New York based violinist and composer Kaethe Hostetter brings her new project for 5 string violin and electronics to Montague Center! With an opening set by locals O Ksenos (trad. Greek music.)

Friday April 18, 7pm

Montague Common Hall, 34 Main St Montague Center

Suggested donation $20, no one turned away
www.weathervane-arts.org

"Impressions of Ethiopia" is a collection of musical vignettes by American violinist and composer Kaethe Hostetter. Sourcing from her 11 years living in Addis Ababa, she transports you to the bustling streets of the East African metropolis, evoking the crackling sounds of a saxophone blaring out of a barbershop radio, a shepherd's flute melody turned dub reggae, the fervent dancing on packed dirt floors of a rural honey-wine bar, and the funky big band psychedelic sounds of Ethiopia's "Golden Era".

The solo multimedia project uses electronics and loops, storytelling, and video projection to share a personal journey and be a door to a world that is now undergoing serious ethnic conflict.

https://www.kaethehostetter.com/

O Ksenos is Jesse Bay (oud, guitar, percussion, vocals), Heather Kuhn (vocals), Clarissa Lyons (clarinet), and Rafe Wolman (violin, guitar) playing traditional Greek folk music and rembetika.