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"With their haunting melodies, intricate metaphors, and subversive subplots, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers has succeeded in ruining almost all other bands for me... Myshkin's songs are lyrically titillating while maintaining an unwavering feminist and politically radical bent. With unmistakable vocals and complex musical arrangements, this Portland Oregon based underground legend is anything but easy listening." - Bitch Magazine (winter 08)
"Myshkin has stories to tell and the means to tell them. She writes with a dark and subtle wit, raw honesty, and a painters eye. Her compositions bear the mark of an artist who finds inspiration all over the map and incorporates far flung musical ideas with a passionate ease. Who always has an ear out for beauty but pays little attention to trends. The result is an uncommonly timeless modern music.
Myshkin's Ruby Warblers is an ever-evolving crew of genius gamblers whose fortés range from tango to electronica, old time to modern classical to jazz, and each leave an imprint of their unique talents on the music. Myshkin plays an 80 year old martin tenor guitar, a vintage gibson six string, and a jumbo lowden acoustic. Her voice is her finest instrument though, and she wields it like a fortune teller, an acrobat, a hunter, a gift."
former and current ruby warblers:
scott magee - drums
john lutz - bass
neti vaan - violin
ben schenck - clarinet
christopher trapani - piano
laura freeman - harmonica
brent martens - bass
nick jaina - guitar
leila chieko - drums
skip von kuske - cello
enion pelta tiller - violin
nathan langston - violin
edwin severijn - drums
helge slikker - bass
lara michell - guitar
sailor banks - bass, beats, guitar, piano, production
jesse brooke - drums
paul evans - soprano sax, alto sax, melodica
discography --
Myshkin's Ruby Warblers: sigh semaphore 2006 / corvidae 2004 / rosebud bullets 2002 -- Myshkin: why do all the country girls leave? 1999 / blue gold 1998
"Fiercely talented, elegantly skewed" - Time Out UK
"A giant among songwriters " - City Life, Manchester UK
"A poet who has something to say; dense, dark songs rendered beautifully" - Dirty Linen
"Smart, sad and weird" - Village Voice
"Dusky, haunting gems, an excellent CD" - All Music Guide
"Darkly joyous, endlessly restless, and spellbinding. Gypsy, Celtic, cabaret and punk influences, a masterfully mercurial, seductive voice" - Sing Out
see concert footage and videos at http://www.youtube.com/myshkinsrubywarblers
hear more songs and purchase music, including the latest: "Sigh Semaphore" an EP of political tunes at
http://www.myshkinsrubywarblers.com
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