Temple Dwellers by Vicki Richards
© Copyright – Vicki Richards / Temple Street Music (097371159321)
Diverse & compelling recording by world class artists. violin, acoustic/electric, frame and hand drums, Ravel Quartet snippets to an homage to the Navajo Canyon De Chelly, Coltrane. Audiophile recording! Sensitive, gentle, seering , soulful!
Genre: World: World Fusion
Release Date: 1999
Song Share Time Download
- Wellspring 7:10
- Slices of Ravel 1:56
- Earthwalker 5:04
- Montserrat 6:06
- Slices of Ravel 0:58
- Slices of Ravel 0:45
- Restless Moon 5:49
- Naima 4:52
- Garuda 6:54
- Temple Dwellers 12:47
Album Notes
If you value excellent musicianship, being transported through music to exotic places and audiophile quality recordings, you need to listen to this CD. The musicians on this CD have been playing together for almost 20 years. Their unique, dynamic and intriguing ensemble has spurred on yet another incredible display of highly evolved music.
Everything from violin with hand drums duos to Ravel Quartet snippets to an homage to the Navajo Canyon De Chelly, Coltrane. This is a most diverse exploratory recording .
Musicians include Zawinul Syndicates Bobby Thomas & Amit Chatterjee (seering & melodic guitar), Layne Redmond “Drummer of the Year”
“If she were on a major label with a big ad budget, you would already know Vicki Richards’ name because she would be a star.” San Francisco Chronicle
In her 2nd CD Vicki Richards, an accomplished violinist/improviser/composer, in part, has incorporated the influences of Maurice Ravel’s music with the World Music she is known for. Vicki’s styles of violin playing on Temple Dwellers range from electric lead guitar, string quartet, North Indian Classical and Classical European.
Brilliant compositions and harmonies by Amit Chatterjee, guitarist and powerful rhythms by Bobby Thomas on an unusual variety of instruments provide an eclectic and impressive musical journey.
Special guests on the album include: Layne Redmond on frame drum and Tim Richards on tabla drums