Amanda Palmer and Jherek Bischoff at Union Chapel
There are four singer- songwriters who have deeply affected and influenced me, whose music has been healing and empowering throughout my life. These are Fiona Apple, Laura Marling, Laura Moody and Amanda Palmer. Although they all have very different styles of writing and singing, I think that they all share a special ability to express profound emotions in an honest and raw way.
It was a huge privilege to perform with one of those- Amanda Palmer– at the Union Chapel! She is a generous, compelling and fearless performer. I played in a string quartet alongside wonderful players Una Palliser (violin), Anisa Arslanagic (violin) and Joshua Hayward (viola). We performed Jherek Bischoff’s beautifully atmospheric and cinematic music for String Quartet and Bass Guitar- which I had previously played in Macedonia in 2016- followed by arrangements of many of Amanda Palmer’s songs, plus some David Bowie and Pink Floyd covers.
You can watch the full performance here on Amanda’s website and you can support and follow Jherek and Amanda’s creative work on Patreon!