This Land is Our Land
Featuring Martha Redbone Roots Project and American Patchwork Quartet
Martha Redbone, vocals and percussion
Aaron Whitby, piano and vocals
Charlie Burnham, violin and vocals
Fred Cash, bass and vocals
American Patchwork Quartet
Clay Ross, guitar and vocals
Falguni Shah (Falu), vocals
Yasushi Nakamura, bass
Clarence Penn, drums
Roots music singer and songwriter Martha Redbone lends her soul-stirring voice to a new collaboration with the genre-defying American Patchwork Quartet (a 2025 Grammy nominee), for a performance exploring the United States’ rich cultural tapestry. Redbone draws on her southeastern Cherokee/Choctaw and African American heritage to craft uplifting songs that celebrate the human spirit, infused with the folk and blues sounds of her childhood in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. She has said, “I feel that the one thing that still resonates physically and emotionally with people is music… [It] is the one field where we still have a fighting chance to be able to share some important, powerful, profound messages.”
This event is part of Cal Performances’ Illuminations: “Fractured History” programming for the 2024–25 season.
This Land is Our Land
Featuring Martha Redbone Roots Project and American Patchwork Quartet
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Songwriting Workshop
Thu, Feb 27
4–6pm
Room 250 at Morrison Hall (UC Berkeley Department of Music)
A songwriting workshop for UC Berkeley students is planned with Martha Redbone and band member Aaron Whitby. Participation is by application, and more information is available on the Arts Research Center website. The workshop is presented in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Department of Music and the Arts Research Center.
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This Land is Our Land
Featuring Martha Redbone Roots Project and American Patchwork Quartet
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