Amazing EMBER SWIFT will be a weekend opening act at our stage presenting her new album STICKS AND STONES with her original Wester and Chinese fusion tunes.

BAND MEMBERS

*EMBER SWIFT (Canada / 加拿大)

guitar, vocals, songwriting / 吉他, 主唱, 词作

* ANTHONY VANACORE (USA / 美国) – drums / 鼓手

* JEFFREY GILLMAN (USA / 英国) – bass / 贝司

* YOAV VOLANSKY (Israel / 以色列) – keys / 键盘

* WANG YAQI (China / 中国) – erhu, backing vocals / 二胡, 和声

Ember Swift is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has released 12 albums and 1 DVD project since 1996 through her own independent label “Few’ll Ignite Sound.”

Her most recent album "Sticks & Stones" (2017) is a collection of work in three categories: Songs for Adults; Songs for Kids; and finally Songs for Adults w/ Kids, a community she feels deserves some separate recognition! This new body of work culminated over the past five years since becoming a mother of two in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

This is Ember's third release since moving to Beijing in 2008 and it demonstrates how music can serve as a bridge between the two divergent cultures: East and West. Fluent in Mandarin and French, Ember sings in all three languages (including English).

With the inclusion of the Chinese traditional instrument (erhu) alongside of Western contemporary instruments, the performance and sound are both entertaining and unique. Couple this with Ember's signature elastickjazz vocals, eclectic music styles, and poignant, astute lyrics, and this "folk" artist becomes hard to categorize but impossible to forget.

Styles on this album include jazz, folk, gypsy, rock, R&B, electronic, pop, folk and even Klezmer. The band, assembled in Beijing, includes America’s Anthony Vanacore on the drums and Jeffery Gillman on bass, Israel’s Yoav Volansky on keys, and China’s Wang Ya Qi on the erhu.