Raphael Weinroth-Browne

Raphael Weinroth-Browne is an internationally renowned Canadian cellist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. I released my conversation with him in two episodes, everything linked below to Spotify, Apple and YouTube. He merges his classical cello training with a love of progressive metal and Middle Eastern music, and has formed several acclaimed ensembles including The Visit, Musk Ox, and Kamancello (this duo is with a previous guest of this podcast, kamanche player Shahriyar Jamshidi Shahriyar Jamshidi Episode). Raphael has been touring with the Norwegian progressive band Leprous since 2017, and has appeared on over 150 studio albums. In 2020 he released his first solo album, Worlds Within. Raph is a very thoughtful and articulate person, and this conversation touched on many interesting topics. In Part 1 you will get to hear him demonstrate and talk about the first part of Worlds Within, and hear about his career as a studio musician and his experiences touring with Leprous. He shares his thoughts about knowing yourself, being creative, connecting with your audience, and balancing your life and expectations of yourself. Part 2 of this episode includes some interesting background on Raphs’ development as a musician. He also shares his advice on building relationships in the music business to help artists find different avenues to promote their music. He speaks about improvisation, his love of Middle-Eastern music, and his collaboration with Shahriyar Jamshidi (a previous guest of this series) in Kamancello.

Podcast Part 1 Spotify Apple and wherever you listen to podcasts!

Video Part 1 Transcript Part 1

Podcast Part 2 Anchor Spotify Apple

Video Part 2 Transcript Part 2

Raphael Weinroth-Browne Website

photo credit: Jonathan Lorange