Turtle Island Quartet With Mike Marshall, Mandolin

"TIQ . . . is a unified voice that truly breaks new groundauthentic and passionatea reflection of some of the most creative music-making today" - Yo-Yo Ma
The Turtles (as they call themselves) fuse the classical string quartet aesthetic (you play as an ensemble) with contemporary styles (and you improvise), combining jazz, folk, blue-grass, be-bop, funk, and R&B. They've been featured in Newsweek and People magazines, have appeared on Prairie Home Companion, All Things Considered, and Morning Edition. And two days after they last played here, they won their first of two Grammys for best crossover album (we like to think we're responsible). They'll be joined by Mike Marshall, whom we've also presented, with Bla Fleck, and with Edgar Meyer, a master of the mandolin, banjo, and guitar, and generally considered an all-around wonderful plucker (you have to pronounce that very carefully). We're pleased to welcome back Mike and the Turtles.
Listen to Turtle Island Quartet perform "Sidewindre"