January 13, 2010Near the end of our Name the Genre Contest, after arguments among the posters and some truly awful attempts at naming the genre that ended up being the one you're looking at, we got one from Skip vonKuske, cellist with Vagabond Opera, Portland Cello Project, cellotronik and contributor to numerous other recordings and ensembles.
He nailed it and won a night in an oceanview suite and dinner at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Read why we chose his genre name here.
A few days before he was to fly out to New York to play gigs with Vagabond Opera, I caught up with him at his weekly solo gig at McMenamin's Edgefield. He had just finished a spirited set, electronically layering licks and modes upon each other in all kinds of tunes, including Take Five, of all things.
There will be a medical benefit for Skip on Thursday, January 14 at Kennedy School. Click here for details and read about why he needs it in the interview below.
Here's Skip with Vagabond Opera live at Mississippi Studios in May of 2009:
I guess we should start by talking about your name for this genre.
It's funny that I came up with that but I liked Global Stew better. The definition I gave to Melting Pot was global stew.
Your entry came in late.
I read the blog and I decided to let other people respond and towards the end...I've always felt compelled to make the argument about when people use World Music, the term. I don't know why but I think of Island and Latin and African music and Fela versus Eastern European.
When I came up with the term, as I put in my post, you really have to generalize for a genre. Anybody who falls into that genre may fall into that genre but they would never consider themselves strictly...I guess Blues bands are Blues bands and Jazz combos are Jazz combos but there are so many different types of Jazz.
It does seem to be part of the zeitgeist. Music is music.
Read the full interview HERE
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