Sam Ashley
Sam Ashley is a singer and performer who for many years was a principal vocalist in Robert Ashley's opera company, alongside Jacqueline Humbert, Thomas Buckner and Joan La Barbara, touring productions such as Atalanta and Dust. His own work, spoken parables with a mystic and humorous bent, comes from a lifelong interest in present-day shamanism. I'd Rather Be Lucky Than Good sets his voice against Werner Durand's wind instruments.
I'd Rather Be Lucky Than Good
I’d Rather Be Lucky Than Good is a new recording collaboration of Sam Ashley and Werner Durand. Sam Ashley’s mystic parables imbued with benevolent humor are drawn from a lifelong pursuit of a present-day shamanism. Werner Durand’s wind work on invented and traditional instruments stems from the minimalist tradition, routed through his unique study of obscure world musics. The two artists first met in Berlin in 1984 while Sam was touring Atalanta with Robert Ashley’s opera company, with whom he …