Bee Eaters hope to create a buzz at Grass Valley performance

The Bee Eaters will perform on Sunday, Jan. 31, at Saint Joseph's Cultural Center in Grass Valley.

The quartet combines the strong, striking music of hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman and banjo phenomenon Wes Corbett with the inimitable sound of brother-sister fiddle duo Tristan and Tashina Clarridge.

What: Strings Concerts and Saint Joseph's Cultural Center present

Who:  The Bee Eaters

When: Sunday, January 31, 7:30PM

Where: Saint Joseph's Cultural Center

       410 South Church Street, Grass Valley, CA. 95945

Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door.

       Tickets at: Yabobo - 478-9114

       Briar Patch - 272-5333

       Book Seller - 272-2131

       Tickets online at www.stringsconcerts.com

The Bee Eaters boasts four of the most accomplished, creative young talents

of the new generation, tracing roots back to the musical traditions of

bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, jazz and pop.  The quartet combines the strong,

striking music of hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman and banjo

phenomenon Wes Corbett with the inimitable sound of brother-sister fiddle

duo Tristan and Tashina Clarridge.

 Tristan, an inventive cellist and 5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion,

tours with Crooked Still and Darol Anger's Republic of Strings and has

performed with Mike Marshall, Bruce Molsky, and Cape Breton fiddle

phenomenon Natalie MacMaster.

 His sister Tashina, the 2005 Grand National Fiddle Champion, has toured with

Mark O'Connor and Tony Trischka and has performed at Carnegie Hall as part

of MacArthur Fellow/Grammy-winning bassist Edgar Meyer's Young Artists

program.

 Since starting banjo at age 16, 22-year-old Wesley Corbett has toured

internationally with North Carolina's bluegrass sensation The Biscuit

Burners and appeared with the David Grisman Quintet, Matt Glaser, and

numerous other groups; he also currently tours with Joy Kills Sorrow.

 Wesley's longtime musical collaborator, hammered dulcimer wizard Simon

Chrisman, has performed with Darol Anger and Mike Marshall, opened for Bill

Frisell, and at 16 was a scholarship guest artist at the Augusta Heritage

Festival in West Virginia. His sophisticated rhythmic sense and ingenious

tonal flexibility, on an instrument usually considered limited, has created

a buzz among musicians all over the world.

 The result of the foursome's collaboration is an elegant fusion of tradition

and innovation. The Bee Eaters are a powerful creative force at the

forefront of the emerging New Acoustic music scene.  Their first record,

produced by Darol Anger, was released in early 2009.

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CONTACT:

Peter Wilson - 530-477-0708, peter@stringsconcerts.com

The Bee Eaters

       Tristan  530.355.5809 - tristan@clarridgefiddlers.com

       Wes 206-310-1426

       Tashina 530 355 5622