The Mad Maggies

The Mad Maggies are eight musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area who happily careen across the musical map whipping up pleasingly unusual, dance-inducing tunes in a startling array of styles. Call it world-inspired, power folk, or try Gypsy-funk brass band bumps into Gaelic renegades take turns with neo-polka enthusiasts, whatever, no matter -- it's a pleasant frenzy.

Composer/singer/accordionist Maggie Martin is responsible for this musical mayhem of accordion, sax, trombone, tuba, trumpet, guitars and percussion. Her credits include 13 years as squeeze artist with Polkacide, San Francisco's one and only hardcore polka band.