Eliza Marshall on Eternal Birth: Flute Without Borders

Eliza Marshall is a British flute player acclaimed for her expressive multi-style playing and in this episode we’re celebrating her new album “Eternal Birth” in which this award-winning flautist and composer channels over two decades of international collaboration into a bold, genre-defying album, with a rich cinematic soundscape, blending classical, folk and world traditions, with haunting flutes, whistles, bansuris, spoken word, percussion and electronics. Recorded in both the UK and Senegal, the album features an extraordinary line-up of world-class andGrammy Award-Winning musicians: Ady Thioune, Ansumana Suso, Drew Morgan , Dónal Rogers, and Lena Jonsson .

Eliza shared her rich musical life: her studies with Michael Cox, her varied career including performing on the long-running West-End show The Lion King in London, touring with Peter Gabriel, and the joys and challenges of using a loop pedal. She shared insights about the importance of the folk band Ranagri in her life, her multi-disciplinary project Freedom to Roam, her love of the Hebrides Islands, the importance of re-wilding, and finding the courage to push boundaries and take risks.This episode is being released a few days before the release of Eternal Birth; you’ll find the pre-order link on Eliza’s website. I was really inspired to exchange ideas with Eliza about living a life rich with connection and creativity.

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Complete Show Notes

Eliza Marshall Website

Photo: Jason Sheldon

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(03:04) album “Eternal Birth”, Lena Jonsson, with clip of They Listen

(06:29) layering textures, interest and research into music of Africa, percussionist Ady Thioune

(09:13) youth Steiner Education, trip to Buea,Cameroon

(11:13) about Roots Entwined, with clip of track 2

(13:28) many different flutes, collaborating with Joby Talbot

(17:40) about track 3, Our Times Reborn with clip

(19:56) joy in composing, Reich influence, Sarah Jeffery

(21:45) Michael Cox, learning different flutes and styles

(26:25) Freedom to Roam project

(31:32) Dónal Rogers, Ranagri, staying with projects long-term

(36:08) linked episodes and buying me a coffee to keep this podcast going

(37:08) Leah improv and podcast, Hebrides Islands, re-wilding

(43:03) loop pedal, Linsey Pollak, getting outside your comfort zone, The Lion King job

(53:45) Ansumana Suso on kora, safeguarding the fertility of the Earth, with clip of track 6 On and On

(56:49) Ady Thioune, trips to Senegal

(01:02:48) Rebeca Omordia, Omo Bello, my podcast

(01:05:55) playing with Peter Gabriel

(01:08:30) mortality with clip track 7 Dust to Dust

(01:12:14) Stevie Wonder, studio work, love of film music, album cover meaning

(01:16:56) Embracing our interconnectedness, with clip of track 8 Interconnected, self-care