"When not playing solo, her group Kalafka features Ron Keller (percussion) and Tom Jenkins (bass).
Influences
"Rush, Donal Lunny, prog rock, world music of all sorts (recent faves include Balkan music, Scandinavian fiddling, and Tuvan throat singing).
Sounds Like
"A musical misfit who crawled out of a Louisiana swamp, embarked on a journey paved by progressive rock, headed for Ireland, and took a wrong turn at Damascus.
"Patterson displays true fierceness in her singing and continues her mastery of dozens of instruments, most notably the Irish bouzouki."
-Dirty Linen Magazine
Known for her razor wit and musical versatility, her performances are chock-full of drive, savage energy, and passion, laced with humor and rapport with her listeners, dishing out an eclectic repertoire of original and traditional songs. Whether solo or with her trio Kalafka, she integrates her progressive sound with Irish music and other ethnic styles, resulting in her own sound she deems
SWAP (Songwriter/World/Acoustic/Progressive).
Described by viewers as a cross between a cobra and a puppy, multi-instrumentalist Beth Patterson is foremost a player of the eight- and ten-stringed Irish bouzoukis (adaptations of a traditional Greek instrument).
Beth has appeared on over seventy recordings, including her three solo albums, Hybrid Vigor, Take Some Fire, and Caught in the Act, and the soundtracks to The One - Eyed King (featuring William Baldwin and Armand Assante) and the independent motion picture Lucindas Spell. A prolific songwriter, over two dozen of her compositions have appeared on recordings by various artists.
Beth, I just got back from an amazing tour of Scotland with folk guru Ed Miller. We had Karine Polwart, Brian McNeil, Jim Malcom, Margaret Bennett, Anne Martin, and Robin Laing play for our group over the course of our 10 days there. I tried to inform some of the tour of your wonderful music, so hopefuly you will see some new hits on your sites! Paul
Wanted to wish you a great new week my friend.. Also please stop bye and listen to my new Featured Artist Danny Nova.. Such a talented and sweet friend of mine..
Beth, please consider taking a break from gator juggling, gator wrestling, gator riding, whatever for the next week until Sharon and I can get down there for your Fri 6.12 gig. After that you can take up sword swallowing and launching bottle rockets from your hand--at least until it's time for you to come back up here to DC area in August. ;-)
Please make plans to come out to the Howlin' Wolf (New Orleans) for a show benefiting the American Diabetes Association on Saturday June 6. The show will feature 3rd echo, Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, and Sticky Wig. All the money from the door will be donated to ADA, whose mission is to treat, prevent, and find a cure for diabetes. Please help us spread the word, and we'll see you at the Wolf!
Hey....when you get somw time....take a minute and check out our latest video would you? Leave a comment if you like but it's not required or anything like that........THANKS!!!!!!
Thank you for connecting! If you're interested, I'm offering one free original MP3 download to my new MySpace friends, just let me know the name of which track would you like to get and I'll tell you where to download it for free.
hey thanks for the add, we thought you looked cool so we decided to add you. check out our song that we have up! and tell us what you think. and give us an honest opinion. or if you wanna just talk then comment back. ;D!
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