SN8 | Ep409 - Sharon Eliashar | Rubi Ate The Fig - Singer-Guitarist + Marc Mann - Keyboards, Guitar

The next installment of The Mike Gormley Interviews Music Series...Mike steps behind the curtain with the band, Rubi Ate The Fig.Our Special Guests today is Sharon Eliashar is the Writer, Singer, Guitarist, and the Founder of RUBI ATE THE FIG, and Marc Mann, Keyboards, Guitar."Born in Jerusalem, I was raised in the Desert of Palm Springs and spent the summers in Jerusalem with my huge Sephardic family, a family that has been there for over 500 years. I wrote my first song when I was 8, learned how to play guitar at 13, sang in the school choir, and excelled in acting."At 16, I dropped out of High School, (and popular music), and went to College. I became obsessed with Jazz Fusion: Mahavishnu, Chick Corea, Weather Report, to name a few. I would sneak into the local bar just to see Danny Montgomery play drums in his Jazz fusion group; Danny now plays with Rubi Ate the Fig.While getting my degree in Pure Math from U.C. Berkeley I played in the Javanese Gamelan, studied classical Indian singing, and classical guitar.I began studying Dumbeq, Arabic drum, with Polly Tapia Ferber who plays with Rubi Ate the Fig. Polly introduced me to the odd Ome rhythms, complexities, and grooves of traditional Arabic and Turkish music. This was a huge turning point for me as a writer and is the foundation for my music writing for Rubi Ate the Fig.I met Marc Mann (Concert for George, ELO, Oingo Boingo) who took an interest in my music and my synthesis of Rock and Middle-Eastern music.I formed Rubi Ate the Fig in 2013, compromising of my all-Ome favorite musicians, whom I now write for. We had our first show in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2013.Marc Mann and I co-produce Rubi Ate the Fig, and it is this collaboration that truly realizes the vision of Rubi Ate the Fig. Ali Paris, from Palestine, is our newest addition, playing the Qanun, a Middle-Eastern plucked zither."https://www.rubiatethefig.com