Blake Leyh’s latest album NEW MODERN STRINGS features ten tracks of instrumental music composed on the GRAVIKORD, a 24-string stainless-steel electric harp invented in 1986 by Bob Grawi, inspired by the African kora. The music is lush and polyrhythmic, sharing musical DNA with Minimalism and Malian kora repertoire, but filtered through a 21st Century sensibility of electronic music, rock/pop, and film soundtracks. In addition to playing Gravikord on every piece, Leyh also adds electric cello, guitar, and bass to the mix throughout.
