Andrew Chicken is a troublesome musician to categorise. A skilled violinist from an early age, he’s launched stringed instrumentals, been a part of many jazz bands—bear in mind the 90s jazz/swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers?—began the long-running Bowl of Fireplace mission, and since 2003 has been a solo artist with 15 information to his identify, an eclectic mixture of jazz, people, swing, indie rock, actually something the proficient Chicken places his thoughts to.
In 2017, Chicken launched an instrumental document known as “Echolocations: River.” It’s a kind of follow-up to a mission he launched in 2015, “Echolocations: Canyon.” In his latest work, Chicken wades as much as his ankles within the Los Angeles River along with his violin and information the sounds of his instrument, the water trickling previous, the reverberations from the culvert he stands beneath. Every little thing in regards to the expertise evokes what Chicken performs: the water, the sounds, the scent, the air.
For the canyon mission, Chicken flew to Utah, then hiked 5 miles to an acceptable cave within the Coyote Gulch canyons, and rappeled to the underside along with his violin to document, letting the nice and cozy canyon information his palms.
“‘Echolocations’ is an concept that I got here up with to fulfill the curiosity for my love of out of doors areas and acoustics,” Chicken mentioned in an interview. “It’s the concept of reacting to your setting versus imposing your will on the setting. After I’m writing these songs, it takes lots of restraint as a participant.”
PBS not too long ago featured Chicken of their “Transient however Spectacular” collection, which you’ll be able to watch, beneath.
