Brenda Hunter (fiddle, hammered dulcimer, vocals), Jill Egland (flute, accordion, whistle, bodhran, vocals) and Mary Tulin (six- and twelve-string guitar, bouzouki, vocals).
Influences
Solas, Altan, Flook, Loreena McKennit, Christy Moore, Liz Carroll, Bothy Band, Patrick Street, Bohola, John Doyle, Randal Bays, Connie Dover
Sounds Like
Themselves! Familiar tunes, unique, arrangement-centric approach. Not trad (though they love it), not avante (though they aspire), just playing as inspired. Okay, okay - Solas, Deanta, Cherish the Ladies, Flook, Bohola, Battlefield Band, Planxty, Liz Carroll, John Doyle, Men of Worth, Altan, and many more. But not really.
Acoustic trio Banshee in the Kitchen infuses traditional Celtic music with strong dashes of jazz and rock. Critics praise their dynamic arrangements and instrumental precision. Audiences love the band’s eclectic approach, finding the sweet spot between old and new, playfully stirring them together with musicality they call “banshee-fying”.
Banshee in the Kitchen, based in Bakersfield, California, has been touring and recording since 2002. Last year they released their fifth album, Live at Painted Sky, following on Invite the Light: World Music for Winter(2007), and Even Hotter Water (2005). All five Banshee albums get airplay and national and international public radio, with special features on Echoes (PRI) featuring their holiday music and second album, Catching theMooncoin, which placed in its top 20 albums of 2003.
Banshee in the Kitchen is: National Champion hammered dulcimer player Brenda Hunter (fiddle, hammered dulcimer, vocals), Jill Egland (flute, accordion, whistle, bodhran, vocals) and Mary Tulin (six- and twelve-string guitar, bouzouki, vocals).
Jill, it was nice meeting you at the Nathan McEuen house concert last night. I look forward to seeing a Banshee show soon. Probably in Tehachapi in Sept. Love the music. Thanks for the friendship. Jeff
Happy New Year! We wish you a very happy and healthy year. We hope it's a year of peace and prosperity for all. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
