Ric Herrington’s Audiatic Orchestra Let 50 Years of Rhythm, Folklore and Fire Breathe Through ‘The Forest’

After 50 years in the making, yes, 50 years, Ric Herrington’s Audiatic Orchestra refused to let The Forest strike as an unassuming piece. The complexity and the vigorous soul vibrancy speak of all the years it took to gestate, each flourish an hour passing, welcoming you into a celebration of rhythm that resounds as though jazz sat you down at a campfire in Louisiana and spoke of folklore. With Latin flourishes adding even more heat to the elements that show some Americana stripes, The Forest becomes a panorama showing multiple images at once, allowing you to get lost within them. After the final note resounds, the silence is enough to sober you. Ric Herrington’s orchestral work is unique in how it incorporates the music found in nature as instruments in their own right. Written by Ric Herrington in 1976, it began in Colorado and travelled with him to Morocco and Scotland in search of the best performers to realise the vision. The story follows a young man named Fillmore who loses all that holds meaning to him, setting out on foot across the country with only the music in his head. Herrington’s long musical life has taken him through over […]

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