American Patchwork Quartet Weave Modern Immigrant Dreams Into Songs
In 2020, singer Falu Shah, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, drummer Clarence Penn and guitarist & vocalist Clay Ross teamed up to form American Patchwork Quartet. They re on a mission to reclaim the immigrant soul of American roots music, interpreting timeless songs through a 21st century lens.
It s not an accident that the four members of the group, each with a thriving solo career, came together to start reinterpreting American roots music. The quartet s goal is purposeful: to unleash music s magic to help counteract pervasive prejudices around immigration and race. American Patchwork Quartet consists of an eleventh-generation classical Hindustani musician, a drumming protégée of the late Ellis Marsalis, a first-call