Combine the virtuosic wail of Jimi Hendrix, BB King soul, and Bill Monroe fire , and you get the Dirty Cello Band!
From Iceland to Italy, and all over the U.S., San Francisco based band Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues, rock, and Americana. Led by vivacious cross-over cellist, Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you’ve never heard before. From down home blues and rock with a wailing cello to virtuosic stompin’ Americana, Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping!
“Dirty Cello’s music is all over the map: funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, and textured, and only occasionally classical.” – Oakland Magazine
“The group seamlessly careens from blues to bluegrass and rock in a way that really shouldn’t make sense but somehow does.” – LA Times
“The ensemble plays a range of eclectic tunes in ways you won’t hear anyone else dare to attempt.” – Argus Courier
- Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Steel Dickson Avenue, Portaferry BT22 1LE
- Saturday 25 October 2025
- 19:30 – 21:30
- Cost: £22 + booking fee
More information and booking: https://www.porticoards.com/whats-on/dirty-cello
