Grammy-winning American roots artists Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player, and former Strathmore Artist in Residence, Chao Tian in a show that explores music from China to Appalachia and beyond. The group’s repertoire includes traditional Chinese and Appalachian music as well as contemporary and traditional music from around the world. Unusual combinations explore new arrangements to old music, such as “Dark Eyes.” Ukulele, yangqin and guitar create a new pallet for this Russian folk song turned jazz manouche tune. Fink and Marxer join Tian in singing a Chinese lullaby, “Nani Wan,” and Tian infuses her love of American old-time music to fiddle tunes and songs.
Their album, From China to Appalachia, won praise from National Public Radio, Songlines Magazine, and CDHotlist.com, and hit highs on both the Billboard Bluegrass charts and the Folk Radio charts. The Bluegrass Situation called the group “one-of-a-kind intercultural collaboration.”
From China to Appalachia was born of a friendship and mutual love of musical exploration experienced in jam sessions that inspired a show speaking to the power of music to connect cultures.
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Strathmore extends its gratitude to Live Better Hearing + Balance for supporting the Music in the Mansion series.
