Gordon Grdina talks about playing the oud in an interview with Mark Mushet and improvises a piece, Taqadumi, as part of the Vancouver Review Media Music Series from 2016.
Influenced by both Arabic and Western improvisational music, Grdina performs in a quartet tonight with Hamin Honari (tombak, daf), Neelamjit Dhillon (tabla) and Ali Razmi (tar, setar) at China Cloud (524 Main St., Vancouver).
9:30 p.m. Gordon Grdina (oud) and Hamin Honari (tombak, daf) will open the night as a duo playing some repertoire from their group with Hank Roberts and Mark Helias called The Marrow (an album is coming out on Songlines Recordings in June).
10:15 p.m. Gordon Grdina-Hamin Honari-Neelamjit Dhillon-Ali Razmi perform.
Tickets: $20-10 sliding scale.
