This is the second of three concerts in our 2008 season

Autorickshaw in concert with special guest
Ben Grossman (Hurdy Gurdy and electronics)

Thursday May 29th,  2008
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St. W., west of Dufferin
416 588 0307 \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

For reservations and tickets: www.lula.ca

Door time: 7PM
Show start time: 8:30PM
Admission: $12

$39 prix fixe or a la carte does not include admission

Visit Ben's website

What's a hurdy gurdy, you ask?  Here's the wiki reference, and Ben plays a modern electo-acoustic Alto vielle* (often with a modest rack of live looping and effects), and a copy of a French Baroque instrument (Jean Louvet, 1763), both by the incredible Viennese builder Wolfgang Weichselbaumer . * AKA Drehleier or hurdy gurdy.

Ben Grossman is a vielle à roue player, percussionist, composer and improviser living in Guelph Ontario. Through percussion and his interest in non-equal tuning systems, he became involved at various times in traditional Turkish, Arabic, Irish, Balkan, and French music. In 1997 he studied Turkish music in Istanbul and, since taking up the vielle, has done workshops and lessons with Valentin Clastrier, Matthias Loibner, Maxou Heintzen and Simon Wascher as well as working on Deep Listening and improvisation with Anne Bourne. He has played on over 60 CDs, and performed and recorded with many ensembles over the years. His work can also be heard in TV and film soundtracks, most recently the Patty Jenkins Magz Hall film, Monster.