The Turtle Island String Quartet is one of the leading American ensembles to incorporate jazz sounds into classical music. Violinist David Balakrishnan founded the group in 1985. He and violinist Evan ...
On its most recent Telarc CD, The Turtle Island String Quartet does a credible job of covering John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme,” jazz’s holy ground on which others (notably Wynton Marsalis) have ...
For Gazette music writer Geraldine Freedman’s preview of this show, click here. The Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet stopped by Sunday night at The Egg and proved that even a string quartet ...
Back in the early spring of 2003, on April 4th to be exact, a trio of musicians took the tiny stage at Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake in Duluth, Minnesota. What was meant as a casual gathering of ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Classical and jazz innovators, Turtle Island String Quartet, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ...
Turtle Island String Quartet will perform at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Arts Empowering Life's new Performing Arts Center, according to a community announcement. The center is located at 95 Southern ...
The Turtle Island String Quartet won this year's Grammy Award for best classical crossover album. 'Turtle Island' comes from Native American mythology and is another name for the North American ...