Can you say ‘Amazing’?
I’m supposed to believe the bios on the vocal group Windborne’s website, right? Who wrote them, George R.R. Martin?
It’s not enough they all sing like seraphs, or scoff at traditional close-harmony arrangements and instead have mastered all sorts of mathematically dense clusters and rhythms that shimmer in beauty and inspire the sort of frank disbelief associated with top-dollar illusionist shows. So let’s see who’s in this band. Lauren Breunig: In addition to Windborne, she’s also a circus perfomer/instructor as a master of trapeze and aerialist disciplines. And she sings in Hallowell, a hospice choir that performs at the bedsides of individuals nearing the end of life.
And Jeremy Carter-Gordon: He studied Swedish folk dance at the Erik Sahlström Institute in Sweden, mastered numerous sword dance traditions, and has taught on FIVE continents. What? Antarctica doesn’t have sword dancers?
There’s Lynn Mahoney-Rowan: Her focus, as a vocalist and instructor, is in highly ornamented singing styles from Corsica and Eastern Georgia (the country, not the state). And she composed music for a production of Federico Lorca’s “Blood Wedding,” directed by Eric Bass.
Finally, Will Thomas Rowan: Specializes in choral compositions inspired by and incorporating styles and themes from the Shape-Note and ballad singing
traditions. And in addition to playing banjo, he’s a virtuoso on stringed instruments like the Panduri and the Chonguri. The what?! Who ARE you people? Well, as Windborne, you’re performing for the latest Friday Night Folk concert in New London’s All Souls UU Congregation. Forget that Dos Equis dude who claims to be interesting. He’s got ZERO on you.
Windborne, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Unity Hall, All Souls UU Congregation, 19 Jay St., New London; $20 at the door, $17 advance, $10 students and active military with ID; eventbrite.com, (860) 443-0316.