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Gillian Grassie is an award-winning Swiss and American harpist/singer-songwriter whose signature brand of jazz-inflected indie-folk showcases a “knack for turning seemingly insignificant events into songs worthy of everyone’s attention,” (Origivation Magazine). A dynamic live performer, Gillian often weaves humorous banter into her sets and songs, delighting audiences throughout the United States and as far abroad as France, Germany, India, China, and Russia. After graduating Bryn Mawr College, where she studied Comparative Literature, Gillian received a coveted Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which funded her and her harp on a year-long adventure abroad studying emerging music scenes. She has been profiled in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Times of India, and on NBC 10, but perhaps more telling are the glowing fan reviews on iTunes, Pandora, and CDBaby, whose praise is often as articulate and sensitive as the music it describes. One listener wrote: “Serpentine is really impressive, in the traditional sense of the term; it’s left an imprint on me. Her music is completely unique; you take her music on her terms; she isn’t derivative at all. Gillian knows what she wants to say and knows exactly how to say it. At an age (and in an age) when younger performers are either finding their style or – mostly – copying others’, Gillian Grassie has already clearly established her sound and her voice.”
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"Singer and unconventional cellist Trevor Exter plucks and whacks at his big instrument and guides it through multiple climaxes."
-Time Out New York
"If you're expecting a sedate orchestra recital, you'd better think again.... Exter's crooning voice harkens back to an era of music where men weren't afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves."
-Chris Kocher, Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Trevor Exter was born in Ithaca, NY. He always played different things but kept coming back to the cello. He sits with the cello and sings, but he plays it weird - like a tiny bass, aquatic guitar or gigantic ukulele. He also hits it sometimes - watch out. He's been a sideman with many indie artists around NYC, and he almost won "NYC Soundtracks" in 2008, which is sort of like American Idol for buskers in the New York Subway (but cooler). Trevor started singing in Brazil and then with De La Guarda here in NYC. Tonight he'll feature his duo with the fiery young drummer John Kimock. The band is informally referred to as EXTER vs. KIMOCK, and the ensemble of the two is truly enthralling. Rarely does a cellist get to go head-to-head with a drummer. They have opened for Wayne Krantz at Sullivan Hall in NYC and for Rasputina at North Star in Philadelphia and are working on an album of Trevor's new songs.
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Worth seeing...Trevor Extor and John Kimock have great chemistry-- you owe it to yourself to check them out. Plus, they're both just so dam... MorePost Your Own! |
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Trevor Extor and John Kimock have great chemistry-- you owe it to yourself to check them out. Plus, they're both just so damn cute. Look at those cheekbones! Ahem... no really, it's all about the music...
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