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CURRENT SHOW
The Modern Medley
Scandinavia To San Diego 8-28-10
March 23 - Jean Michel Jarre - Sessions 2000 - electronica from Paris to start the show today. Jarre is an established composer in this genre.
The Rose of Tralee - John McDermott - The Danny Boy Collection - John's voice lends itself to these traditional tunes.
Dumbarton's Drums - Susan Palmer Marshall - Standing Stones - A solid mix of traditional and contemporary songs well sung.
Hunted Man - Hans Theessink - Holland Hits - More blues from Hans; his style grows on you.
The Secrets of the Rocks - Kristi Stassinopolou - The Secrets of the Rocks - Greek songstress shares the secrets. She is fascinated with ancient religions and mythology.
The Road To Dunmore - Northeast Winds - Ireland By Sail
We Used To Wait - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - Arcade Fire closed the Lollapalooza festival. Guitarist Win Butler remarked: "It's intimidating playing new songs in front of such a large audience."
Omoomo - Kekuhi Kanahele - Kekuhi - I like her voice in her native language. I'd like to hear her sing an island song in English.
Om jag var din flicka - Cajsa Stina - self titled - Cajsa Stina Akerstrom is a Swedish vocalist.
Spirit In The Sky - Sweet Charity - Coulter & Company
Distant Love - Golden Earring - Holland Hits
A Little Bit Hurt - Hello Goodbye - Heart Attack - Forged from two of Scandinavia's finest art school garage bands, Hello Goodbye is a union of Swedes and Norwegians.
Irish Fantasia - Scottish Fiddle Orchestra - at Royal Albert Hall - A medley of three tunes; Lark In The Clear Air/Phil The Fluter's Ball/The Irish Washerwoman featuring Ann Clarke on flute and Gerry Crean on fiddle.
No Psycho - Kirsten - DutchRock2003 - Kirsten van der Grinten is a singer/songwriter from Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Celtic Prayer - Meav - self titled - (pronounced mave) was the featured soloist in Anana, and performed in London and US Productions of Riverdance.
Siuil A Run - The Chieftains & Sissel - Tears of Stone
Shelter From the Storm - Taylor Mitchell - For Your Consideration
I Could Be Persuaded - Bering Strait - self titled
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My little slice of Americana this show includes:
The Hunter - Jack Hardy - The Song Poets - Singer - songwriter and playwright based in Greenwich Village.
Good Enough For Now - JoeLinda - A Little Like Bliss - JoePollack & Linda Goodman convincingly sing Lu & Peter Berryman's cute lyrics.
Ruben Had A Blanket - Bruce Lesnick - It's All Relative - The inspiration for this song, Ruben is one of Bruce's triplet sons, another, Gabriel, provided the cover art for the CD.