Rumput live on WRIR
We dropped in to play a set for WRIR-LP-FM’s Fall Fund Drive. Many thanks to Alan Coberly of The New Breakfast Snob!
Playlist:
00:32:00 — Introduction to kroncong
00:32:44 — Walang Kekek
00:38:15 — Jali-Jali
00:51:40 — Valley Forge / Walking Up Georgia Row
00:58:48 — Wedang Kacang
01:03:04 — Nyi Roro Kidul
01:09:00 — Band introduction
01:16:20 — How Come That Blood
Smithsonian concert with Ubiet and Momenta Quartet
Program notes and audio recording from our concert in partnership with Ubiet Raseuki, Momenta Quartet, and Gamelan Raga Kusuma, sponsored by the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art.
Wedang Kacang- new music video
Thanks to Craig Zirpolo, Joey Wharton and James Seretis for helping us film our new music videos at the Richmond Valentine Museum. Our rendition is based on an early Waldjinah recording.
Daily Progress features Rumput at The Garage
Feature article by Dave Cantor. Many thanks to our lovely hosts at The Garage!
Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival
The Clifftop Appalachian String-Band Festival is a week-long gathering for musicians and friends that features concerts, contests, flatfoot dancing, campfires and workshops. Rumput entered the Neo-Traditional competition and made it to the finals!
We also made some great new friends. Watch for future collaborations, shows, and crankies with this year’s neo-traditional winners The Early Mays.
See the write-up at No Depression.
Rumput at Hardywood with Gamelan Raga Kusuma
Video by Robert Davezac
On July 31st Rumput shared the stage with Gamelan Raga Kusuma at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery.
Thanks to Dave Parrish and Robert Davezac for the beautiful photos!
Dave Parrish photos:
Robert Davezac photos:
Shadow Ballads
In April 2016 we toured with Shadow Ballads — a collaborative music and shadow theater performance involving Balinese master puppeteer Gusti Sudarta, master Javanese kroncong musicians Peni Candrarini and Danis Sugiyanto, and old-time Appalachian balladeers Anna & Elizabeth. This production incorporated new arrangements of traditional Indonesian and Appalachian music as well as a newly produced crankie based on The Ramayana. We performed at The University of Richmond, Cornell, Wake Forest, Bucknell, the Indonesian Consulate in NYC and the Indonesian Embassy in DC.
Rumput featured in Shadow Ballads preview on WRIR
Stream the full radio show, including our in-studio performance and Shadow Ballads ensemble interview online. Read Bill Lupoletti’s feature article.
Rumput, Shadow Ballads featured in Richmond Times-Dispatch
Great feature article promoting our involvement in the Shadow Ballads production and tour.