Their recordings range from original works to rock covers to transformed pop classics. The group has a truly unique sound that is based on dissonant rock-based rhythms in odd meters, overlaid with delicate, rich, and lush world sounds using both traditional American and Vietnamese instruments (mostly acoustic), and topped with lilting Vietnamese vocals as well as operatic English. One is Martha Roebuck of the neo-blues band Falstaff, and the other is Vietnam-born Ngọc Hoàng, daughter of 60's film director Hoàng Vinh Loc ("Year of the Tiger") and veteran of several multilingual and multimedia musical story works developed for handicapped children. This band is a difficult-to-classify quartet with Barnard, drummer Mike Stetina, and two female vocalists. Barnard was also a founding member of the jazz/fusion group Pop Maru, and played on the lone album from the jazz group Quartet. That should keep him busy enough, but he has also found time to be the founder, primary composer, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist for Verdun. Neal Barnard is the head of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an organization that focuses on nutritional education and higher standards on quality-control in medical research.
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