Artist Richard Cisneros is an African-style hand drummer who plays
djembe,darbuka,doumbek,bodhran,mounted "tombourine" and conga heads,
bells, chimes, gongs, and other percussion. He is a Cincinnati native gone wild.
Ethnologist Patrick McMahon plays wind instruments, including
flutes, recorders, clarinets, saxes, harmonicas. He has been recorded on 70 different instruments over 60 albums, in a career that now spans several decades.
Influences
Extremely eclectic influences, including rock, jazz, blues,classical and ethnic world music.
Richard is particularly inspired by Neil Peart of Rush.
LOCAL BAND HAS MUSICAL MINISTRY:
Like Jake and Elwood in the “Blues Brothers” movie, Richard and Patrick of Tree of Life are “on a mission from God.” As a musical ministry, Tree of Life exists to glorify God through sound. To quote from the mission statement:
“ We seek to serve Spirit by honoring and utilizing our God-given talents as musicians, entertainers and communicators. As Tree of Life, we strive to be a channel of Spirit for the inspiration, healing, upliftment, education and enlightenment of the souls in our audience.”
Like klezmer musicians in the tradition of sacred Jewish music, this instrumental improvisational duo seeks to be a “vessel of song.”
The ecumenical nature of Tree of Life is reflected in the blending of a variety of musical styles, rhythms and folk traditions. The result is a unique, eclectic world fusion sound. Richard Cisneros plays an interesting tribal fusion set of various hand-drums, including djembe, conga, darbuka, doumbek and ethnic percussion. He is essentially an African-style drummer but incorporates Middle Eastern and Native American rhythms as well. Patrick McMahon is an intuitive musician who has been highly influenced by listening to jazz and ethnic field recordings. He plays soprano and bass flute, recorder, soprano and bass clarinet, harmonica, saxophones and a variety of wood and bamboo flutes. Patrick is an African and Native American ethnologist with a degree in Cultural Anthropology. Richard, who has a degree in Fine Arts, creates the graphics and CD covers for the band. He is Associate Pastor of the Temple of Elohim. Patrick is a Third Order Franciscan in the Catholic faith.
Tree of Life, which began in 2005, has played an amazing variety of venues. The duo has partnered with pastors, healers and counselors to support spiritual work in sacred space. The band has also provided live music for fire and belly dancers. These CEA (Cincinnati Entertainment Award)-nominated musicians have played at universities, clubs, restaurants and coffee houses in Ohio and Kentucky. Other gigs have included Renaissance faires and seasonal festivals, art and fashion shows, spinning fitness classes, private parties, grand openings and other corporate events. To book Tree of Life, contact Richard at 513.410.7838 or email Patrick at patricle_93@insightbb.com.
www.myspace.com/treeoflifeworldmusic
Richard and Patrick are founding members of Totems, nominated for "best world music" in the 2006 CityBeat Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. Tree of Life began in September 2005 and has been evolving a unique blend of acoustic tribal world fusion. Their music features Middle Eastern, African and other tribal rhythms underlying a variety of improvisational melodies played on woodwinds and ethnic wind instruments. Live shows emphasize trance and dance. They often perform with belly dancers.
CDs: "Tree of Life," "Cleopatra," "Anvil of the Gods," "Elohim," "Faire Fortune," "Surya."
BOOKINGS
To book Tree of Life contact Patrick at:
patricle_93@insightbb.com
We are available for a variety of events, including, but not limited to:
.. Musical Meditations
.. Educational Programs for all ages
.. Spinning Classes
.. Alternative Therapy sessions
.. Wine Tastings
.. Corporate and Retail events
.. Private Parties
.. Performances in Coffee Houses, Restaurants, Pubs, Taverns, Bars
and Festivals
When you book Tree of Life, you get a partner in advertisings.
We print and distribute fliers for the gig. The event is posted online in websites and on yahoo groups. Calendar sections of periodicals such as CityBeat and CinWeekly are notified.
The original instrumental music of Tree of Life has many flavors and influences, including trance, ambient, Afro-beat, psychedelic, roots, jazz, Native American, belly dance, New Age, Celtic, classical and world. We are glad to tailor our musical performance to your particular needs. Email us for details. Check out videos of our live performances with belly dancers in our Blog section.
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“GAME OVER” for Cup & Saucer Café Current mood: melancholy Category: Life
We regret to announce the closing of Cup & Saucer Café after three and a half years in business. Call 513-544-7017 for information on buying the business. It was a good run for a mom & pop business, longer than many expected, especially considering that Marcy had a stroke just one month after we started. We had a lot of nice employees, customers, and entertainers but there were too many factors working against us. Maybe we’ll write a book about it when things calm down, but basically we had too many expenses, not enough income, and way too much stress. Health problems are the primary cause of failure of small business, and we had to bail out before it killed one or both of us. So everybody take care while we do the same. Some day we’ll get back to making Marcy Burgers, presenting great performers and taking photos of them. In the meantime keep in touch. We’d love for you to share your memories of Cup & Saucer and we’d also love to hear about your progress, especially if you got your start on our stage. Please leave comments on our page so everyone can share.
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