Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian
Free
- Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
- Chao Tian, Chinese hammered dulcimer
Grammy Award-winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian in a show that combines music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin.
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. Cathy and Marcy join Chao in singing a Chinese lullaby Nani Wan, and Chao easily adds her love of American Old-Time music to fiddle tunes and songs.