Topic: Wu Man at Symphony Space/Thalia

[Mr.OMuck]

The Pipa is a Chinese Lute like instrument and WuMan who is a Wooman is the preeminent player of it. She has truly mind blowing chops and I urge anyone in the New york area to catch her performance tomorrow night at 7:30 95th & Broadway. Its no exaggeration to say that watching her shred on the pipa is equivalent to seeing Blind Blake, Lonnie Johnson, Willie Walker and Gary Davis with a little Jimi Hendrix thrown in. Amazing.

[Stuart]

Thanks for the post, Mr. O. The Wiki entry for the pipa is actually quite good, if anyone wants to delve further into its history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipa

It goes without saying that Wu Man is masterful.

[uncle bud]

Thanks M. O'Muck, that was great. Interesting to hear her confirm anecdotally what I had noticed, which is many pipa players today tend to be female. Whereas many players of the banjo-like sanxian tend to be male, in my very limited exploration.