"TWISTER": American Songs with a Chinese Twist
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"TWISTER"
Terre Roche, Feifei Yang, Marlon Cherry with Special Guest, jazz pianist Garry Dial
American songs with a Chinese twist
& 中国歌曲与美国曲 (Chinese songs with an American twist)
This performance is in memory of Maggie Roche (October 26, 1951 - January 21, 2017).
About Terre Roche
Terre Roche is a singer-songwriter, guitar player, teacher, author and founding member of the trio "The Roches." She has performed in many clubs and concert halls throughout the US and Europe and appeared on numerous TV shows over the course of her 45 year career. She's a member of the band "Afro-Jersey" and co-creator with jazz pianist Garry Dial of "Us an'Them", a collection of national anthems from 16 nations. Terre is the author of "Blabbermouth", a memoir about her surprising journey coming of age as a female musician in the 1970s. She's worked with Paul Simon, Philip Glass, Linda Ronstadt, among plenty others.
About Marlon Cherry
Marlon Cherry is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who has performed and collaborated with artists in music, dance, and film, including Afro-Jersey (with Terre Roche and Sidiki Conde), Church of Betty, Soozee Hwang and The Relastics, and more. His first two solo releases, Life After Theatre and Pete were recently reissued on the OSR Tapes label and his other two releases, Elsewhere and Ancient Sound, Modern Dance are available on iTunes, Amazon, and cdbaby.com
About Feifei Yang
Feifei Yang is a celebrated Huqin artist and an award-winning vocalist. She is a member of the Chinese Musicians' Association and a researcher of Digital Arts and Humanity Research Center at Pratt Institute. Ms.Yang has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Barclays Center, the United Nations, and many more. Feifei's first self-composed and live Huqin music album, Dance of the Strings, was released in 2015.
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