Casey Driessen is steps away
Casey Driessen and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series. By this m.o., writers, musicians, filmmakers, quiltmakers, dancers, painters, multimedia artists, architects, sound designers, chefs, producers et al (see categories) across the planet are within close, discoverable steps of each other, and most of the world as well. 100% AI FREE
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Why again is Casey Driessen mere steps away from all other artists in here, and by extension, everybody on the planet?
WHO IS CURATING FROM HERE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix
Artist & Where
- Name: Casey Driessen
- City/Place: Nashville, Tennessee
- Country: United States
Current News
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What's Up?
Otherlands: A Global Music Exploration follows GRAMMY nominated 5-string American fiddler Casey Driessen as he travels with his family to various countries across the globe to meet with local acoustic-based musicians with roots in their own traditions. Musical and cultural exchanges are documented via audio, video and photography elements with collected materials released over the course of the project.
COUNTRIES & TIMELINE
Sep. / Oct. (2019): Spain • Oct. / Nov. (2019): Ireland • Nov. / Dec. (2019): Scotland • Jan. / Feb. (2020): India • Feb. / Mar. (2020): Japan • Mar. / Apr. (2020): Finland & Estonia • Apr. / May (2020): Norway & Sweden
*UPDATE (Apr. 16, 2020): Trips to Estonia, Norway & Sweden have been postponed due to health concerns and restricted travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. I look forward to returning to these countries when the time is right. Stay tuned for additional releases from countries already visited. Wishing you all health ~Casey*
Life & Work
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Bio:
Casey Driessen is a fiddle player now living in Nashville, Tennessee. He's played/collaborated with Béla Fleck, Bassekou Kouyate, The Sparrow Quartet, Tim O’Brien, Darrell Scott, Steve Earle, and Frank Vignola (along with musicians from China, from the Republic of Tuva, and from four African countries), and he also leads his own band, The Colorfools.
Casey recorded for the soundtrack to the Johnny Cash film, "Walk the Line".
Contact Information
- Email: info@caseydriessen.com
Media & Markets
- ▶ Buy My Music (downloads/CDs/DVDs): http://www.caseydriessen.com/digital-goods
- ▶ Buy My Merch: http://www.caseydriessen.com/physical-goods
- ▶ Twitter: caseydriessen
- ▶ Instagram: caseydriessen
- ▶ Website: http://caseydriessen.com
- ▶ Website 2: http://www.caseydriessen.com/otherlands
- ▶ Blog: http://www.caseydriessen.com/blog/
- ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJh90Iej8jtVVMYur8770Q
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCtt_UzHC-kki7CtbmRV-n0w
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/5n3cnJWGJYuxO2WLY2T1AN
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/0IK1AtWJ6g0Fp9RBr9BJJk
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ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
While the Brazilian musicians I work with now you may not know, I formerly worked (chasing unpaid royalties!) on behalf of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, Jim Hall, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Philip Glass, The Cadillacs (Earl Carroll), The Flamingos (Zeke and Jake Carey), and others, including Oscar-winning world-class great-guy Robb Royer. I was interviewed by David Dye for broadcast on U.S. National Public Radio several years ago ... about the Brazilians:
- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
