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Amirtha Kidambi & Elder Ones at Solar Myth
Courtesy of Melissa Simpson | Posted on February 14, 2024
When
Fri, March 29, 2024
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Amirtha Kidambi
vocalsJason Nazary
drumsLester St. Louis
celloMatt Nelson
saxophoneEva lawitts
bassAbout
Ars Nova Workshop presents the compellingly original vocalist/composer Amirtha Kidambi and her electroacoustic quartet Elder Ones at Solar Myth on Friday, March 29.
In the words of the New York Times, Amirtha Kidambi “takes a holistic approach to singing, which can mean treating every element as unfixed: Words can be opened up, rendered nonspecific. Melody can be repeated and frozen and stuck in place. Markings of rhythm can become utterly abstract, freed from cadence.” That innovative approach has graced Mary Halvorson’s group Code Girl, collaborations with Lea Bertucci, Darius Jones and Luke Stewart, and Kidambi’s own vocal quartet Lines of Light...