EXCERPT FROM CONCERT REVIEW Turtle Island Quartet: A Tribute to John Coltrane NC State University and Raleigh Chamber Music Guild By Karen E. Moorman January 28, 2012 - Raleigh, NC: The first half of the concert was a colorful set that ranged from Latin Jazz master Paquito D'Rivera's "Wapango" to TIQ's versions of Coltrane's arrangement of Rogers' "My Favorite Things" and Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower." The works on the second half are recorded on their CD A ... Read More

Turtle Island Quartet at Strathmore Music in the Mansion By Jane Coyne - November 21, 2011 When people ask me what kind of music I like, I borrow an answer from Duke Ellington. “Good.” Last night, Strathmore Music in the Mansion presented the Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet in two performances of “Have You Ever Been ….?” the music of Jimi Hendrix and David Balakrishnan. It was an experience, and it was a very, very “good” one at that. Turtle Island String Quartet. Photo by Jay ... Read More

Turtle Island’s Voodoo Children Pay A Visit to Electric Ladyland The groundbreaking string quartet plays the music of Jimi Hendrix this Friday at Strathmore. By Sriram Gopal Turtle Island’s Voodoo Children. Photograph by Jay Blakesberg In just two years, Jimi Hendrix recorded three studio albums that turned rock-and-roll on its ear and made an icon out of a man who was just in his mid-twenties. With 1967’s Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love, Hendrix created the archetypal ... Read More

Goings On About Town: Night Life Turtle Island Quartet Nov. 13: The Turtle Island Quartet combines the rigors of classical discipline with the desire to experiment and expand beyond the traditional boundaries of a string quartet. They have collaborated with bluegrass, blues, and jazz musicians, and recorded an album of songs by and inspired by Jimi Hendrix. In 2007, the group released “A Love Supreme,” an album interpreting the music of John Coltrane, which will be the focus of this ... Read More