Thursday, May 15, 2008

Nuttin' But Stringz


I was watching TV with some other people & something caught our eye. On WYBE (the public tv channel) there was a music festival & these 2 street-looking dudes playing violins to hip-hop beats.

It looked kind of wacky, but being a lover of all music except country, I kept it on for a second out of curiosity. After a few minutes, we were like "Wow!" They were really good & the music was a unique fusion of classical & hip-hop sounds. Alot of great art is simply the act of synthesizing existing elements or ideas into a novel, unique form. Their music is a great example of that creative process.

The musicians are brothers - Tourie & Damien Escobar. Their website and Myspace page have music & video examples. Their performance was pretty tight & the sound took me by surprise. Check it out...

6 comments:

  1. Last year, I also saw this music festival on a local PBS station. It was really amazing to watch.

    Did you know that they're on America's Got Talent now? I'm gonna vote for them every week until the very end.

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  2. Anonymous8:34 PM

    Saw ya'll on america's got talent...YES you do! Keep up the good work. God love ya both! Thank you for such wonderful music!
    pat853taylor@att.net

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  3. Anonymous2:24 AM

    yeah, they're awesome..Hope they win, they deserve to.

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  4. Anonymous10:29 PM

    I agree, this is one of the best groups I have ever seen. They get the crowd so hyped up and there music has an original sound. If you are interested, you can get some of their music from this site http://nuttinbutstringz.net Hope you enjoy!! Keep voting for them!

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