Where: Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific Ave. Cost: Eighty seats are available at $45. Two hundred standing spots are available for $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Tickets are ...

When the cello is heard in pop music, it’s usually to provide solemn accompaniment to a poignant ballad, be it the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” or Nirvana’s “All Apologies.” In the hands of Melora Creager ...

PUT A BOW ON IT: Cellist and songwriter Jenette Mackie liked the dichotomy of existential crisis that the name Polly Panic scared up — the dueling paths of losing one’s grip and regaining it. She felt ...

The city of Santa Monica is many things to many people: To some, it is a playground for the super wealthy; Jack’s Mannequin deemed it home to a freak show. But cello rock duo Oak and Gorski could call ...

The accomplished artist has collaborated with some of music's biggest names, yet she's still fighting to have people think differently about classical music. NEW YORK (JTA) — There’s a small music ...

In 2003, Eastman School of Music student Patrick Laird asked his friend, percussionist Ivan Trevino, to play drums for a cello rock group he was forming. “I didn’t know what ‘cello rock’ was or what ...

A single cello in a progressive rock band is a bit unusual - three cellos, with no other melodic instruments, would seemingly be insane. But that’s the unique approach to music from Break of Reality, ...

Rebecca Roudman started playing the cello as a child growing up in Terra Linda, performed with the Marin Youth Orchestra, studied classical music in college, and is now a member of the Santa Rosa and ...

The violin is to the fiddle what the cello is to - well, the cello. There is no alternate name for the cello in folk and rock music like there is for its little cousin. Its value as a crossover ...

Around 10 a.m. most days, Alison Chesley, fresh from doing The New York Times crossword puzzle, sits down to practice the cello. Her regimen, which lasts about three hours, includes material familiar ...