In the autumn of 2005, on a front porch on the West side of Chicago, IL, Nathan Paulus, John Herbst and Sharon Hoyer tinkered with vocal harmonies for a few of Nate's bluesy, country folk songs. Ross Martens and his singing saw joined the group soon thereafter and the I Ching Quartet was born. Since those first days, new members have found a spot on the stoop - the incomparable Danah Albaum on strings, wandering philosopher and sometimes-member Fredrick Contino on banjo - making a sound once difficult to define even more genre-defying. On the spirituals, the vocals build - on… read more
In the autumn of 2005, on a front porch on the West side of Chicago, IL, Nathan Paulus, John Herbst and Sharon Hoyer tinkered with vocal harmonies for a few of Nate's bluesy, country folk songs. Ross Martens and his singing saw joined the group soon thereafter and the I Ching Quartet wa… read more
In the autumn of 2005, on a front porch on the West side of Chicago, IL, Nathan Paulus, John Herbst and Sharon Hoyer tinkered with vocal harmonies for a few of Nate's bluesy, country folk songs. Ross Martens and his singing saw joined the group soon thereafter and the I Ching Quartet was born. Since those first days, new members have found a spot on the sto… read more