World super-group Free Planet Radio performs ‘Just the Three of Us’ on Friday, February 5 at 8 p.m. at the Altamont Theatre.
Fresh off the release of their new cd in 2015 ‘The Global Symphony Project,’ Free Planet Radio continues to create innovative eclectic grooves and gorgeous compositions that keep the audiences delightfully returning.
The original members of Free Planet Radio, multi-instrumentalist Chris Rosser, Grammy award-winner Eliot Wadopian, and world-renowned percussionist River Guerguerian, will perform an intimate evening of world-jazz fusion.
For more than a decade, Free Planet Radio has been bringing its exciting and innovative world-classical music blend to both concert stages and classrooms. Based in Asheville, this musical partnership began with a clear mission statement as “the shared vision of three multi-instrumentalists exploring the infinite and seamless relationships between musical cultures through the universal language of sound.”
Free Planet Radio performances expertly weave the melodic and rhythmic structures of Middle Eastern, Indian and North African music, with the subtleties and harmonic vocabulary of Western classical music.
Performing mostly original compositions, even while playing extremely complex melodies and time signatures, the trio always maintains a sense of accessibility, spontaneity and easy engagement with the audience.
Free Planet Radio consists of two-time Grammy winner Eliot Wadopian on electric and string basses; River Guerguerian on an extensive array of global percussion instruments including Middle Eastern frame drums and doumbek, the Indian kanjira, African shakers, and Western drum set; and Chris Rosser exploring melody on the 17-stringed Indian dotar, Turkish cumbus oud, guitar, piano and melodica.
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If You Go: Free Planet Radio, Friday, February 5, 2016 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $16 in advance, $20 at the door. VIP package for $30 available online at www.thealtamont.com/fpr. Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St., Asheville. For tickets call (828) 270-7747 or visit www.TheAltamont.com.
