I recently downloaded two of Zoe Keating’s albums on a whim (based off an article I read in a magazine), which are entirely made up of her looping Cellos on top on each other. The music is fabulous. I love the tones and mood. However, I know absolutely nothing about this type of music. Can anyone recommend other artists or albums that are either Cello-centric or other moody string-based instrumentals? I am mainly interested in instrumentals, although I won’t rule out vocals.
FTR, I am familiar with Rasputina, a cello-based band Keating was in before. I like their overall style, but have never gotten into their vocals.
Eugene Friesen plays with the Paul Winter Consort (where he usually uses a bow) and has some solo stuff. Saw him several years ago and he did a beautiful sort of singing along with his cello.
Although it’s worth mentioning that they’re not just a novelty cover band. They’ve done quite a bit of original stuff, and some of it is really beautiful. F’rinstance (ignore the visuals, as always)
I also just recently downloaded some of Zoe Keating’s stuff after hearing it in a radio ad, and was looking for some similar stuff (and was contemplating just this sort of thread!).
Anyway, someone who is pretty similar to Keating is Gretchen Yanover - she also does the looping cellos thing, though her stuff is a bit more mellow than Keating’s (the two go great together in a playlist though).
I’ll have to check out some of the other recommendations mentioned here, as well…
Not sure what you mean by moody, but I’d recommend Alina, by Arvo Part to ANYBODY. It’s a violin and not a cello in the Speigel im Speigel sections though.
Besides limoncello, my favourite cellist is Erik Friedlander, though I would imagine the more important requirement would be to be a fan of that “scene” of music first.
BROTHER Julian, mentioned in post #2. Andrew wrote this work for him after losing a football (US socceer) bet.–Annie-Xmas, SDMB expert on the brothers Lloyd Webber.