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As some of you may know, I (Bryan) have the distinct honor of playing trombone in Richmond’s Manliest Band, NO BS! Brass. A couple of weeks ago, we embarked on a busking tour of the eastern US. If you didn’t … Continue reading →

Ombak has been taking a bit of a break over the summer but its members have been hard at work on some other projects. Trey has been making hits at Songwire Studios, Cameron’s been on the road with Fight the … Continue reading →

Thanks to .:.impossible design‘s Cary Ralston (who also did the cover art for the album) for hipping me to the latest review of Ombak’s Framing the Void. The review comes by way of Clifford Allen at the wonderful new-music (and … Continue reading →

This Friday, Ombak will perform at Christopher Newport University‘s Ferguson Center for the Arts as  part of the Virginia Governor’s School for the Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts. Governor’s School is a month-long summer program for gifted VA high … Continue reading →

Bryan Hooten’s Framing the Void series of articles for RVAnews describes music and its relationship with negative space. Part IV, published today, explores musical line, where the time and space dimensions of music intersect most thoroughly. We seem to have … Continue reading →

Here are a few more live tracks from the CD release party at Cous Cous on 4/29. Enjoy and be sure to checkout SOUNDS for more. Aware (Cous Cous) Listen to the World (Cous Cous) Releasement (Cous Cous) As Rome … Continue reading →

Pictures from the CD release party are now up at the IMAGES page. Thanks for Melissa Christenson for the camera skills. Don’t forget to check out the SOUNDS for live recordings from the gig.

Ombak will play Wednesday, May 27 at Cous Cous before taking a short summer break. We will have CD’s for sale ($10) Cous Cous (900 W Franklin RVA) 9:30pm FREE  “Brian Jones’ drums explode into headlong complexities, Cameron Ralston’s upright … Continue reading →

Here are a few tracks from Ombak’s Framing the Void CD release party at Cous Cous in Richmond, VA. This is the sound of Ombak in its natural habitat, as recorded by Lance Koehler. More tracks, all mixed up nice, … Continue reading →

Ombak returns to Cous Cous tonight with some new stuff!!! Fretless guitar New tunes from Pollard and Hooten Tuvan folk songs CD’s on sale for $10 Cous Cous (900 W. Franklin RVA) Wednesday 5/13 9:30pm FREE