Bob Price - Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet, Penny Whistle - Dr. Bob is a classical clarinetist who has explored music in many clarinet-friendly genres. He performed nationally with the new music improvisation quartet BL Lacerta and internationally as a soloist. Improvisation has been an important focus of his work. Although he is relatively new to Balkan music his experience playing Middle Eastern and Indian music began back in the 70's, performing with many local Indian and Middle Eastern musicians in Dallas, TX. He has since performed in India and as a member of the Darabuka Ensemble in Santa Fe, NM. He currently teaches music to children for Portland Public Schools and online courses in liberal arts and world religions for Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, NJ.
Kathy Fors - Accordian
Arick Gouwerok - Bass
Lara Triback- Percussion - Lara has been studying Middle Eastern/Balkan music and
folk dance since 1997 and has made appearances at
music and dance festivals around the US and
internationally. Combining strong percussive
technique, creative musicality and impressive
dancing-while-drumming skills, Lara can be found
dancing with goc/davul with the Krebsic Orkestar
(www.gypsybrass.com), or remaining in a more sedentary
position with frame drum, riq or darbuka while
accompanying The Mora.
Lara puts her Master's degree in education to good use
by teaching popular Middle Eastern drumming classes in
the Portland area as well as music and movement
classes to children and adults.
In January 2007 a talented group of musicians came together to be the band ("Friends") for Armenian singer/percussionist, Tom Bozigian, for the Veselo Community Folk Dancers 29th Annual Festival. In less than two months the group had pulled together a rich collection of music of the Balkans. The first set was purely Armenian music while the second set featured Macedonian, Greek, Bulgarian and Turkish music. The audience was from the Veselo Community and all moved beautifully with the complex rhythms of the music.
Months after the group's beginning the founder, Daniel Eshoo, moved to California. The Mora then added accordianist, Kathy Fors, and percussionist, Lara Triback. The group has since performed at Mississippi Studios along with the Fishtank Ensemble and has a regular monthly engagement at Mississppi Pizza.
It seems auspicious that the group got its start as "friends." Friendship has been key to bringing and keeping this band together. Will you be our MySpace "friend?" "Mora" means "friend" in Romani.
MORA (mythology)
In Polish mythology, mora are the souls of living people that leave the body during the night, and are seen as wisps of straw or hair or as moths. In certain Slavic languages, derivatives of the word "mora" actually mean "moth."
In Serbian language, the word "mora" refers to a "nightmare." Mora or Mara is one of the spirits from ancient Slav mythology. Mara was a dark spirit that takes the form of a beautiful woman and then visits men in their dreams, torturing them with desire and dragging life out of them. In Hebrew Mora is a woman who teaches.
Blackened Cascadian Folk Experience the sounds of mist-woven myths and ancient folk ways, arisen from an ancient seed and come to life in a post-industrial landscape. The evening begins with anthropomorphic visions from Novemthree. Followed by the psychoacoustic volkish sounds of Portland's A Minority of One. Waldteufel points the way Northward and stirs the heart with archaic Heathen metal 'till Wode's appetite is sated! And at the evening's apex, Olympia's shamanic black metal atavists Fauna ascend and then transcend.
Prozac-n-Peaches Productions Presents: "Together Asunder" on April 12th @Nine Muses. Also with Adam Hurst, Azphadel and more to come... 5$ cover show starts at 9:00 door opens at 8:00 And don't forget... every month's third Sunday is...
He's bricked up the doorway With tainted parts of his anatomy Lie still, like he wants you to Let him saw his disease in you Something dirty, something dirty Mom will forget what she won't see But when you deliver what will grow big Wait for him and feed the pigs
