Artist description The music of VALKYRIS is born in the spirit and much like classical tone poems conjure up mental images and touch the soul with an eclectic blend of folk, new age and jazz.

Music Style New Age/Folk

Musical Influences Mannhiem Steamroller, David Arkenstone, Pentangle, Renaissance

Similar Artists Mannhiem Steamroller

Artist History VALKYRIS' spiritual New Age style is firmly rooted in the Folk boom of the 1960's and band memebers are classically trained with a very strong musical background. Over time VALKYRIS' musical style has matured and morphed into it's current form. In addition to the keyboards, guitar, mandolin, violin, trumpet, trombone, flute, and recorder are also part of the VALKYRIS repertoire.

Group Members Diana Askew - Keyboards,violin,trumpet,trombone,flute,recorderDiana has been playing music since her 5th birthday. Like all youngsters, she was forced into the ever present piano lessons and discovered she had a natural musical ability. She later went on to obtain a degree in music from the State University of New York. From 1963 - 1972, Diana toured the coffee house circuit playing guitar and singing. She later became one of the founding members of a small group who said of themselves as being on the "cutting edge" of the folk genre. Since then Diana's interests have turned to New Age and the digital medium. She is a multi-instrumentalist and plays all the instruments heard in her recordings.

Location Hugoton, Kansas - USA

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