendship,lovely music,beautiful voice.eamon
Blind Pony

Blind Pony



Sep 27 2009 8:39 PM

Hi! We're at Taix this coming Thursday Oct. 1.

Hope you can make it!
Todd

Todd Kivi



Sep 22 2009 7:28 AM

I wish I was still in Maui. I'll be at the Cinema on Wednesday; I work late tomorrow and early Wednesday.
The Running Kind

The Running Kind



Sep 17 2009 7:25 PM

Another righteous night of music. Thanks for being so darn awesome. --Matt & Leslie
Blind Pony

Blind Pony



Sep 16 2009 11:32 PM

We're at Cinema Tomorrow night, Thurs. with Dean Chamberlain.
Hope you can make it...10 PM for us, 9 for Dean.
Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band

Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band



Aug 25 2009 11:43 PM

thanks for adding us!
Faber Optimé

Faber Optimé



Aug 18 2009 11:57 PM

Sorry for not having been in touch awhile - been rather busy!
Just wanted to say that your valued friendship continues to be appreciated.
Have you checked out my MySpace and web site (www.faberoptime.com) recently?
Oh and did you subscribe for my free newsletter (using the form on site at page right - high quality, low quantity, no spam!)?
You might also like to take a look at some of my vids on my YouTube channel too! www.youtube.com/faberoptime
Take care and keep in touch.
Best,
Faber.
"Just a guy trying to make the world a better place."
Isaac Valenzuela

Isaac Valenzuela



Aug 18 2009 11:20 PM

Thank you very much for the add!!
Best wishes from your new friend,
Isaac
Peggy

Peggy French



Aug 17 2009 10:57 PM

I super enjoyed your set at the Cinema! You are so confidant and warm on stage. Great songs!
Kaz Murphy

Kaz Murphy



Aug 17 2009 7:20 PM

You beat me to it...commenting me as I was commenting you...really enjoyed your set on Saturday...was a fine night all around!!
Rich McCulley

Rich McCulley



Aug 16 2009 3:20 PM

Nice set last night!!!
downtowntrash

al barr



Aug 15 2009 8:12 PM

can't wait for new music :)
Homero y Una Noche Nada Mas

Homero y Una Noche Nada Mas



Aug 7 2009 6:19 PM

Saturday, August 15
HOMERO CHAVEZ- MODERN APPLICATIONS OF THE CAJON

2:00PM to 3:30PM
REMO Recreational Music Center
7308 Coldwater Canyon Ave.
North Hollywood CA 91605
Wil Forbis

Wil Forbis



Aug 1 2009 4:15 AM

Still loving that "anywhere but here" song. Happy birthday.
Claremont Friday Nights Live

Claremont Friday Nights Live



Jul 29 2009 4:08 PM

Come see Dafni this Friday in Claremont! Friday Nights Live, 6-9 pm. At the Public Plaza at the Laemmle Theater. FREE!
Blind Pony

Blind Pony



Jul 26 2009 9:26 PM

We're at The Good Hurt Sunday Aug.2 at midnite.
C'mon by, it's in your neighborhood!
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