Where can you find an accordion, violin, guitar, bass, Japanese shamisen, beautiful vocals, and a bowed saw all in the same place? Why the Fishtank Ensemble of course! This group blends Eastern European, Gypsy, Japanese, Jazz, and overall folk sounds to transport your ears and imagination to the villages of the east.
Their debut album, Super [...]
Many people dislike jazz because of the level of musical experience and listening it often requires. It is for this reason jazz is often referred to as “The Musician’s Music.” However, in 1995 the Rite Of Strings released their self-titled album, peaking at #4 on the US Jazz Charts and stepping entirely out of the [...]
Estradasphere is an innovative group that often times changes style and feel several times throughout an album, if not the entire song! Seeing this group outperform their albums live is what really turned me onto playing violin on a much more serious level.
The group’s original lineup on this album consists of:
John Whooley - Saxophone
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