10 String Symphony - Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer.
10 String Symphony - Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer.
Following their New Zealand debut performance at the Auckland Folk Festival and nationwide tour with Tattletale Saints in 2014, Nashville duo 10 String Symphony returns to New Zealand this summer on an eight-show tour of the North Island in to support of their new album, Generation Frustration.
10 String Symphonybegan as a partnership of mutual admiration, a much needed creative release valve for Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer, two five-string fiddle players and veteran sidemen of Nashville's music scene.
Rachel, a former Illinois state fiddle champion in the old-time tradition, needed an outlet for the new sort of songs she was writing, while Christian, originally a classically-trained violinist, now a current touring member of the Jerry Douglas Band, was looking to get in touch with the impetuous spirit of the rock bands he played in before his arrival in Nashville. With the love of the five-string fiddle and its musical possibilities as its focal point, the band's mission statement was as clear as it was expansive: Two fiddles. Two Voices. Epic music.
Produced by Kris Drever of Lau, the band's third album takes on today's polarised political climate and brings progressive folk into ethereal realms.
10 String Symphony will perform in Whanganui at the Sarjeant Gallery, Taupo Quay, on March 4 at 4.30pm. This is part of the Sarjeant's Sunday afternoon concert series.
