BAD FAERIES MASQUERADE!
SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH: 8PM-1AM: At The Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia
Bad Faeries night will feature the celtic tribal band Omnia
and the exquisite spanish singer/songwriter Priscilla Hernandez:
OMNIA
OMNIA draws upon the traditional roots that have brought forth all music to bring an otherworldly and deeply moving performance to the stage that is unique in this age of bland pre-programmed commercialism. OMNIA's nature-religious songs and fascinating stage act are a veritable feast for your eyes, ears and soul as interwoven voices and intricate melodies lead you through Pagan Heaven to Pagan Hell and back again... with a smile on your face. Playing self-composed 3rd-millennium Folk and world-music with a sprinkling of traditional melodies and dance tunes from places like Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and Afghanistan, OMNIA's music is 100% acoustic - no synthesizers, no electric instruments, no programming, just pure honest music.
Dressed in graceful black neo-Celtic clothing adorned with the bronze age holy symbols of our Celtic/Pagan heritage and surrounded by an amazing amount of hand made beautifully decorated traditional instruments OMNIA takes the audience along into a world of living nature, humour and earth magic.
OMNIA's music is very hard to compare with any other band or genre.
OMNIA's sound is an artful mix of the deep earthy tones of didgeridoo expert Luka Aubri-Krieger (East-Indies), the virtuoso harp, hurdy-gurdy and bodhran playing of Jennifer Evans-van der Harten (Holland), the unmistakable "DADGAD" guitar-groove of Joe Hennon (Ireland) and the flutes, bouzouki, drums, and ironic dialogue of front man Steve "Sic" Evans-van der Harten (England).
All of this is entwined and bound by the haunting and powerful voices of all four band members who sing in English, Gaelic, Breton, Latin, Finnish, German, Flemish and Hindi...
PRISCILLA HERNANDEZ
Priscilla Hernandez is an ethereal gothic singer-songwriter, composer and fantasy illustrator born in the Canary Islands and now living in Barcelona (Spain). Her beautiful and evocative debut album, Ancient Shadows, recently won the Indepent Music Awards "New Age Album of the Year." Ancient Shadows is a collection of 19 illustrated song-tales that take the listener through the haunting and spectral realms of her sorrowful and eerie, yet sensuous music.
Wistful, evocative, pure and meaningful, Ancient Shadows is made up of two thematic elements, "The Ghost" and "The Fairy", which will each be performed at the Bad Faeries Ball. Priscilla will be backed by pianist Hector Corcin(Spain), and special guests Emilio and Kelly Miler-Lopez of Woodland, and members of Trillian Green. FaerieCon is proud to be the first major event to present this amazing european talent on the east coast, whose music is sure to reach a broad worldwide audience in the coming years.
For more on Priscilla visit yidneth.com
