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David Strother

David Strother is an improvising electric violinist and composer in Southern California. His latest CDs, "soundings.live" and "the desert is singing," are available at cdbaby.com and Itunes and other outlets. His recording credits also include CPD's experimental opus "The Process," Alternate Faith's "Out of Nowhere," and Susan J. Paul's "Big Love," among others. More recent CD appearances include two tracks on rapper Tito "Stretch" Calloway's great album, "Thugelligence;" the remixed edition of Davie Gayle's "Amber in the Clay;" Scot Ray's magnificent "Earth Circuit;" and Lawrence Lebo's '"Don't Call Her Larry, vol. 3." Film and TV appearances include David Lynch's "The Straight Story" (with the Radio Ranch Straight Shooters) and the animated Nickelodeon series "Doug."

Gear

David Strother is an NS Design artist and plays that company's CR-5 electric violin as his primary instrument. His primary amps are the Fishman Loudbox Performer and Fender Blues Junior. His pedal board includes the Line 6 DL4 and Verbzilla, Boss DD-7, and Dunlop Cry Baby wah wah pedal.


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David Strother: Azul

Read "Azul" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


Azul is an aural meditation by electric violinist David Strother that covers a wide swathe of emotions and delves fearlessly into the human condition. The word azul means “blue" in Spanish, and indeed the songs explore many shades of this emotional color. The blues also refer to loss: during the editing and mixing phases of the EP, Strother learned about the death of bassist and composer Charlie Haden, a musician who influenced him deeply, so the EP also serves as ...

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David Strother: Muse

Read "Muse" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


Muse is a poetic suite on loss and resilience by violinist and sound sculptor David Strother. His previous release, Soundings.live (Self-produced), was a lovely integration of improvised violin and Los Angeles street noise, but on Muse he delves into the personal to tell a story through sound. Given Strother's extensive experience with spoken word, it's not surprising that his new recording has a narrative quality: he has collaborated often with noted performance artist Ulysses Jenkins, and he also co-hosts a ...

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David Strother: Soundings.live

Read "Soundings.live" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


The Japanese term mono no aware means “the pity of things," a reference to the gentle sadness that results from acknowledging the impermanence and transience of life on earth. David Strother's beautiful EP, Soundings.live, evokes this quality throughout. Strother has created six aural haiku using the unique combination of a five-string electric violin and sounds from the streets of Los Angeles. Strother displays admirable restraint throughout the EP, tastefully merging his violin with a variety of street noises. ...

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David Strother: The Desert is Singing

Read "The Desert is Singing" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Violinist David Strother is the fiddle player on Lawrence Lebo's Don't Call Her Larry, Volume 3, American Roots. On that recording, Strother has a homey feel, very much in keeping with the stripped-down ambiance Lebo was trying to achieve on her recording. On his own 2007 recording, The Desert is Singing, Strother further strips things down to just himself and his Yamaha SV-110 electric fiddle. Among his original compositions are a couple of standards, one of which is Thelonious Monk's ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Azul

Self Produced
2014

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Muse

Self Produced
2013

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Soundings.live

Self Produced
2011

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The Desert is Singing

Remba Records
2010

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