Martin Cradick

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风格: #世界节拍
地区: 欧美

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by Craig HarrisA passion for world music has fueled the work of British guitarist, mandolinist and vocalist Martin Cradick. A founding member of the digeridoo-led band, Outback, Cradick fused the music of Australia with rock and jazz influences. Following the disbanding of Outback, in 1992, Cradick and his wife, Sue Hart, traveled to the rain forest of Cameroon, where they spent six weeks playing music with Baka ygymies. The experience yielded three albums. While Spirit Of The Forest, focused on the pygmies traditional music, The Meeting Pool and Journey Between, represented true cultural exchanges with Cradicks Cornish roots combining with elements of West African music. In 1995, Cradick and Hart formed a multi-cultural band with former Outback fiddler Paddy LeMercier, Sengalese percussionist Sagar NGom, keyboardist Tom Green, drummer Sam Pope, bassist Marcus Pinto and vocalist Kate (Budd) Hardy. In a 1997 interview, Cradick explained, My aim was to try and create music that has the energy of rock music but is acoustic. Cradick formed Outback, in 1988, with Graham Dr. Didg Wiggins, an American didgeridoo player he met in Oxford, England. After releasing a self-produced cassette, Didgeridoo And Guitar in 1988, the two musicians were overheard by Joe Boyd, producer for Hannibal Records, while performing in the streets of London. Boyd was so impressed by what he heard that he signed the duo to a record contract. Their first album, Baka, released in 1990, was followed by Dance The Devil Away, in 1992, featuring an expanded, quartet, version of the group. Shortly after the break-up of Outback, Cradick and his wife were inspired by a BBC television ary to visit the Pygmies of the Baka Forest of Cameroon. Armed with a tent, a guitar and recording equipment, Cradick and Hart absorbing the pygmies culture, which had been relatively untouched by western influences.