The Bee Eaters

Tracing it’s roots back to musical traditions as diverse as bluegrass, celtic, jazz, old-time and pop, The Bee Eaters boasts four of the most accomplished and creative young talents of it’s generation. The quartet combines the strong, striking music of hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman and banjo phenomenon Wesley 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 Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

Tracing it’s roots back to musical traditions as diverse as bluegrass, celtic, jazz, old-time and pop, The Bee Eaters boasts four of the most accomplished and creative young talents of it’s generation. The quartet combines the strong, striking music of hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman and banjo phenomenon Wesley 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, also tours internationally with Crooked Still and has performed with Darol Anger, 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 is a powerful creative force at the forefront of the emerging New Acoustic music scene. Their first record, produced by Darol Anger, was released in 2009. Band Members: Simon Chrisman- Hammered dulcimer, Tristan Clarridge- Cello/Fiddle, Tashina Clarridge- Fiddle, Wes Corbett- 5 String Banjo Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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