Duo
Maeve Gilchrist Harp/Vox
Aidan O Donnell bass
Trio
Maeve Gilchrist Harp/Vox
Andres Rotmistrovsky bass
(Aidan O Donnell)
Nick Falk drums/ percussion
影響
Everyone! Something new everyday.....Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Arvo Part, Bach, Debussy, The Boys of the Lough, Martin Bennet, Ravi Shankar, Gordon Duncan, Charles Mingus, Bill Frisell, Dave Douglas, Nina Simone, Richard and Linda Thompson, Toumani Diabate, Keith Jarret, Tom Waits, Eddie Reader, Miles Davis.So many people and so many sounds.
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'Her fine voice and dazzling harp playing breathes new life into traditional material, an original voice.' (the Scotsman Newspaper).......
'Both as a singer and a harp player, Maeve is a force to be reckoned with'
(The Irish Music Magazine)......
'Bringing tradition into the future is Edinburgh born Maeve Gilchrist. Besides having a full deep and lovely voice, Gilchrist is a phenomenal harp player who can make her instrument ring with unparallelled purity or bounce with afro inspired rhythmic playing similar to Senegalese Kora music' (Dirty Linen Magazine, USA)
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MAEVE GILCHRIST BIOGRAPHY
Maeve Gilchrist was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. Surrounded by traditional music from an early age, Maeve began playing piano at seven and picked up the clarsach (celtic harp) a couple of years later. At ten, Maeve enrolled in the City of Edinburgh Music school where she studied classical piano while continuing to nurture her traditional roots. Towards the end of her school years, Maeve was an in-demand member of the traditional music scene in Scotland, balancing schoolwork with rehearsals and gigs around the country. Around this time, Maeve became intrigued by her music critique-father’s record collection, which ranged from Ravi Shankar to Joni Mitchell and Ray Charles. This exposure to jazz and world music quickly became obvious in her playing and she started studying jazz vocals. The director of her music school had told her about the Berklee College of Music, and at seventeen, with the help of the Donald Dewar Award and the Berklee world scholarship tour, she enrolled at the college as a voice major. During her time at Berklee, Maeve was awarded a full scholarship, the ‘outstanding performer of the year ’04 award’ and ‘the norm nate scholarship’. She performed regularly in the prestigious performance centre in shows such as Singers Showcase, The International Folk Festival, The Commencement concerts and The Stevie Wonder tribute show. She has played and recorded with artists such as Matt Glaser, Kathy Mattea, Meshell Ndegio Cello, Jamey Haddad, Martyn Bennett, Terri Lyne Carrington, Alain Mallet, Esperanza Spalding, Frank Ferrell, The Unusual Suspects and Ashley Macisaac. She has performed in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, the Czech republic, Canada, USA and all over the British Isles. Now based in New York City Maeve is currently performing with her own duo and trio which blends her Scottish roots with the colors of jazz, creating a unique and multicultural sound. Her first CD, ‘Reaching Me’ was released in 2006 to International Acclaim.
TO CONTACT: maevegilchrist@hotmail.com
(617) 519 1603
www.maevegilchristmusic.com
Hope your having a wonderful weekend ~ I find myself unable to stop playing 'Follow the heron home'... Your voice flows freely through so many expressions and emotions that finding the right words to describe how you do what you do is a daunting task indeed!
May you always find a reason to smile, Stay Creative Keep the music Alive!!!! Mad Soundman http://amssound.com
Dear Maeve, You are truly a musical joy to behold!... it was great to hear you and Aiden perform in Toledo recently and I very much look forward to hearing your soon to be released duo recording... please make sure to give my music a listen on Myspace if and when you can...
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