Care Service's of Tompkin's County in collaboration with Ithaca College School of Music, is an eclectic mix music: a Stephen Foster lullaby, a Sarabande from a Bach Cello Suite, the simple and still "Spiegel im Spiegel" of Arvo Part for cello and harp, a Ugandan Hymn sung by Samite with harp, a Native Americal Hymn, an old Irish Chant, a Gaelic Blessing set by Bill Douglas. The tracks feature different groupings of a handful of artists. Voice and harp, cello and double bass, Women's Chorale, 2 harps and flute, acapella singing. Music tells our stories in the soul's language and is a way we tell our stories to each other's hearts. It is our hope with this CD that we may touch both what we love and what challenges us - sa...  (less)

a mouthpiece he found in a London junkshop, a piece of brass tubing from his workshop, and a liberal application of duct tape. On tracks like "Colonel Fraser/Ril Gan Anim" McKenna shows the mellow, almost wooden flute-like tone of the low whistle is well suited to traditional dance tunes, while selections like his own composition "Echo's Calling" prove it is equally suited to more contemporary music as well. McKenna's accompanists include his wife Antoinette on harp and John Doyle--the guitarist from Solas--as well as tin whistle player Mary Bergin. The low whistle may be a newcomer to Irish music, but in the hands of players like McKenna it should soon take its place alongside "foreign" instruments like the fiddle and the flute that have long since ...  (less)

well as their interpretation of traditional hymns.  (less)

/ Carolan's Welcome 5. Give Me Your Hand 6. Peace Dennis Doyle is a veteran performer on the Celtic harp at festivals around the world. Most of his music is of traditional Irish tunes, drawing from material ancient and new. He prefers the quiet, lovely tunes of O'Carolan, but also plays the tunes to ancient Gaelic love songs, old hymns, and some original pieces. Other musicians on the recording: Mark Romano - guitar, mandolin, tin whistle Holly Ware - fiddle Leo Valenzuela - bass, cello Karen Sperry - oboe, English horn  (less)

it all! Lush, brilliant arrangements of the legendary Irish harpers wonderful tunes. This 1984 release spearheaded the Celtic revival in the U.S. and launched Dargason Music as an indie label to watch. A fantastic album based on a terrific idea...One after another of the most pleasing arrangements of Carolans tunes imaginable.The Dulcimist  (less)

Bonnie Rideout - Scottish fiddle (Track # 3, 9, 14, 16, 17, 20 & 21);William Taylor - Wire harp (clarsach), Gothic "bray" harp;Philippe Varlet - Irish fiddle (Track #1, 7 & 12).Celtic Roots presents music of Ireland, Scotland and America from its earliest sources on traditional and early music instruments.  (less)

who create music for a new generation with a brilliant convergence of Celtic and American stylings. (53:06 minutes)  (less)

CD ,52:51 minutes. MUSICIANS: Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer with: Robin Bullock on Cittern, guitar, fiddle & mandolin;Bob Read on Soprano saxophone, clarinet & alto flute,Al Petteway on guitar,Sarah Bauhan on Irish wooden flute & pennywhistle,Bonnie Rideout on Scottish fiddle;Sue Richards on Celtic harp;Rico Petrucelli on fretless electric bass;Charlie Pilzer on acoustic bass;Myron Bretholz on bodhran ( Irish frame drum) and Steve Bloom on Dombek, ashiko drum, congas & shakers.  (less)

infinitely easy on the ears, suggesting Shauna Burns is here to stay.The album also features James Clark on drums; Ryan Tilby on bass, guitar, mandolin and banjo; Steve Lemmon on guitar; Caroline Kemper on Celtic harp; and Rick Kemper on Irish whistle. At once intense and soothing, "Every Thought" is the result of a lifetime of music. Burns, inspired by her mother's love of the piano, began playing as a small child. By the time she was 15, she had discovered her own talent as a singer and was already composing. "Music has always been there for me," Burns explained. "It's really been a close friend and teacher, drawing me in like this unexpected force, pulling me. It's the journey, how I view everything around me. When the window is foggy, the music makes it c...  (less)

and Irish harps, guitars, violins, flutes, bass, and percussion instruments that provide a window for self reflection.  (less)

which it falls. Original pieces inspired by early-20th-century English classical composer Ralph Vaughn-Williams blend seamlessly with sacred traditionals such as Bach's much loved "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." A masterful finger picker, Keaggy plucks lines on guitar, mandolin, and bass that are fluid and graceful. Their texture is accentuated and emboldened by the stately sounds of the London Festival Orchestra, who contribute horns, woodwinds, and strings. Harp adds a heavenly touch, hand bells ring out with simple clarity and Irish flute soars on the upper end. Vocal enhancement is wisely and stunningly limited to elegant harmonies courtesy of Michelle Tumes. Majesty and Wonder speaks to the innocence of awe and unquestioning b...  (less)

the `Apache' melody on the clarinet. It's very simple, and effectively makes an old classic new again." -- Pitchfork "17 Hippies sounds like someone used a warped blender to mix an accordion, ukulele, banjo, saw, clarinet, violin, trumpet, trombone, flute, a Jew's harp, an Indian tampura, an Irish bouzouki, an assortment of other string and wind instruments, a Zydeco band, Luminescent Orchestrii, and a circus sideshow from somewhere in Eastern Europe. In other words, their sound is quite bizarre and absolutely fantastic." -- Murúch "17 Hippies are one of the most exiting bands that exist in Germany today. And if you miss them, it's your own fault." -- Rolling Stone [Germany] "17 Hippies are ridiculously underrated. They should be in the front rank...  (less)

bass-rich take on atmospheric electronica-informed Dubstep and deeper 2step forms, patterned with bleepy frequencies and rolling Hip Hop tempos. Whilst grounded in the urban rhythms so familiar from his 12" outings, this long player expands Point B's sonic horizons, embracing live instrumentation such as santoor, Irish harp, dulcimer and marimba to animate and color the heavy soundscapes. Maintaining his characteristic playful sense of melody and effortlessly flitting between genres, Suicide Beauty Spot is a brooding, contemplative and sometimes austere work of dark beauty themed around the bleak but calmingly picturesque Beachy Head clifftops where people are drawn to be alone with themselves, some never to return.  (less)