Collin Yeo

The virtuosic sisters Natalie and Brittany (on cello and fiddle, respectively) form the duo HAAS, which is appropriately titled after their shared surname. They also share a love of all things string, weaving through the contemporary landscape of folk-to-classical genres with a supernatural grace. The ladies have been here before with different acts, but this is the first time they have played in our county as a duo.

Guitarist Cole Berliner used to live in San Francisco and now hails from Los Angeles, just as he used to be in a band called Kamikaze Palm Tree, which became the duo Sharpie Smile and has downsized to just himself and his guitar for the purpose of his current tour.

How about another free rock show at the Shanty tonight? This one is full of local critters, all from the neighborhood of punk and metal, but represent some of the coolest cats on that block. So come through at 9 p.m. and check out the bangin’ and clangin’ of Berk and the Jerx, Ultramafic and Imperial Destructo.