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MUSICAL GUESTS 2006
Each year Faerieworlds features musical guests whose work reflects the beauty and mythic nature of the realm of Faerie. Main stage for our 2006 event is now completely booked. Artists interested in performing on the Village Stage at Faerieworlds please write us at bookings@faerieworlds.com
ARTIST PROFILES BELOW
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John Renbourn
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FEATURED MUSICIAN:
JOHN RENBOURN
One of the world's foremost fingerstyle guitarists, John Renbourn's unique sound is a fusion of British and Celtic folk music with jazz, country blues, ragtime, classical, Middle Eastern and pre-Renaissance music -- a style often called "folk-baroque." Renbourn and fellow guitarist Bert Jansch and singer Jacqui McShee founded the seminal British folk-rock ensemble Pentangle in 1967. Pentangle's pioneering combination of traditional folk melodies with jazz improvisations created an influence that continues to inspire musicians around the world.
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From 1967 through 1978 the group's career spanned six albums, numerous television appearances and three movie soundtracks, as well as several American and world tours. Then John continued as a soloist, recording memorable albums like The Hermit and The Black Balloon, before forming the John Renbourn Group, which integrated Indian tabla with guitar and jazz reeds. A subsequent partnership with Stefan Grossman yielded several albums and world tours.
Ship of Fools, a return to the ensemble format, explored John's interest in Celtic music, as does his latest recording Wheel of Fortune, with Scottish harper and storyteller Robin Williamson. Both Wheel of Fortune and the John Renbourn Group's Live in America were nominated for Grammy Awards. Faerieworlds Festival 2006 is proud to feature John Renbourn on Sunday July 30th.
John Renbourn plays a lot of Celtic traditional music, and he plays it surpassingly well. But he is also an eclectic who is liable to throw in jazz pieces, revamped soul music and whatever strikes his fancy. He brandishes a haunting technique, but by and large he does not use it to daunt. His music is first of all a music of feeling."
-Robert Palmer
New York Times
"...delicate, but with full resonance and chime, and it will make happy any listener enthralled by the drama of one man and one guitar turning a host of influences into a singular and highly spiritual impression."
-Bob Blumenthal
Boston Globe
Use these links to watch John Renbourn play live: Video 1 or Video 2
For more on John Renbourn visit: www.john-renbourn.com |
Woodland
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WOODLAND
Woodland's music explores the landscapes of the otherworld, with mythic lyrics and ancient woven melodies. The bands rich poetic lyrics steeped in Celtic myth, married with the groups powerful live performances, has set Woodland apart from all other bands in the northwest jamband scene. Their set Saturday evening will feature the World of Froud Faerie Lightshow.
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For five years Woodland has co-produced the Faerieworlds Festival with Robert Gould of IMAGINOSIS. Live, the bands performances journey between soft sensual acoustic sounds and melody-driven rhythmic tribal rock. Woodland creates concerts and faerie Masquerades which coincide with ancient nature-based holidays such as solstices, equinoxes and full moons, with their multi-generational audience arriving at events adorned in masks, robes, horns, wings and crowns in celebration of the the Old Ways.
Use this link to watch Woodland play live: New Years 2005 |
"...That is where the ethereal tones of Woodland’s music takes you. Back, not to a place where childhood daydreams danced, but to ancient Celtic myth where everything on the earth had a consciousness and was vibrant with living spirit.”
-Sandy Moss
The Daily Courier, AZ
“When we heard the music of Woodland, we thought how wonderful it was and we were intrigued with the possibilities of how ideas sort of flow outward and get larger... We just wanted to help, encourage and expand the world. We put my images together with the music and we received a delighted reaction from the audience.”
-Brian Froud
Creator of international bestsellers Faeries and Good Faeries/ Bad Faeries. Conceptual Designer for Henson Films Dark Crystal and Labyrinth
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For more on Trillian Green visit: www.omnivine.com/trillian.html
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TRILLIAN GREEN
For years, Trillian Green dazzled audiences with their raw acoustic psycho-tantric dance music. The trio is comprised of Christine Gunn on cello, Ben Klein on flute, and Jarrod Kaplan on percussion
Founded on the wooded trails of the Oregon Country Fair in the early 90's, Trillian Green is known for their ability to inspire audiences to get up and stomp wildly to their energized celto-tribal acoustic sounds. Trillian Green returns to the forests outside Eugene, Oregon at Faerieworlds this year on Sunday July 30th.
"The cello, flute, and percussion danced across the stage lit by three candelabras... The flute was given new dimension and depth with the undertones of the cello... Add the percussion, and you get a musical ensemble that’s skill is only surpassed by their enthusiasm. If I had to pick one word to describe the entire evening, it would be fervor."
The University Reporter
- Julie Darnell
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KAN'NAL
Explosions of fire. Thrumming, primal rhythm. Dancers swirling in whirls of diaphanous white. Machetes spinning and clashing. Ancient instruments and futuristic technologies. Mythic archetypes – skeletons, deer, wondrous female warriors – coming to life. Seduction. Danger. Freedom.
And we’re only talking about the first minute or so after Kan’Nal takes the stge. These performances surpass what people expect. You can’t exactly call them concerts; instead Kan’Nal has created its own ”Shamanic Rock” – personal ritual that stirs the emotions – fear, desire, ecstasy – in a way that makes this group much more than just a band.
"...the pulsating beats and hypnotic melodies that define the genre go back much further, to a time when sounds came not from computer chips but wooden blocks and animal skins."
-Dirt Magazine
Use these links to watch Kan'Nal play live: Video 1 or Video 2
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JOULES GRAVES
Joules Graves is one of the most evocative and inspiring talents on today's music scene. As a live performer Joules knows how to open the heart, and awaken the mind, with thoughtful lyrics, and pure unbridled passion. She is both an amazing musician and songwriter, and Faerieworlds is proud to bring her goddess-reverent music to our festivals main stage for the first time this year.
"Joules' magnetic performance is more powerful and energetic than any artist's I've ever encountered, band or solo. She rocks."
-Eric Mayers, Peak Experience Productions
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GAIA CONSORT
The visionary Seattle, Washington pagan rock band Gaia Consort mixes tribal rhythms and mythic themes to weave a driving sound that is beautiful, original and inspiring. For almost a decade Gaia Consort has been creating powerful music with intelligent lyrics that evoke the beauty and magic of the earth-based pagan tradition. Gaia Consort will return to the Faerieworlds main stage on Saturday July 29th.
"....this one is going to blow you away. ...simply stunning .... This is the best "pagan" music.. I've heard in at least the last 2 years...great musicianship, unique harmonies, great songs and intriguing lyrics.
- Kano
Ear Candy
"...an interesting dichotomy of upbeat pop-ish sounds with thought-provoking lyrics."
- C. Nathan Coyle
Rambles
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SCOTT HUCKABAY
With incense burning between strings, wearing bells on his right ankle, the passionate ritual begins. The stage echoes, rolling like thunder under his bare feet, pounding a mesmerizing heartbeat. Dancing in a circle, shaking his dolphin guitar like a shaman shaking his magic medicine rattle, he lifts the guitar to his lips and howls the ancient cries from the deepest seas, leading us on a mesmerizing journey... descended from the Chiricahua Tribe (Apache) in Southern Arizona, Scott Huckabay is an adept guitar virtuoso. He will bring his music to the Faerieworlds stage for the first time this year on Saturday July 29th.
"Michael Hedges, Jimi Hendrix and David Gilmore (Pink Floyd) all rolled into one. Scott Huckabay is a dream-come-true for guitar enthusiasts everywhere."
- Robert Walmsley, Omega Music Directory
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THE SUGAR BEETS
Playing their own style of high-energy acoustic music, the Eugene, Oregon's Sugar Beets are unlike any contemporary band on the scene today. Defined by impeccable musicianship, multiple singers and songwriters, and unbeatable live performances, their music draws from the foot-stomping traditions of bluegrass and Celtic music, mixed with contemporary and pop sounds.
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The Sugar Beets
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The Sugar Beets are an acoustic dance sensation not to be missed. For over a decade, the Sugar Beets have woven traditional musical styles of the past into a modern and totally original sound that is fresh, inspiring and extremely highly energized. "
Bohemia Mining Days, OR
The Sugar Beets have tapped into some sort of creative vibe that transcends musical styles or formulas. You can't quite label it, it's a groove that seems to get people dancing.?
Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
Voted best band for 1999 and 2000,
- Eugene Weekly Readers Poll, Eugene, OR
For more on The Sugar Beets visit: www.thesugarbeets.com |
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CASEY NEILL
Casey Neill is a singer/songwriter whose style fuses American rootsrock and celtic influences with original lyricism. Casey has been a featured performer at festivals and events throughout the northwest for many years, and will perform on Saturday at the Faerieworlds Festival.
"While Casey Neill's muscular tales of love and rambling clearly follow a Celtic blueprint, he belts it out American style. With a clear lyrical vision of the West, Neill stands as an admirable exponent of a deep tradition."
- Zach Dundas, Willamette Week
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JAMIE JANOVER
Jamie Janover has done extensive exploration into the realm of improvisation and is recognized as a true innovator on the hammered dulcimer, He brings new direction to the ancient instrument by applying diverse percussive techniques drawn from the other instruments he plays: drumset, multi-percussion, tabla, udu, bongos, congas, timbales and didjeridoo.
Jamie has appeared on over 20 official CD releases including CDs by The String Cheese Incident, ZILLA, G. Love and Special Sauce, Keller Williams, Garaj Mahal, Stewart Lewis, Shanti Groove, Wendy Woo, Chupacabra and Stephen Halpern. Janover's music has been featured on the NPR radio program All Things Considered and on New Sounds. It has also been used for television soundtracks, theater and dance performances, and film. His work has been treated in the pages of Dirty Linen, Relix, Dulcimer Player News, The Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder Weekly and on Jambands.com. His Now Center of Time CD was featured on NPR's web program All Songs Considered.
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MAGICAL STRINGS
Magical Strings centers around the Celtic harp and hammered dulcimer of Philip and Pam Boulding, at times augmented by violin, cello, pennywhistle, percussion and various instruments from around the world. Over the years their sound has drawn a large and loyal following captivated by a combination of traditional Celtic arrangements, original compositions and subtle world music influences.
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Magical Strings
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"While most performers of Celtic music are content to repeat the glories of the past, Magical Strings strive to bring the tradition into the present and carry it into the future through their own original compositions...Ambitious...Poignant and moving."
-- HEARTBEATS
For more on Magical Strings visit: www.magicalstrings.com
Glenn Falkenberg |
GLENN FALKENBERG
One of the premiere Faerie harpers of our time, Falkenberg draws form a diverse background of traditional and original material to create a beautiful ambient experience for the audience. From Turlough O'Carolan faerie rounds, to original acoustic arrangements, Glenno will open the Sunday event with the twinkling of the fae.
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