Sir Richard Bishop and His Freak of Araby Ensemble July 1st 2009 @ the Crocodile Cafe, Seattle On a balmy, early summer evening, legendary guitarist Sir Richard Bishop and his Freak of Araby Ensemble landed in Seattle to play one of the few remaining dates of his latest US tour. Though Bishop is a hometown hero, you [...]
Sir Richard Bishop and His Freak of Araby Ensemble July 1st 2009 @ the Crocodile Cafe, Seattle On a balmy, early summer evening, legendary guitarist Sir Richard Bishop and his Freak of Araby Ensemble landed in Seattle to play one of the few remaining dates of his latest US tour. Though Bishop is a hometown hero, you [...]
These five new guitar compositions of Sir Richard Bishop's merge seamlessly with the North African and Middle-Eastern re-interpretations that make up half of this new record. The sources range from Lebanese musician Elias Rahbani's lightfooted 'Ka'an Azzaman' to Egyptian singer Mohamed Abdel Wahab's soft ode to devotion 'Enta Omri', made famous by legendary singer Oum Kalthoum.
As a founding member of Ethno-Improv Pioneers SUN CITY GIRLS (1981 - 2007), Richard Bishop has spent the last 26 years perplexing, amazing, and alienating audiences. In early 2005, "Sir Richard Bishop":http://www.sirrichardbishop.net/ began extensive touring as a solo artist, performing throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States, armed with only an acoustic guitar. One can perhaps reco...
This guy is part of Sun City Girls, a group which I understand is a bit insane live. I hardly know anything about them, or Sir Richard Bishop, only that my friend gave me this album and it's completely nuts. By nuts I don't mean like cacophonic, earbursting nuts (as I know Sun City Girls to be) but "how.. is someone playing that?" nuts. The last album that compares is Jack Rose's Kensington ...
As a founding member of Ethno-Improv Pioneers SUN CITY GIRLS (1981 - 2007), Richard Bishop has spent the last 26 years perplexing, amazing, and alienating audiences. In early 2005, "Sir Richard Bishop":http://www.sirrichardbishop.net/ began extensive touring as a solo artist, performing throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States, armed with only an acoustic guitar. One can perhaps reco...
We are not in SF or USA, but there's an event we'd rather go this sunday at our favourite Aquarius Record Store. Sun City Girls guitar legend Sir Richard Bishop will be playing acoustic at the record store Sunday, October 26th at 4pm. Here are two tunes from his impeccable Salvador Kali album from 1998. [...]
Sir Richard Bishop and His Freak of Araby Ensemble July 1st 2009 @ the Crocodile Cafe, Seattle On a balmy, early summer evening, legendary guitarist Sir Richard Bishop and his Freak of Araby Ensemble landed in Seattle to play one of the few remaining dates of his latest US tour. Though Bishop is a hometown hero, you [...]
[09-12-2009] The tiny bar known as The Sunset Tavern has always played host to the misfits of the underground; musicians and artists so tired of being shoved into the small niche of genre and style that they continually push back despite the fact they'll never be able to shake the labels we give as place-holding descriptors. Thankfully the four individuals who graced the stage at The Sunset on ...