TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA violinist Anna Phoebe has posted her latest weekly column for Classic Rock Magazine. An excerpt is available below:

"The whole idea of music mixing with theatre is interesting – and something I’ll be doing in May at the Almeida Theatre. I’ve been asked to do three shows with a guy called Tim Arnold who I met randomly 10 years ago. I was walking through Soho when a guy wearing a white shirt, tight black trousers and bowler hat carrying a guitar case came running up to me and asked if I play the violin. (Like I mentioned in one of my earlier columns: if you want to give complete strangers an excuse to start a conversation with you, carry a violin case.) I ended up jamming with him that night at Soho Arts Club, and we did a couple of gigs together but I hadn’t seen him since. In the last two years he has recorded an album called Sonnet 155 which mixes Shakespeare and music.

Tim wrote a bunch of letters to prestigious theatre actors, asking them about themes in Shakespeare which best describe the human condition. The album is inspired by their responses and the music is a mix of heavy rock and classical.

The theatre show is going to be interesting! The band includes Primal Scream’s drummer Darrin Mooney, Jonathan Noyce who played bass with Jethro Tull for 12 years, two opera singers and violin and cello. There’s also going to be different actors on the different nights reciting Shakespeare – including 74-year-old Richard Briers! If you’re interested in finding out more, or live in London and want tickets, go to www.sonnet155.com

Go to this location for the complete article.

Anna recently posted footage from her solo acoustic show at the Regal Room in London, England. Her backing band features Nic Rizzi (guitar) Simran Ghalley (tabla) and Yves Fernandez (bass) from JUROJIN. Check it out below.

Her schedule is now as follows:

May

11 - Underworld - London, UK (full band)
19 - The Bedford - London, UK **
31 - The Purple Turtle - London, UK **

June

1 - The Bedford - London, UK (fulll band - free entry)

September

5 - Weyfest Festival - Farnham, UK (full band)

** Jurojin show