Toychestra

Toychestra
Toychestra playing at the Starry Plough pub, Berkeley, Calif., 2005
Toychestra playing at the Starry Plough pub, Berkeley, Calif., 2005
Background information
OriginUnited States
GenresExperimental
Years active1996–present
LabelsS. K.
MembersAngela Coon
Corey Weinstein
Lexa Walsh
Michelle Adams
Shari Robertson
Past membersCarrie Lin
Paula Alexander
Websitetoychestra.com

Toychestra is an all-women experimental music group from Oakland, California that plays toys.[1][2] They use toy musical instruments and other noise-making toys to perform their own compositions as well as interpretations of works by other artists, from Dvořák to Black Flag.[1][3] Toychestra have performed at several venues in the San Francisco Bay Area and have toured Europe three times.[1] They have released three CDs, including a collaborative album, What Leave Behind with English experimental guitarist Fred Frith.

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