Artist description Shaker, Celtic, Scandinavian, and early American instrumentals are woven into evocative and atmospheric textures. Fiddles, guitars, mandolins, whistles, keyboards, bass and more create a longing, joyful noise.

Music Style Celtic & Shaker, American Frontier & Folk

Musical Influences Chieftans, Altan, Paul Machlis, Alistair Fraser, Gourd artists, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

Similar Artists Jay & Molly, Fraser/Machlis

Artist History Formed in 1998 by a group of musical friends interested in resurrecting some old and unusual Shaker tunes. From there the band soon explored old and new Celtic music, Early American fiddle tunes, and ambient film music. The band has become popular with Idaho art galleries and festivals and recently completed its first CD, "The Quilting Party".

Group Members Leslie Beck (violin, viola, fiddle) Mike Hill (bass) Randy Hill (mandolin, guitar) Don Johnson (piano, synth, accordion, whistles, bodhran) Dale Willman (guitar, assorted noisemakers)

Instruments piano, button accordion, tin whistles, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, autoharp

Albums 'The Quilting Party' (2002)

Additional Info The 'QP' CD contains 16 lively tunes inspired by traditional quilting patterns

Location Eagle, ID - USA

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