Paris' Legendary New Morning Welcomes The Bethany And Rufus Roots Quartet
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New World/Folk/Roots group The Bethany and Rufus Roots Quartet will be
performing songs from their live 12 track CD "Live A Fip" on December
8th at Paris' most reputable jazz-club, the New Morning. The quartet
was invited to perform live on Radio France's Live A Fip radio series
following a promotional radio spot for the Les Nuits Atypique
festival. The Roots Quartet includes the duo Bethany and Rufus
(Bethany Yarrow and Rufus Cappadocia), along with Fulani flutist
Yacouba "Denke Denke" and Afro Haitian drummer 'Bonga' Jean-Baptiste.
Bethany And Rufus Roots Quartet
Tuesday, December 8th at 9:00 PM
7 Rue des Petites Ecuries, Paris
01 45 23 51 41
http://www.newmorning.com
The Bethany & Rufus Roots Quartet's Live A Fip CD's strength lies not
just in each artist's singular talents, but in their capacity to
combine their abilities in a way that complements each member of the
group to bring about a sound that is unique and groundbreaking, while
incorporating concerns about global injustices, violence, and
inequalities. Live A Fip is the product of a world where people and
societies are interconnected, converging, and in turmoil.
"A diabolically funky bass is joined by the song of a fulani flute and
the cadence of a voodoo drum, and the cello bows under an incantation
of the ancestors... a revelation of Les Nuits Atypiques Festival of
Langon and the love at first listen of studio 105 of Radio France, the
folk duo Bethany & Rufus have transformed themselves into a post-
modern quartet for an evening of spellbinding music." - MONDOMIX
About Bethany And Rufus Roots Quartet
Bethany as the daughter of legendary 60's Folk singer Peter Yarrow
(Peter , Paul & Mary) draws from the many songs that her father
collected as part of the seminal folk movement of the 60s. Yacouba has
dug deeply into the folkloric Hausa, Djerma, Peul and Songhai
traditions of Niger and Bonga is the descendant of a very rich lineage
of Vodou ceremonial drumming and song. Bonga has also traveled
extensively through Haiti collecting and learning the different
manifestations of Haitian song and folklore. Rufus has taken the cello
into previously unknown realms and is noted for his collaborations in
African, Arabic, and American music forms and also has a solo CD Songs
for Cello on the Daqui label. Individually all of the members of the
group have been instrumental in expanding the role of traditional
forms in their respective musics. It is with this background that they
have come together to create a sound that although based around the
song forms of American traditional music reaches back to a common root
that has inspired everyone involved.
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