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Bee Eaters hope to create a buzz at Grass Valley performance
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Peter Wilson on Jan 26 09:20am
 
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.
WEBPAGE: www.stringsconcerts.com
http://www.stringsconcerts.com/10-01-31-beeeaters.html
http://www.beeeaters.com/HOME.html
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