Music:
Member Since: 1/27/2007
Band Website: songbat.com
Band Members: Musicians who have contributed to the upcoming album:
Dan Cantrell (accordion),
Ryan Francesconi (guitar,
bouzouki),
Beth Bahia Cohen (violin),
Shea Comfort (duduk, kaval),
Eric Perney (acoustic bass),
Peter Maund (percussion).
Influences: For vocal technique, I try to draw on whatever I find beautiful. This includes many traditional singers such as Nina Matvienko, Fairouz, Marta Sebestyen, Amalia Rodrigues, Khaled, Huun-Huur-Tu, Stefka Sabotinova, Urna Chahar-Tugchi, Parissa, Hronis Aidonidis, and Hamlet Gonashvili. I am also inspired by the singing of Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Charley Patton, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Likewise the instrumental accompaniments combine a raw traditional sound with an American perspective and aesthetic.
Other favorites, in no particular order: Kalyi Jag, Rodolphe Burger, Gabriel Yacoub, Jean Redpath, Dolores Keane, John Renbourn, Luciana Galeazzi, Men’s Choir of Sartène, Rita Sahai, Suchitra Mitra, Lakshmi Shankar, Jagjit Singh, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Kirsten BrÃ¥ten Berg, Jean Ritchie, Roscoe Holcomb, Dar Williams, Ali Farka Toure, Leonard Cohen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Country Joe McDonald, Phil Ochs, Boubacar Traore, Carlos Parades, Dona Rosa, Ercìlia Costa, Travadinha, Éva Kanalas, Irén Lovász, Éva Fabian, Kremena Stancheva, Vulkana Stojanova, Verka Siderova, Sonja Kancheva, Zuzana Homolová, Iva Bittova, Turgun Alimatov, Astor Piazzolla, Cesaria Evora, Ivan Kupala, Merita Halili, Ensemble of Gjirokastër, Lela family of Përmet, Mariana Sadovska, Blind Willie Johnson, Erik Darling, Monteverdi, Bach, Chopin, Djur Djura, Eleni Vitali, Belkis Akkale, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Chirgilchin, Emina Zecaj, Burl Ives, Marika Papagika, Rita Abadzi, Roza Eskenazi, Katerina Liakou Bonia, Manu Chao, Mercedes Sosa, Lela Tataraidze, Kelsang Chukie Tethong, Julian Kytasty, Taraf de Haïdouks, Muzsikás, Mannik Grigorian, Hayrik Mouradian, Djivan Gasparian, Gevorg Dabaghian, Kardes Türküler, Sima Bina, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Shahram Nazeri, Kayhan Kalhor, Salamatkan Sadïkova, Matlubeh, Farida, Romica Puceanu, Saban Bajramovic, Petro-Loukas Chalkias, Nuur Jehan, Salim Halali, Yoshikazu Iwamoto, William Horncloud, Suntree Vachanon, Beatriz Pichi Malén, EilÃs Nà Shúilleabháin, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Lorcan Mac Mathuna, Mari Boine, Joanna Newsom, Marianne Faithfull, LoJo, Daniel Lanois, the Beatles, REM, Loren Mazzacane Connors, and many, many anonymous voices from field recordings. And so much more to discover, I’m sure...
Last but not least, I have been meeting here so many wonderful and brilliantly talented musicians from all over the world, and am proud of my friends. It is impossible to decide whom to put on my front page, and is largely the whim of the moment, with a bias towards those I have performed with in the past, and others who have in some way transformed my understanding of music. Thank you to everyone conributing to such a rewarding experience.
Sounds Like: (some more vaguely than others...) Marta Sebestyen, Kitka, Loreena McKennitt, Savina Yannatou, Mariana Sadovska, Warsaw Village Band
Type of Label: None
