Richmond
Indigenous Gourd Orchestra
Reviews and Articles. |
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Sue
Lense - 2004 Gourd Festival Concert
Review Columbus, OH. 2004 Ohio Gourd Show Music Concert Review |
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Clark
Bustard - Richmond Times-Dispatch Grow-your-own musical tradition Quintet specializes in plucking performances from a crop of handmade instruments November 27, 2003 |
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sculpturally striking and astonishingly tuneful."
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Angela Lehman - Rios, Style Weekly |
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mesmerizing and hilarious at the same time. "
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Style Weekly |
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there is a deep resonance with the ongoing thrumming of the heart.
Something inside us wakens and begins to jump around. It is moments like those that life sends tendrils of joy shooting through our bodies. Through your instruments, melodies and sheer happiness, you lifted many spirits." |
Rabbi Jonathan Case - Congregation Or Atid |
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'The Sure Thing' - review by Karen Newton | |
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Orchestra
Grew Out of Backyard Gourd Garden
- PDF - Nov. 2008
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Kathy Dixon - Virginia Farm Bureau - Cultivate Magazine |
Musicians
Growing Their Instruments This Spring -
Feb. 2009
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Meet the Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra © Marcy Paulson - Suite 101.com |
RIGO performs at the 2004 Ohio Gourd Show donning the supreme gold hats. A Minnie Black gourd doll made by Minnie Black herself holds court at the front of the stage. Minnie and her Gourd Band were an inspiration to the creation of the Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra. | |