Strings, drums, body all part of show

Sometimes they’re singing, playing and dancing at the same time.

They’ll be in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at the South Broadway Cultural Center.

“It’s a real energetic mix,” Ladin said in a phone interview from Huntsville, Texas.

“We use traditional American Appalachian string music as a jumping-off point. We include the roots of African music, bringing in elements of world music and percussive dance.”

She’s consistently received responses from audience members who were “kind of wowed” by the concert, though they never knew what would be happening next on stage.

“We use all of the skills at our disposal at any given time,” Ladin added.

	Evie Ladin- Keith Terry Duo WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6 WHERE: South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Broadway SE HOW MUCH: $15 at the door. For reservations call 298-5589 or email inquiry@siliconheights.com

For Terry, those skills include playing the cajon, bells, spoons and the hedge clippers. He is widely known for his “body percussion,” in other words, slapping his chest and thighs, tapping his shoes and clapping his hands to elicit rhythms and melodies.

“He’s a pioneer in contemporary body music,” Ladin said of Terry, founder of the International Body Music Festival.

The two also perform in the Evie Ladin Band and are involved with CrossPulse, an arts organization that promotes intercultural music and dance.

But the two usually tour as a duo because it’s easier to get around; traveling with them is their son, who is 9. Last year, their touring took them to Kazakhstan, Turkey, Germany and Sweden.

On Sunday, April 7, Ladin will give two workshops at Apple Mountain Music, 10301 Comanche NE. At noon she’ll give an old-time harmony singing workshop, and at 2 p.m. an all-levels claw hammer banjo workshop. Each is $25.