Are you familiar with eighth blackbird? I have only recently become aware of their genre-intermingling, label-defying artistic presence, and now I’m fascinated and want more of this contemporary classical music sextet. Their website describes them thusly:
eighth blackbird combines the finesse of a string quartet, the energy of a rock band and the audacity of a storefront theater company. The Chicago-based, three-time Grammy-winning “super-musicians” (LA Times) entertain and provoke audiences across the country and around the world.
They were just here performing at the Old Town School of Folk Music and for one silly reason or another I didn’t go. In between kicking myself, I am now repeat-watching these captivating videos of the ensemble performing, first, as Commedia dell’ Arte characters in “Colombine’s Paradise Theatre”, and as part of a delightful and unusual shadow puppet show in the second video. Even though they’re musicians, this kind of out-there, old+new, throw yourself into it creative experience -- this is why I went into the arts and why the hairs on my neck stand up during the very best live performances. This is cool stuff, and I hope you enjoy it.
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