SXSW Bands – Emily Wells
February 27th, 2009 - by Eddie
I love rap music and Vivaldi. Nina Simone and Biggie Smalls make my world go round.
Meet Emily Wells, the musician who will crush any preconceived notions you ever had about classical music and hip hop. Yes, you’ve seen people with fiddles playing rock music and a rock band sounding classical-y. But neither of them compares to what Wells does.
In one seamless action, she’s combined both worlds into one, laying down beats in the background as the distinct sound of a violin plays. And she sings and, somehow, it all makes sense.
Don’t believe? Check out her cover of Biggie’s “Juicy.” And if it’s good enough for NPR, then it should fall into the I’ll-check-this-out-eventually pile.
For me, a lot of the SXSW bands fall into neat little organized piles that range from the “sounds like (insert band here)” to “world” (which is anything that incorporates a foreign-sounding instrument).
But Wells is different. I’m into this shit. And I can’t tell you why. It’s not entirely classical nor is it entirely hip hop. It’s some amazing musical Frankenstein you hope will stomp through the disposable landscape of the music industry and tear it down.
Emily Wells – Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well and the Requiem Mix
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For those lucky enough to be at SXSW this year, Wells will be playing on Thursday and Friday.
And if you live in Cali, you’re in luck.
3/13 San Diego, CA The Loft/UC San Diego
3/15 Hermosa Beach, CA Saint Rocke (opening for Meiko)
3/26 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour (opening for The Tallest Man on Earth)
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