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Green Tea

Celtic Infusion

About Me

Green Tea performs a collection of high-energy Irish dance music with a strong infusion of Celtic world-beat and contemporary improvisation. Such is the distinctiveness of Green Tea’s sound (the traditional blended with the new), that it can sometimes defy categorization. In any case, Green Tea will knock your socks off! And that includes socks of all ages: college students, children, and parents may be found dancing on the same eclectic dance floor when Green Tea plays. Green Tea’s first album’s name? ALL AGES, of course! Listeners delight in following the acoustic pathways that Green Tea’s musicians explore in their articulation of Irish traditional music, jazz, bluegrass, Middle Eastern and Eastern European grooves, the Blues, and even Pop music. Known for its diverse array of instrumentation, Green Tea serves up new sounds and new concepts with every performance. Jonathan Overby of Wisconsin Public Radio’s live variety show Higher Ground responded to the livid dueling between tradition and innovation when he said, “Wow, they get us going, don’t they? Let’s all storm State Street!” Green Tea shares its humor, its knowledge of old traditions and new progressions, and most importantly its love for music.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/8/2004
Band Website: greenteaworldmusic.com
Band Members: *Aaron Scharmer - piano, keyboards, melodica

*Ashley Thomas - vocals

*Erin Quinn Ribble - fiddle

*John Coletta - whistles, flutes, vocals, hands

*Brooks Collins - drums

*Trevor Roark - guitar, bodhran, djembe
Influences: The Chieftans, Flook, Afrocelt Soundsystem, Eileen Ivers, Leahy, Bela Fleck, The McDades, The Duhks, Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel, Avishai Cohen
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Project

Green Tea is currently working on a short music video to send out to the Tonight Show and other late night entertainment talk shows. We recorded the audio track at DNA Studios (where we recorded our ...
Posted by Green Tea on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:37:00 PST

New Sound

Green Tea has a new sound!! We have a few new members including our fiddler and drummer. We have transitioned to a drum kit which makes our sound extra exciting! Come check us out next time we're p...
Posted by Green Tea on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:41:00 PST

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Posted by Green Tea on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:01:00 PST

Hot Music

Green Tea's music steps between The Chieftans and Bela Fleck.  I can't wait to see them again!
Posted by Green Tea on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST