This week at The Noise Upstairs (Thursday December 14th), we welcome Verbo I Voda, alias Milana Sarukhanyan (vocals) and improviser and guitarist John Bisset (lap steel guitar).
All welcome!!
Please bring instruments, all names go into the hat for those that want to play, random trios are selected, music is heard … lives are changed …!
Venue: @fuelcafebar in Withington, Manchester, M20 3BW
Doors open: 8.30pm
Verbo I Voda is a duo formed by opera singer and improviser Milana Sarukhanyan (vocals) and improviser and guitarist John Bisset (lap steel guitar) back in London. The duo was at first freely improvised; but gradually it became apparent that working from Ukrainian Folk songs gave the music a focus and also had a cultural richness, with Milana’s interweaving of English and Ukrainian languages reflecting her own background and journey, while the earthy and sometimes bloody content of these folk songs created what Ashley Wales calls ‘Dark music for Dark times’
John Bisset: ‘Improvising with Milana is a rich and enlivening experience. I’m never sure where we’re going from one piece to another, emotionally or musically. Her wide dynamic range - from full blown operatic Ffffffff’s to tiny whisperings and plosive babblings - interacts with the equally wide tonal range of the lap steel. A nightmare to record, but one from which we’ve woken with a dream album.’
Milana Sarukhanyan: ‘Working with John is a special type of art for me. He has an exceptional musicality with attention to micro sound details and is a truly supportive and hardworking artist who is honest and warm-hearted in the way he works with me and other colleagues. It’s a huge honour to make music together with John’
More about us you can find on IG: @verbo.i.voda
Follow this link to listen the album:
https://johnbisset.bandcamp.com/album/verbo-i-voda
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