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A Message From Rasputina’s Melora Creager: Dawn McCarthy/Faun Fables

For almost two decades, Rasputina has carved out one of the most interesting niches in contemporary music. Melora Creager founded the cello-based ensemble in Brooklyn in 1992, and although the band has gone through numerous lineup changes, it continues to produce its distinctive, heavy-yet-haunting sound. Despite near-constant performing, Creager, fellow cellist Daniel DeJesus and percussionist Catie D’Amica have managed to release two LPs a month apart: live album The Pregnant Concert (so-named because Creager was pregnant with her second daughter at the time) and sixth studio full-length Sister Kinderhook (both on the Filthy Bonnet label). Rasputina even found time to be the subject of a documentary titled Under The Corset, which chronicles its tour experience on the West Coast. The group has been crisscrossing North America all summer in support of the albums, giving its rabid fanbase more chances to party like it’s 1799. Creager will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with her.

Creager: Dawn McCarthy is a beautiful artist, mother and friend. Striving, curious and as obsessed with the history of housework as I am. Tours extensively while pregnant. That’s going one better than me.

Video after the jump.

2 replies on “A Message From Rasputina’s Melora Creager: Dawn McCarthy/Faun Fables”

Dawn the Faun is a force of nature. Absolutely one of the most original and fiercely beautiful performers I’ve ever known. 🙂

Heads up: you’re missing a photo byline. Gooby Herms took that portrait of Dawn a couple years back, up on top of Mount Diablo. Cheers!

Dawn the Faun is a phenominal creature with a haunting voice and a rare verve!

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