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The People’s String Foundation

The People’s String Foundation

http://www.peoplesstringfoundation.com

The People’s String Foundation mix passionate theatrics with an urban gypsy sound. Their beautifully evocative, languid and lush music treads in unfamiliar territory, scaling the heights of jazz, hip-hop beat-work and Middle Eastern melodies – performed with an eye toward experimentation and nods toward the avant-garde. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and jazz singer Ben Sutcliffe and world/blues guitarist Zaid Al-Rabiki- the duo combine to wonderful songwriting effect but it’s in their live performances that the group combine, enlisting the assistance of a troupe of inspired musicians.

They are a true community- their live band changes and flows depending on when and where they are at that moment. The band includes the distinct, soulful lows of Chris Jones on electric and double bass, the pristine and effortless beats of Harry Harding on drums, Cuban inspired bassoonist Beth Hutchins and features fiddler-extraordinaire Clare Tomlinson. Clare’s earthy and spiritual gypsy-jazz violin work contrasts majestically with Ben’s more classical upbringing, lending the arrangements a sense of the fantastic and grandiose.

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