Eira Snow to appear on Radio Cardiff on Christmas Eve.
Friday, December 23, 2016
The Monmouth based duo Eira Snow featuring Lyndon Owen and Caractacus Downes will appear on Rhys Phillips' "A Slice of Jazz" programme on Radio Cardiff on Christmas Eve. Details attached.
From Lyndon Owen via Facebook;
A Slice of Jazz
Presented by Rhys Phillips
Saturdays 8-10am (repeated Wednesdays 1-3am)
Each week, Rhys presents the best in jazz music and is joined by guests from the jazz world for interviews and sessions. EIRA/Snow have been invited to play some ‘festive tunes’ live in the studio,
Broadcasts available online from http://radiocardiff.org/our-shows/slice-of-jazz/
ABOUT EIRA SNOW
EIRA SNOW is a union between Caractacus Downes and Lyndon Owen, multi-instrumentalists who combine influences as diverse as the music of the Celts to that of the Middle East, Spain to the lands of eastern Europe; a true fusion from two players who have a long standing and close understanding. An improvised gig one snowy winter’s evening led to the official forming of the duo – hence the name.
This enthralling and eclectic musical sound is conveyed by both the use of conventional instruments, saxophone and double bass, and less familiar instruments such as Armenian Douduk, Turkish Mey and Zurnah, Hungarian Tarogato, electronic tanpura and range of percussion.
The duo are no strangers to events such as Brecon Jazz Festival and playing at the acclaimed Latitude Festival. However it is the acoustic found in many Churches that inspired Lyndon and Crac to begin a tour of the Welsh border churches in 2013.
Past performances have been received enthusiastically and left audiences enraptured. They are pushing new boundaries musically and the opportunity to experience the enthusiam and mastery of these two talented and skilled musicians is not to be missed. Their empathy for each other and their instruments is palpable; their skill and their creative horizons infinite.