With "Stringed Migration": Rob Barrick (pipes, double bass), Jim Chapman (bouzouki, whistles), Eddie Parent (fiddle, viola), Bob Soper (percussion, vocals, fiddlle.)
With "The Rose and Thistle Band": Rob and Eddie.
With "Strawberry Rune": Lauren Sheehan (vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo), and occasionally assorted members of "Cremonea."
At Biddy's on alternating Wednesdays: Just about everyone who plays traditional music in Portland.
Harpist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist ELIZABETH NICHOLSON is at the vanguard of a new generation of Celtic musicians. Considered among the top American interpreters of Irish traditional music for harp, her studies have also included classical, Paraguayan, and mediaeval harp, and she has stretched the traditional boundaries of the instrument into rock music and country blues. Her current ensembles include the five-piece Celtic/world music band Stringed Migration, the Celtic/classical trio the "Trio Rose and Thistle band," a Celtic/Americana duo with fiddler Bob Soper, and another -- called "Strawberry Rune" -- with Delta blues songster Lauren Sheehan.
Elizabeth's latest cd of traditional and traditional-inspired music, "Sink or Swim" (Waterbug Records) has been featured on Fiona Ritchie's bi-monthly Thistle & Shamrock podcast "Thistlepod" was one of Rich Warren's top picks on the iconic folk program "The Midnight Special," and was recently named "Folk Album of the Month" on KUNI (Iowa public radio/NPR). She also has 4 other cds available: an instrumental harp album entitled "The Lulling Hour," two albums of Celtic wedding music with "The Rose and Thistle Band", (appropriately titled "Celtic Wedding Music, Volumes One and Two") and a CD of Irish and Scottish traditional music (also with the "Rose and Thistle Band"), titled "The Young May Moon."
For more information about Elizabeth's recordings, please click on the following links:
ELIZABETH NICHOLSON: Sink or Swim
ELIZABETH NICHOLSON: The Lulling Hour
ROSE AND THISTLE WEDDING BAND:
Young May Moon
ROSE AND THISTLE WEDDING BAND:
Celtic Wedding Music Vol. 2
ROB BARRICK/ELIZABETH NICHOLSON: Celtic Wedding Music
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Ruby Jane and Mark O'Connor: Virtuosos of the American Fiddle: http://www.poptech.org/blog/mark_oconnor_and_ruby_jane_smith_virtuosos_of_american_fiddle
Ruby Jane Article in New York Times!! http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/who-do-these-guys-think-they-are/ AND Check out the new pictures and video! Let me know what you think! Ruby Jane
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Hello and thanks very much for the add. Our latest live album "Live at the Fairy Ball" is downloadable for FREE on our website http://www.omnia-neocelt.com. We're just proposing you to donate something if you really want to support our cause. Many greenie thoughts and blessings.
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