Here’s the latest interview about my journey through decades of Music Making! It was quite a ride! There is much info about events and collaborative musicians who are so meaningful to me. Check out the Pivot points and Lightbulb moments. Mine was the musical Path Not Taken by anyone but[…]
We all get banged up a bit in life. This photo was from a couple years ago when lymphedema began to become problematic. This shows the multi layered compression bandaging. There’s no mobility when going through treatment. Prevention is what I work on. These days a compression sleeve on one arm[…]
Can Vicki play Dun Dun? (I was spotted in an African drum class) “Can string players play with rhythm?” was the real question from a good drummer. I replied, “Yes, of course. It was fun! No one knows that I took Percussion techniques class (timpani, mallets and percussion instruments) at Indiana[…]
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Title /Album Darkness/Earth In Search of a Sun, Jan Hammer The First Seven Days 1975 Coyote Dance, Robbie Robertson Music For the Native Americans 1994 Tombo in 7/4, Airto Moreira Fingers 1973 Open Your Eyes You Can Fly, Flora Purim 1976 Best of Shakti 1977 3rd Stone from the sun[…]
Teachers: Pandit Sharda Sahai, tabla Sri Amarnath Mishra, sitar Dr. N. Rajam, violin
History: My first cassette tape recording on New Age Records (name changed to Temple Street Music, Inc) was in duet with Amit Chatterjee on my 4 track TEAC machine in 1987. I was 33 and a new Mother. Where did the inspiration originate?
Highlights and Info from the Past 40 Years or so… Vicki Richards’ musical roots and extensive training are in traditional North Indian Raga, Classical European Music and Electric Fusion. Ms. Richards began her professional career in an orchestra while simultaneously playing electric avant-garde fusion. She has performed in India, Carnegie[…]
Vicki Richards is a musician/violinist, composer and improviser who is classically trained in 2 traditions. Ms Richards appears in a number of publications highlighting her place in history as a musical pioneer, particularly in the fusion of East Meets West. She was one of the first violinists to use both[…]
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