Music Villa Live: Ian Ethan

Music Villa is proud to welcome solo acoustic double-neck guitarist, Ian Ethan to the Music Villa Live stage. The concert will be Saturday, December 5th from 6 to 7pm. Music Villa will stay open for an extra hour that night to cater to Christmas Strollers, holiday shoppers, and an intimate concert with Ian. Hours that day will be 10am to 7pm.

More on Ian:
Acoustic Double-Neck Guitarist Ian Ethan Case’s new album “Into Open Land” is an exploration of the largely untraversed musical territory that this unique 18-string instrument provides access to.

Unveiling the true musical potential of an instrument that has previously seen little serious use as more than a stage prop, the Vermont artist employs a wide variety of highly-innovative playing techniques that take full advantage of 18 strings, two fretboards, and his experience as a drummer, bassist, pianist, and composer.

The nine-part musical whole of “Into Open Land”, more than simply validating the use of the instrument, is the beginning of an epic journey through pristine worlds that present to the alert and engaged listener countless intriguing gems of fresh insight and inspiring, expansive views of reality as something tangibly deeper and more infinite than our everyday surroundings.

Solo pieces such as “Appalachia By Air” and “North By Northeast / One Straight Line” simultaneously intertwine drumset-like percussive ideas and groovy bass lines with inventive melodies and counter-melodies, always supported by a rich, colorful, three-dimensional harmonic context.

Meanwhile “band” tracks such as “Fourth Corner” and “Call of the Hill” (featuring Case’s overdubbed self-accompaniment on drumset, electric bass, percussion, and multiple double-necks) present an even more powerful and complete view of these highly detailed, multi-layered compositions.

Tying the whole album together is an unpretentious and consistently adventurous spirit that steers clear altogether of “The Road Less Traveled” and heads straight out into open land, where one has the freedom to explore and discover without limits, and thereby realize more of what has always been.

Please visit www.ianethan.com for more info on Ian, and please call Music Villa at (406) 587-4761 for more information on the show. Hope to see you there!