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Sat July 11, 2015

Shasta String Celebration at Freight & Salvage

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Acoustic music masters and young innovators will descend on the Freight, fresh from a week of intergenerational musical exploration, embarking on a collaborative journey, to be heard nowhere else. This show is the musical fruit and rousing finale of the 11th annual Shasta Music Summit (organized by Tashina and Tristan Clarridge), where seasoned musicians commune with colleagues from neighboring (and sometimes distant) traditions, while nurturing a host of creative young string players.

Featuring Jody Stecher, Paul Brown, John Herrmann & Chicken Train, Ben Krakauer, Dave Cory, Kala Ramnath, The Bee Eaters, Billy Contreras, Adam Agee, and students.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:

Jody Stecher: For the past half century, Jody Stecher’s deep and vivid music has inspired four generations of musicians and music lovers on five continents. One of the Bay Area’s most renowned singers and multi-instrumentalists and regarded as one of America's leading traditional folk artists, Jody has collaborated with David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, Alasdair Fraser, Krishna Bhatt and Kate Brislin to name a few. His Grammy nominated, Indy Award winning recordings span bluegrass, traditional old-time and Indian music. Jody is known for his "ability to capture the essence and core of traditional music" and "to crystallize the spiritual essence of a song while making it his own". Accolades include " a creative master", "achingly expressive" and "a national treasure". David Bromberg said, "Jody Stecher was basically my teacher. He opened my ears to more beautiful music than anyone else ever did... more than I ever knew existed. He is also one of my favorite musicians on Earth to play with. I have never known anyone so intensely and completely enveloped in music. It's my suspicion that if you drained all the music out of Jody, you could carry what was left around in an eye dropper." "A high, hotly honed voice, sometimes cutting through melodies like a scythe, sometimes unfolding like fine old velvet, warm and worn just right, beyond his years. His guitar, fiddle and mandolin playing are the stuff for which the critical cliches "soulful" and "masterful" were invented. Singing like the ghost of himself, lost in the foggy ruins of time and dreams, Stecher lands the most elusive catch of all – the truth." -No Depression


Paul Brown: Paul Brown is a master of traditional southern music, with a passion for truth and wisdom, and the voice to share it. He recently concluded 14 years in executive, editorial, and on-air positions at NPR in Washington, his last position as the network's top-of-hour morning newscaster. As a young child, Paul learned songs his mother had learned as a kid in Piedmont, Virginia. His playing bares influences of the North Carolina and Virginia masters he sought out and studied with as a young man, such as Benton Flippen, Tommy Jarrell, Luther Davis and Robert Sykes. He has recorded and produced highly regarded albums of traditional musicians, and appeared at camps and festivals around the U.S. since the early 1970s.
https://www.BrownPaul.net


Chicken Train: A true master of Appalachian mountain music, John Herrmann has traveled the world performing for over thirty years, with extensive touring in France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Adept in his playing of the banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass, and guitar, he has recorded at least fifty records on labels such as Rounder, County, and Sugar Hill, (most notably with Art Stamper and Ralph Blizard), and performed numerous times at the Smithsonian Folk Festival, and the National Heritage Award Ceremony. He will perform alongside of North Carolina fiddler John Engle, and rock-solid rhythm player Meredith McIntosh, to form the trio Chicken Train.


Ben Krakauer: Ben Krakauer is a phenomenal banjoist and composer with a strikingly original style, drawing on his deep love of bluegrass, new acoustic music (he toured with David Grisman), jazz, and most recently, traditional Bengali folk music.

Dave Cory: Dave Cory is a leading exponent of Irish tenor banjo, known for his driving impeccable rhythm, innovative variations, and abounding virtuosity coupled with profound understanding of the traditional idiom.


Kala Ramnath: The contemporary torch bearer of the Mewati Gharana, Kala Ramnath belongs to a violin dynasty from India- a unique musical lineage of seven generations which straddles both the classical systems of the subcontinent. Born into a family of prodigious musical talent which has given Indian music such violin legends as Prof. T.N. Krishnan and Dr. N. Rajam, Kala began violin studies at age 3, under the strict tutelage of her grandfather Vidwan Narayan Iyer. Simultaneously she received training from her aunt Dr. Smt. N. Rajam. For fifteen years she put herself under the training of Mewati vocal maestro, Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj. This has brought a rare vocal emotionalism to her art. She has performed at all the major music festivals in India, and dozens of music festivals worldwide, such as North Sea Jazz Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, Celebrations of India's fiftieth year of Independence in Europe, Festival of India presented by Government of India in Dhaka Bangladesh,and the South Asian Heritage Festival in Toronto, Canada. She has extensively toured the United States, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, France, Belgium, Greece, Russia, South Africa, Seychelles, Middle East, Trinidad, Kenya, Tanzania, Australia, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Mauritius.
https://www.KalaRamnath.com


The Bee Eaters: 6 time Grand National Fiddle Champion siblings Tristan and Tashina Clarridge join hammer dulcimer wizard Simon Chrisman to form The Bee Eaters: “chamber music's finely calibrated arrangements with bluegrass's playful virtuosity and pop music's melodic resourcefulness" -The Boston Globe.
At the forefront of the new folk-cello revolution, Tristan Clarridge is a member of internationally acclaimed group Crooked Still and has toured with Natalie MacMaster, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, and Bruce Molsky. Tashina Clarridge has performed at Carnegie Hall with renowned bassist Edgar Meyer, and has toured with Mark O'Connor, Laurie Lewis, Tony Trischka and others. They have both appeared dozens of times on the Freight and Salvage stage with Laurie Lewis, Darol Anger, Crooked Still, Bill Evans, Scott Nygaard, Mike Marshall and their own trio The Bee Eaters.
https://www.BeeEaters.com


To schedule interviews with any of the performers, or for high resolution performer photos, please write: [email protected]
Acoustic music masters and young innovators will descend on the Freight, fresh from a week of intergenerational musical exploration, embarking on a collaborative journey, to be heard nowhere else. This show is the musical fruit and rousing finale of the 11th annual Shasta Music Summit (organized by Tashina and Tristan Clarridge), where seasoned musicians commune with colleagues from neighboring (and sometimes distant) traditions, while nurturing a host of creative young string players.

Featuring Jody Stecher, Paul Brown, John Herrmann & Chicken Train, Ben Krakauer, Dave Cory, Kala Ramnath, The Bee Eaters, Billy Contreras, Adam Agee, and students.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:

Jody Stecher: For the past half century, Jody Stecher’s deep and vivid music has inspired four generations of musicians and music lovers on five continents. One of the Bay Area’s most renowned singers and multi-instrumentalists and regarded as one of America's leading traditional folk artists, Jody has collaborated with David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, Alasdair Fraser, Krishna Bhatt and Kate Brislin to name a few. His Grammy nominated, Indy Award winning recordings span bluegrass, traditional old-time and Indian music. Jody is known for his "ability to capture the essence and core of traditional music" and "to crystallize the spiritual essence of a song while making it his own". Accolades include " a creative master", "achingly expressive" and "a national treasure". David Bromberg said, "Jody Stecher was basically my teacher. He opened my ears to more beautiful music than anyone else ever did... more than I ever knew existed. He is also one of my favorite musicians on Earth to play with. I have never known anyone so intensely and completely enveloped in music. It's my suspicion that if you drained all the music out of Jody, you could carry what was left around in an eye dropper." "A high, hotly honed voice, sometimes cutting through melodies like a scythe, sometimes unfolding like fine old velvet, warm and worn just right, beyond his years. His guitar, fiddle and mandolin playing are the stuff for which the critical cliches "soulful" and "masterful" were invented. Singing like the ghost of himself, lost in the foggy ruins of time and dreams, Stecher lands the most elusive catch of all – the truth." -No Depression


Paul Brown: Paul Brown is a master of traditional southern music, with a passion for truth and wisdom, and the voice to share it. He recently concluded 14 years in executive, editorial, and on-air positions at NPR in Washington, his last position as the network's top-of-hour morning newscaster. As a young child, Paul learned songs his mother had learned as a kid in Piedmont, Virginia. His playing bares influences of the North Carolina and Virginia masters he sought out and studied with as a young man, such as Benton Flippen, Tommy Jarrell, Luther Davis and Robert Sykes. He has recorded and produced highly regarded albums of traditional musicians, and appeared at camps and festivals around the U.S. since the early 1970s.
https://www.BrownPaul.net


Chicken Train: A true master of Appalachian mountain music, John Herrmann has traveled the world performing for over thirty years, with extensive touring in France, Germany, Italy and Japan. Adept in his playing of the banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass, and guitar, he has recorded at least fifty records on labels such as Rounder, County, and Sugar Hill, (most notably with Art Stamper and Ralph Blizard), and performed numerous times at the Smithsonian Folk Festival, and the National Heritage Award Ceremony. He will perform alongside of North Carolina fiddler John Engle, and rock-solid rhythm player Meredith McIntosh, to form the trio Chicken Train.


Ben Krakauer: Ben Krakauer is a phenomenal banjoist and composer with a strikingly original style, drawing on his deep love of bluegrass, new acoustic music (he toured with David Grisman), jazz, and most recently, traditional Bengali folk music.

Dave Cory: Dave Cory is a leading exponent of Irish tenor banjo, known for his driving impeccable rhythm, innovative variations, and abounding virtuosity coupled with profound understanding of the traditional idiom.


Kala Ramnath: The contemporary torch bearer of the Mewati Gharana, Kala Ramnath belongs to a violin dynasty from India- a unique musical lineage of seven generations which straddles both the classical systems of the subcontinent. Born into a family of prodigious musical talent which has given Indian music such violin legends as Prof. T.N. Krishnan and Dr. N. Rajam, Kala began violin studies at age 3, under the strict tutelage of her grandfather Vidwan Narayan Iyer. Simultaneously she received training from her aunt Dr. Smt. N. Rajam. For fifteen years she put herself under the training of Mewati vocal maestro, Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj. This has brought a rare vocal emotionalism to her art. She has performed at all the major music festivals in India, and dozens of music festivals worldwide, such as North Sea Jazz Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, Celebrations of India's fiftieth year of Independence in Europe, Festival of India presented by Government of India in Dhaka Bangladesh,and the South Asian Heritage Festival in Toronto, Canada. She has extensively toured the United States, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, France, Belgium, Greece, Russia, South Africa, Seychelles, Middle East, Trinidad, Kenya, Tanzania, Australia, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Mauritius.
https://www.KalaRamnath.com


The Bee Eaters: 6 time Grand National Fiddle Champion siblings Tristan and Tashina Clarridge join hammer dulcimer wizard Simon Chrisman to form The Bee Eaters: “chamber music's finely calibrated arrangements with bluegrass's playful virtuosity and pop music's melodic resourcefulness" -The Boston Globe.
At the forefront of the new folk-cello revolution, Tristan Clarridge is a member of internationally acclaimed group Crooked Still and has toured with Natalie MacMaster, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, and Bruce Molsky. Tashina Clarridge has performed at Carnegie Hall with renowned bassist Edgar Meyer, and has toured with Mark O'Connor, Laurie Lewis, Tony Trischka and others. They have both appeared dozens of times on the Freight and Salvage stage with Laurie Lewis, Darol Anger, Crooked Still, Bill Evans, Scott Nygaard, Mike Marshall and their own trio The Bee Eaters.
https://www.BeeEaters.com


To schedule interviews with any of the performers, or for high resolution performer photos, please write: [email protected]
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