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Rick Bass Stellarondo
7:30 PM (America/Denver)
University of Montana
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Rick Bass Stellarondo
7:30 PM (America/Denver)
University of Montana
Description:
On Wednesday, April 11, writer Rick Bass and Missoula band Stellarondo will present an evening of songs and scored stories at The University Theater at The University of Montana in Missoula. The show will be the kickoff of Bass' and Stellarondo's journey toward playing a full show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in 2013. A documentary crew led by Doug Hawes-Davis of High Plains Films will film the event, and a full documentary chronicling Bass and Stellarondo's "Road to the Ryman" is in the works. Attendees are invited to dress colorfully and represent Missoula well!
About Rick Bass and Stellarondo:
"Rick Bass and Stellarondo mesmerized the audience from the first note to the last vibrations of the weeping saw. Start with the haunting voice and lyrics of Caroline Keys, throw in an astonishingly versatile and talented band, and then mix that up with the poetic story-telling of Rick Bass, and I can confidently say that I've never tasted such a beautiful ensemble of art. It's a magic recipe." - Brian Schott, founding editor, Whitefish Review
"Stellarondo's music is utterly unique: a cutting-edge blend of orchestral folk and rock with splashes of bluegrass and country. When the band hooks up with an expert storyteller, Rick Bass, the performance is mesmerizing. You hear one story in the music and one in the narration that, somehow, weave together to form something wonderful and new." - Cherie Newman, Montana Public Radio
"Rick Bass is a national treasure." -Carl Hiassen
"Bass's language glistens with the beauty of the landscape he evokes." San Francisco Chronicle
"One of this country's most intelligent and sensitive short story writers."--New York Times Book Review
"Stellarondo is the sound of the new Western frontier." -Joe Nickell, Missoulian
"Fresh possibilities is what Stellarondo is all about, from its crystalline lyrical imagery to its imaginative soundscapes conveying the expansiveness of Big Sky country." -Marga Lincoln, Helena Independent Record
"High Lonesome meets subterranean post-apocalyptica." -Joe Nickell, Missoulian
About Rick Bass and Stellarondo:
"Rick Bass and Stellarondo mesmerized the audience from the first note to the last vibrations of the weeping saw. Start with the haunting voice and lyrics of Caroline Keys, throw in an astonishingly versatile and talented band, and then mix that up with the poetic story-telling of Rick Bass, and I can confidently say that I've never tasted such a beautiful ensemble of art. It's a magic recipe." - Brian Schott, founding editor, Whitefish Review
"Stellarondo's music is utterly unique: a cutting-edge blend of orchestral folk and rock with splashes of bluegrass and country. When the band hooks up with an expert storyteller, Rick Bass, the performance is mesmerizing. You hear one story in the music and one in the narration that, somehow, weave together to form something wonderful and new." - Cherie Newman, Montana Public Radio
"Rick Bass is a national treasure." -Carl Hiassen
"Bass's language glistens with the beauty of the landscape he evokes." San Francisco Chronicle
"One of this country's most intelligent and sensitive short story writers."--New York Times Book Review
"Stellarondo is the sound of the new Western frontier." -Joe Nickell, Missoulian
"Fresh possibilities is what Stellarondo is all about, from its crystalline lyrical imagery to its imaginative soundscapes conveying the expansiveness of Big Sky country." -Marga Lincoln, Helena Independent Record
"High Lonesome meets subterranean post-apocalyptica." -Joe Nickell, Missoulian
Age Group: All Ages
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Address: University Theatre
Phone: (406) 243-0211
