Performance for Arts At St Johns- Nov 25, 2012 2 -4 PM

Oct 17, 2012 acoustic music, ambient music, electric violin, global fusion music, healing music, music for relaxation, new music, News, relaxing music, She Vanishes, violin guitar music, violin music, world fusion

Vicki Richards, Mitch Kopp & Jeff Deen- 4th CHAKRA

Tags: acoustic music, electric violin, gentle music, Global Fusion Music, guitar, Halo, healing meditation, healing music, HealingPowerOfMusic, Indian Music, indian Raga, Jeff Deen, Mitch Kopp, New Age Music, Raga, tabla, Vicki Richards, vioin and guitar, violin music, World music

History in Music

Jul 23, 2012 acoustic music, electric violin, global fusion music, healing music, Music business, music for relaxation, new music, News, violin guitar music, violin music, world fusion

.. .. .. .. At the age of nine, she began playing in her public school’s instrumental program. Her musical father noticed her passion for music and encouraged her to continue. By the time she turned fourteen, Vicki Richards decided that being a professional musician was her life’s calling. A unique talent, Vicki has developed a distinctive new style of playing the violin, taking bowing and articulation from her “western” classical training, smooth vocal style glissandos from her North Indian classical music immersion and combining these with the driving hand drum rhythms of contemporary and ancient world music.

At the age of nineteen, Vicki was well on her way to establishing her professional status as a classical violinist. She had toured Europe, taken master classes with Joseph Gingold at Indiana University and become the youngest member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Curious and restless, she listened intently to jazz contemporaries including Jan Hammer, John McLaughlin, Airto, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock.

Her love for the avant guarde scene continued to blossom and in 1976 she commissioned a custom-built, solid body electric violin with quadraphonic pick-ups and plugged it into a wah-wah pedal and a Fender amp. Uncomfortable with jazz’s approach to harmonic improvisation, she became intrigued with the rhythmical and classical improvisational methods of the Banaras tabla tradition.

Vicki was awarded a Professional Development Grant from the America Institute of Indian Studies (Univ of Chicago) in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution which enabled her to spend many months in Banaras, India where she experienced total immersion in the culture and classical traditions of the Hindustani violin under the guidance of violin master Smt. Dr. N. Rajam and sitar virtuoso Sri Amar Nath Misra.

Upon her return from the East, she re-settled in New York City for a short time, sharing the stage with improvisers such as Paul McCandless of Oregon and Dave Samuels of Spyro Gyra and working as a full time member of the American Jewish Congress’ New Music Ensemble. She also appeared as a soloist playing Indian classical violin at Carnegie Recital Hall, catching the attention of a world-renowned New York Times critic and establishing herself as one of the few Westerners recognized as legitimate exponents of pure Indian classical tradition.

In 1981, her intense interest in rhythm led to a close collaboration with Robert Thomas Jr. of Weather Report  the Zawinul Syndicate) fame. She also began melodic and harmonic collaboration with Amitava Chatterjee, an electric guitarist and sitarist with a shared vision of improvisation using both Eastern and Western elements. Bobby’s compelling hand drumming and Amit’s melodic and harmonic concepts form the perfect grid over which Vicki works her technical and melodic wizardry. Vicki’s association with Bobby and Amit continues to this day.

In South Florida collaborations have included Frank Carmelitano, Statoshi Takeishi, Jean Balduc & many more players.

Currently her music colleagues also include Jeff Deen (tabla & percussion), Mitch Kopp (guitars), Layne Redmond, Jorge Alfano (multiinstrumentalist) & Sean Dibble (djembe, electric and acoustic drums)

Tags: electric violin, Global Fusion Music, healing music, meditation music, Mitch Kopp, MusicHealer, New Age Music, Vicki Richards, vioin and guitar, violin, violin music, World music

Playing and speaking on Radio WVUM Sat 6/23/12 3-4PM

Jun 21, 2012 acoustic music, ambient music, global fusion music, healing music, healing visualization, music for relaxation, new music, News, relaxing music, She Vanishes, violin music, world fusion

Join in, online or on radio, with Jeff Deen and me this Saturday afternoon. We’ll be playing live, playing some tracks from She Vanishes and chatting with the host during this hour of World Music.
90.5 FM

Click or copy this link- http://wvum.org/index.php/blog/article/saturday_23rd_june_on_caravan_3-5_pm_ragas_and_rhythms_by_vicky_richar/

Tags: acoustic music, East meets West music, electric violin, gentle music, Global Fusion Music, Halo, healing power of music, Indian violin, Jeff Deen, meditation music, MusicHealer, tabla, Vicki Richards, vioin and guitar, violin, Violin and tabla, violin music

Vote for She Vanishes…enter to win music/CD of the Month on Echoes

Dec 7, 2011 acoustic music, ambient music, electric violin, global fusion music, music for relaxation, new music, relaxing music, She Vanishes, violin guitar music, violin music, world fusion

My Recording, She Vanishes, is # 24 on this list. If you feel so moved, please go to this link and vote for She Vanishes. You’ll find some other great music on that list to consider but try not to get too distracted.: )  By voting you enter a contest to win …more music!
Feeling Grateful for being on this list. Thanks to the Staff at ECHOES!

Link here…http://echoesblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/25-essential-echoes-cds-for-2011/

WELCOME TO THE BEST OF ECHOES 2011 POLL.
WIN a One Year Membership to the Echoes CD of the Month Club
A One Year Subscription to Echoes On-Line
or a copy of
Echo Location – The Echoes Living Room Concerts V.17

Tags: acoustic music, Echoes Music, electric violin, Global Fusion Music, healing music, Jeff Deen, John DiiLiberto, meditation music, Mitch Kopp, New Age Music, She Vanishes, Vicki Richards, vioin and guitar, violin music, World music

She Vanishes CD featured & launched on Echoes April 4th, 10 PM

Apr 15, 2011 acoustic music, ambient music, global fusion music, healing music, Music business, music for relaxation, musicians getting the music out, She Vanishes, violin guitar music, violin music

April 4th, Monday…She Vanishes will be featured CD of the Month on Echoes radio with host John Diliberto 10PM

The interview will broadcast sometime this month. Check back for updates.

1.Here is where to find local stations:    http://www.echoes.org/stattime.html

2.You can also listen to those stations streams when they air the show

3.Listeners can hear it on-line anytime but they have to be subscribers:  http://echoes.org/online-oneweektrial.html

On the Day of She Vanishes Review by John Diliberto (((Echoes))) radio

Apr 15, 2011 acoustic music, ambient music, electric violin, global fusion music, healing music, Music business, music for relaxation

Getting all this support feels wonderful! You know that the life of a musician is limitless in some ways and very limited in others.

When we receive Recognition, we’ve been heard.

When we receive Respect, we have been Heard!

When we connect to others via these vibrations, called notes and tones, we have shared Love.

And that’s what’s most important.  Especially in these tumultuous times.

“Echoes” Interview with John Diliberto April 4th

Mar 29, 2011 acoustic music, electric violin, global fusion music, healing music, music for relaxation, new music, relaxing music, She Vanishes, violin guitar music, violin music, world fusion

Exciting News:  April 4th. It’s the kick off  to launch  my latest recording She Vanishes.  Jeff Deen &* Mitch Kopp complete the trio . This is great exposure to many followers of this long running show.  Hope you’ll tune in!

The time varies from station to station.   Here is where to find local stations: http://www.echoes.org/stattime.html

You can also listen to those stations streams when they air the show.

Also, listeners can hear it on-line anytime but you  have to be subscribers:  http://echoes.org/online-oneweektrial.html

Tags: acoustic music, ambient music, east west music, electric violin, gentle music, global Fusion, Global Fusion Music, great music, guitar, improvised music, Indian Raga influence, inspirational music, Jeff Deen, meditation music, Mitch Kopp, music for meditation, New Age Music, tabla, Vicki Richards, vioin and guitar, Violin and tabla, violin music, World music