The members of Finis Terrae are:
Hamish Binns (voice, guitar, charango, tiple, pipes and whistles)
Homero Villagra (voice, guitar, charango, tiple and cuatro)
Germán Ojeda (violin)
Bistra Cristova (cello)
Gloria Ramos (double bass)
Robbie K Jones (percussion and drums)
Juan Carlos Arellano (percussion and drums)
and occassionally...
Rafael Domínguez (cello)
Mónica Fuentefria (violin)
Influences
Inti Illimani, Victor jara, The Pogues, Penguin Café Orchestra, Moving Hearts, Elvis Costello, Sibelius, Alfredo Zitarrosa, David Bowie, Lluis LLach, Sibelius, Elgar, Iron Maiden, the kitchen sink and the man outside Selfridges on Oxford Street...
Sounds Like
from Inti Illimani to the Penguin Café Orchestra to Rolf Harris
Although born in London, my parents have done their best to convince me I am Scottish... and with a name like Hamish, what else could I do but learn the pipes? The Pogues introduced me to the tin whistle and Irish folk, and Victor Jara's "Te recuerdo Amanda" took me to Chile when I was 18 years old. I now live in Spain where I work in an American university as an English professor.
I play Highland, Lowland and Galician pipes, guitar, charango, whistles and the spoons and also compose whenever I have the opportunity. Finis Terrae, an accoustic sextet based on folk rhythms, is my main project but I also play in a trio with the cellist Rafael Domínguez and percussionist Robbie K Jones. What I like most, however, is composing.
Recently I've been playing about putting music to some of my favourite poems....
¡Madre mía! Esto va a ser mu' grande: POPULACHO en concierto (¡conciertazo!) en Barcelona 8 (MAD). El 24 de Mayo a las 10 de la noche (aka 22:00 h.). Está en...¿adivináis? ¡Sí!, en la calle Barcelona, nº 8. Para llegar: Metro: Sol (líneas 1, 2 y 3). Autobuses: 3, 6, 15, 20, 32, ¡¡Línea!! Seguimos para bingo... 50, 51, 52, 65, 150, N16, N17, N18. ¡¡BINGO!! ¡¡HAN CANTADO BINGO!! Lo dan en pago por visión, pero sólo a 3 leurillos. Allí esperamos a todo el mundo, por supuesto. Gracias por adelantado. Feliz Navidad.
