NOTEBOOK (2018) (BPM 062)
“Folkish-Composed-World-Cello-y Music”... (and some trad. of course!)
“Folkish-Composed-World-Cello-y Music”... (and some trad. of course!)
A new CD roughly in the "world-folk" sort of genre. Mainly new compositions I've done in the past 10 years and played with many friends and mighty musicians - thanks to these amazing people!:
Olov Johansson - nyckelharpa Roger Tallroth - tenor guitar & cittern Mikael Marin - viola Darol Anger - fiddle Mike Marshall - mandolin Todd Phillips - bass Louise Wanselius - fiddle Shelley Phillips - oboe & pipes Jesse Autumn - double harp Lars Johannesson - flute Tanmoy Bose - tabla Barry Phillips - cello, clavichord, & cittern |
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Notebook review by Jo Freya Roots Magazine (Spring 2019 - No 424) This is a delightful instrumental album by cellist and composer Barry Phillips. Nine of the tracks are self-composed and six are traditional. Across the CD Barry is joined by twelve other musicians playing other instruments such as nyckelharpa, tabla, and harpsichord, but the predominant flavor is stringed. This is a listening album and by that I mean that it draws you into the different layers, making you want to immerse yourself in them and follow the intricacies of the arrangements. I love the fact that there is definitely a Swedish flavor whilst the pieces have come about through his travels in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, India, California, and the people he has met along the way. The artwork is simple but the packaging is quality. The sleeve notes really add to this CD because they give you a flavor of the man himself, what he was working on at the time, where he was and how the tunes came about. In that sense it reads, or sounds, like a notebook, so the title is perfect. |
Notebook review Darol Anger ... I finally had a chance to sit down and listen to this recording, and it is.....GREAT. I don't say that lightly. Anybody who is interested in current acoustic string music will find a lot to love and a lot to explore... bears MANY repeated listenings. Barry Phillips really did something great with this truly international State-of-the-art album. Thanks! this is the kind of thing that makes my job feel necessary. |
RAGA & RAJ (on East Meets West Music)
Music for baroque instruments by Barry Phillips, Lou Harrison and William Bird - all east/west cross-overs.
BARRY PHILLIPS, LINDA BURMAN-HALL, LUX MUSICA ENSEMBLE | RAGA & RAJ
(UTSAV SERIES) | CD - EMWM1011
Music for baroque instruments by Barry Phillips, Lou Harrison and William Bird - all east/west cross-overs.
BARRY PHILLIPS, LINDA BURMAN-HALL, LUX MUSICA ENSEMBLE | RAGA & RAJ
(UTSAV SERIES) | CD - EMWM1011
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Celebrating Ravi Shankar's life and musical legacy of East-meets-West cultural exchange, Barry Phillips, Linda Burman-Hall and Lux Musica Ensemble (with guest Debopriyo Sarkar) present a selection of daring, experimental compositions that reflect and re-imagine the musical encounters between North India and British traditions encountered during the late 1780s. Featuring compositions by Lou Harrison, William Hamilton Bird, and Vishnu Digambar Paluskar arranged by Phillips and Burman-Hall, and an original composition by Phillips, the music of Raga & Raj is built on the affinities and attractions between North Indian and British musical traditions as they encountered each other in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Raga & Raj reinterprets the music of that intriguing historical moment, illuminating for us the triumphs and challenges of this type of cross-cultural exchange and reminding us of Ravi Shankar’s musical mission and life’s work: Peace through Music.'
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Solo-ish Recordings ...
SUMMER of CELLO Barry Phillips (2011) BPM-050
Thirteen tunes form the 60's for cello ensemble. These songs have stuck with me since they were new and I'm always amazed how inventive so much of the music of the 60's is. I did my best to play these like a band would, not a classical ensemble. On the other hand, the overall sound it that of a live ensemble performance with very little effects added (occasionally a little echo or compression).
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - Incense and Peppermints - Rope Ladder To The Moon - Laléna - Ruby Tuesday - Sunshine Of Your Love - Hello Goodbye - Surf's Up - Tomorrow Never Knows / Rain - Voodoo Chile - Within You Without You - Woodstock - People Get Ready "I love this album! It's energetic, beautiful, and also a bit tongue-in-cheek, with Barry playing with just as much "distortion" (in this case created with his bow) as Hendrix would. The thing that separates Barry Phillips from other cellists/string arrangers covering pop music is that he's a cellist with a truly broad spectrum of experience, from folk music to rock to Western and Indian classical traditions, so he's coming at this music from many different angles that inform the playing, the voicing, everything. Yet it's very laid-back and in no way pretentious. His approach is just so natural - it's obvious on these tracks that his love of 60's psychedelia is just as part of his musical upbringing as his classical conservatory training, if not more so. While, in my personal experience, most classical takes on pop music seem a bit too novel and almost cheesy - as if the musicians are peering into an alien world they are fascinated by, but don't quite understand - "Summer of Cello" is an entirely different animal. These cellos know how to rock." (iTunes review) |
TRÅD. Barry Phillips (2005) BPCD 049
Scandinavian and original music for cello, nyckelharpa, fiddle, (& more)
featuring: Olov Johansson - nyckelharpa Olof Göthlin - fiddle Barry Phillips - cello, pipe organ & percussion All tunes trad unless noted: Polska från Glava - Fossegrimhallingen - Bisonpolska (Olov Johansson) - Trogdorpolska (Barry Phillips) - Vallåt från Lima - Farmors brudpolska - Seljefløyel slåtten - Rondopolska (Barry Phillips) - Huldreslåtten) - Byss-Calle's ridmarsch - Bellåt - Hurvan e. Johan Hollester - Fanitullen - Polska e. Blinda Pelle - Gelottes g-moll polska - Björndansen e. Olof Tillman - Bjernulf's bröllopspolska (Olov Johansson) "To me this music reaches way up the scale in its quality of performance & in originality of sound & how I feel listening to it. Barry Phillips is a bit daring to follow his own creative path within & between many musical traditions that can be sensed in his music. It is simply beautiful." -George Berreman (CdBaby review) |
CELLO Barry Phillips (2000)
Instrumental tunes & airs from Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, England, Spain, American Shakers.
Guest musicians: Shelley Phillips, Martin Simpson, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Todd Phillips, Bickram Ghosh, Chris Caswell, Shira Kammen, Theo Page, Neal Hellman, Jared White, Lars Johanesson, Harris Moore and Karuna Ault.
Bràigh Loch Iall - Aoibhneas Éilís Ní Cheallaigh - Lochaber No More - Old Heddon Of Fawsley - O Ho The Pretty Chain - Gycklarpolskan av Peter Erson - Cantiga de Santa María #206 - Trotto - Caoineadh an Spailpín - I Love to See the Wheels in Motion - Shto Mi E Milo - Ladom Se, Goro Zalade - Polska efter Pelle Fors - Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn - Inis Oírr.
"The type of music that lures you into it from the beginning. Inspired and alive cello music. Definitely a must for lovers of cello and celtic/world music." Peacelily (CdBaby review)
Guest musicians: Shelley Phillips, Martin Simpson, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Todd Phillips, Bickram Ghosh, Chris Caswell, Shira Kammen, Theo Page, Neal Hellman, Jared White, Lars Johanesson, Harris Moore and Karuna Ault.
Bràigh Loch Iall - Aoibhneas Éilís Ní Cheallaigh - Lochaber No More - Old Heddon Of Fawsley - O Ho The Pretty Chain - Gycklarpolskan av Peter Erson - Cantiga de Santa María #206 - Trotto - Caoineadh an Spailpín - I Love to See the Wheels in Motion - Shto Mi E Milo - Ladom Se, Goro Zalade - Polska efter Pelle Fors - Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn - Inis Oírr.
"The type of music that lures you into it from the beginning. Inspired and alive cello music. Definitely a must for lovers of cello and celtic/world music." Peacelily (CdBaby review)
Ravi Shankar recordings ...
SHANKARAGAMALA - students of Ravi Shankar 3-CD set (2000)
A stunning 3-cd tribute in honor of Ravi Shankar's 80th birthday performed by several of Ravi Shankar's top disciples including Anoushka Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Lakshmi Shankar. Extensive liner notes.
Performers include Anoushka Shankar, Lakshmi Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and many others, performing short versions of ragas created by Ravi Shankar. The final raga is Tilak Shyam performed by Barry, Anoushka, Shelley Phillips (harp) and Bickram Ghosh (tabla).
Performed by several of Ravi Shankar's top disciples, including Anoushka Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Lakshmi Shankar, "ShankaRagamala" presents a 3-CD tribute to the one and only Ravi Shankar, arguably the most influential Indian artist in the West, not to mention beyond. In honor of Shakar's 80th birthday, this extensive collection delves deeply into the Indian classical tradition, making one of the most notable, comprehensive packages available. This is not only a collector's item but a hearty contribution and genuinely rich and musically-nourishing project. (CdBaby staff review)
This 3-cd set was produced by Barry Phillips under the direction of Ravi Shankar.
Performers include Anoushka Shankar, Lakshmi Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and many others, performing short versions of ragas created by Ravi Shankar. The final raga is Tilak Shyam performed by Barry, Anoushka, Shelley Phillips (harp) and Bickram Ghosh (tabla).
Performed by several of Ravi Shankar's top disciples, including Anoushka Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Lakshmi Shankar, "ShankaRagamala" presents a 3-CD tribute to the one and only Ravi Shankar, arguably the most influential Indian artist in the West, not to mention beyond. In honor of Shakar's 80th birthday, this extensive collection delves deeply into the Indian classical tradition, making one of the most notable, comprehensive packages available. This is not only a collector's item but a hearty contribution and genuinely rich and musically-nourishing project. (CdBaby staff review)
This 3-cd set was produced by Barry Phillips under the direction of Ravi Shankar.
NINE DECADES VOL 2
This is a stunningly wonderful house concert given by Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha in LA just one week after Woodstock (audience present were all 4 Beatles, Peter Sellers and many others). I had the pleasure of restoring this recording for the cd.
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NINE DECADES VOL 3
The orchestra at AIR was an experiment lab for Ravi Shankar. Here are 10 peices he composed and recorded with that orchestra. The recordings were in very bad shape, but I had the pleasure of restoring these recordings for the cd.
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The Living Room Sessions Part 1
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RUMI - Coleman Barks w/ Barry & Shelley ...
Gourd Music recordings ...
Simple Gifts Collection
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Music on the Mountain (1996)
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Tree of Life (1993)
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Simple Gifts (1990)
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Barry as a guest artist (selected chronological discography) ...
Sarah-Jane Summers - Nesta (2007)
Sara-Jane Summers: Hardanger fiddle, fiddle Ewan MacPherson: 6 & 12 string guitars and Jew's harp Kevin McGuire: double bass Barry Phillips: 5-string cello Paul Jennings: percussion Liz Knowles: fiddle (tr9) Guy Veale: Tibetan singing bow Camel - Harbour of Tears (2006)
CAMEL Harbour of Tears Anoushka Shankar
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Marya Stark - The Garden (2012)
An Explosive new cd by Marya - many big string arrangements - big group arrangements - great songs. (Can you tell I like it?)
The Expendables doing their stuff "acoustically" and I'm happy to be a part of this. I arranged and played the cello parts on "Positive Mind and"Die for You. Martin Simpson
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Ravi Shankar - Full Circle (2000)
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall 2000. Ravi and Anoushka Shankar - sitars Bikram Ghosh & Tanmoy Bose - tablas Ajay Sharma & Barry Phillips - tanpuras Anoushka Shankar - Rise (2005)
Anoushka Shankar - RISE Concert for George (2003)
"I was there to assist Ravi Shankar with the notating of his amazing piece "Arpan" that began the concert as well as play cello in the Indian Orchestra which was such a joy. Amazingly, a day or two before the show Eric Clapton decided he needed one more cello in the Beatles 1/2 of the show! - happy me!" Martin Simpson - Bramble Briar (2001)
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