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.
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!
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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.
Stream the full radio show, including our in-studio performance and Shadow Ballads ensemble interview online. Read Bill Lupoletti’s feature article.
Great feature article promoting our involvement in the Shadow Ballads production and tour.
Style Weekly reporter Rich Griset wrote a nice feature article about us, focusing on Hannah’s experience as a Darma Siswa scholar in Indonesia. Great photos by Ash Daniel too!
We recorded a few demos and documented the process on video.