19 DecCelebrating the Solstice With an African Beat
By Rik Fairlie ETHEL will mark the winter solstice on Dec. 21 with a polyrhythmic nod to Africa. The group will bring TruckStop®: Themba, a collaborative show that features Ron Kunene and his South African choral group, Themba, to the Winter Garden at New York’s World Financial Center. The free performance, one of ETHEL’s signature [...]
Read More ...16 JunETHEL on Brabant TV and More Pics from Mundial!
ETHEL’s TruckStop™: Mundial @ Club Paradox. Photo © Gert Gering. We had a GREAT time in Holland.Check out the latest pics in our Mundial photo album. It was such a pleasure to perform and create SO MUCH music… by Carlo Mombelli: Bass Spirits, Wisdom Door, Trance by Chance, Theory, Mr. Batiss, Zambesi by Simone [...]
Read More ...10 JunFrom Neil: ETHEL’s TruckStop™: Mundial
[Reposted from Neil's Blog: Urban Modes] ETHEL’s TruckStop™ Mundial Tillburg is not a large city, but it has a wonderfully rich and varied cultural scene that includes the excellent Mundial Festival and Muzieklab, a forward-thinking production company directed by Theo Andriessen and Gert Gering. These two organizations have joined forces to bring us together with [...]
Read More ...08 JunFrom Dorothy: Meet Muzieklab
Did we explain who Muzieklab is? This wonderful group, who have brought us to Holland and set us up in such style to do our favorite thing in the whole, wide world – make music with brilliant, inspiring colleagues – is an old hand at doing pretty much the same thing we have designed TruckStop™ [...]
Read More ...06 JunFrom Dorothy: The Music Is Growing So Fast!
We met Simone Soul today. Strong, gorgeous woman, about my height. Dreads and tattoo. Smart, resourceful, vibrant artist building her own career in Brazil – massively excited about this collaboration. She just completed a huge concert she produced herself in Sao Paolo involving 25 artists, and flew here via the UK, where she performed with [...]
Read More ...05 JunFrom Dorothy: Travel to Holland & Day 1 of TruckStop™: Mundial!
The travel day was surreal. I got up at 4 am to finish all the arrangements I need to make when I travel (home life continuity, and all), got the family to our 6 yr.-old’s birthday party by 11, took presents home and rushed off to Lincoln Center for a 3 pm concert with the [...]
Read More ...02 AprWell, I have learned…
[Reposted from Neil's Blog: Urban Modes] …that there is more to Vegas than gambling. For example, there are huge martini glasses: And there is also great music. Pianist and brilliant entrepreneur Raja Rahman of Jarrett & Raja fame has just started a fabulous chamber music series here called Las Vegas Chamber Concerts. Raja had the [...]
Read More ...02 AprTonight: ETHEL plays Vegas!
This afternoon we are doing a school concert at the Las Vegas Academy, and then tonight? ETHEL plays Vegas! We’ve spent the last few days here working with entertainer Clint Holmes and the students of Las Vegas Academy as part of our TruckStop™ tour. It’s been great, and we look forward to tonight’s show! Tix [...]
Read More ...31 MarAlbuquerque to Las Vegas
[Reposted from Neil's Blog: Urban Modes After the show: Saturday’s recording session…we were all a bit tired: Joseph Franklin is doing a wonderful job with Chamber Music Albuquerque. I met some interesting people in Albuquerque: Rahim Alhaj is a master Oud player from Baghdad. Panaiotis is creating music that helps non-musicians to analyze and understand [...]
Read More ...28 MarHere we go…
[Reposted from Neil's Blog: Urban Modes] TruckStop™ New Mexico: Mel Minter published a very nice preview article about tonight’s concert with Robert Mirabal.
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