Rumput - Wedang Kedang
Channel: BrookeToHimself
Date: 2023-05-15

Dear World, please enjoy “Wedang Kacang” by Waldjinah
With @syd_noreaster, Andy Mcgraw, Nat Quick, John Priestley, 
& Gamelan Raga Kusuma

This song will be one of the songs we will be playing on our tour soon in April. Come and enjoy the atmosphere, it will bring you to a home called love.
Much love
Peni Candrarini 
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From John Priestly:

I know I'm always gushing about how much I love Rumput and always saying it's better than ever, but that's mostly because it keeps getting better. 
I'm stoked right now for several reasons. One is our guest artistic director, Peni Candrarini, here from Java on a Fulbright scholarship. 
Another is that we've spun off two new side projects for her Fulbright semester: 

1) an electric keroncong group playing surf-thrash versions of some of the experimental Javanese repertoire Rumput has worked out in recent years. And...
2) a groove-oriented percussion-and-vocal ensemble using gamelan gongs and Western drum kits.

We'll be playing all of the above, plus traditional keroncong and gamelan at upcoming shows, and I can't emphasize enough: you should come.

4/14: Gallery5, Richmond
5/6: The Hill Center, DC
5/16: Property is Theft, Brooklyn, NY
5/27: LeMondo, Baltimore

Also, the attached video is none of the above. But it's a beautiful outcome from last night's rehearsal of the electric keroncong group. It's a song Rumput has played for years as a traditional keroncong tune. Last night we decided to try it with the personnel on hand. None had ever played it before on the instrument shown, and Curt (on keys) had only heard snippets of the song. This was our second attempt. So fun to play with musicians who can make something beautiful happen on the fly.