Sting's winter of content continues to confound Nov 20, 2009
Guitar, cello, pipes, violin, harp, recorder, harmonium, melodeon, mandolin, trumpet. The instruments flicker, the harmonies are warm. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
On ‘Winter’s Night,’ Sting celebrates the season Oct 26, 2009
He recasts the midtempo pop song The Hounds of Winter from his Mercury Falling album with layers of bass clarinet, melodeon, and cello into a ballad of exquisite wistfulness. As is the simple voice and guitar arrangement of The Snow It Melts the Soonest, with Sting exploring a ragged part of his voice perfect for the tune s mournful tone. (Boston Globe)
Grda brings traditional and new Irish music to the Myrna Loy Center Aug. 10 Aug 6, 2009
Fellow band members include: Laking, vocals, double bass and guitar; Paul, guitar and vocals; Stephen Doherty, flutes, whistles, melodeon, bodhrn, and cajon; and David Doocey, fiddle, concertina and whistle. Since they re performing 200 concerts a year, much of their composing happens on the road. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Sting Set to Release New Recording 'If On a Winter's Night...' Jun 19, 2009
Additional guests include an ensemble of three remarkable musicians from Northern England and Scotland: Kathryn Tickell (fiddle and Northumbrian pipes), Julian Sutton (melodeon) and Mary MacMaster (metal string Scottish harp), along with Daniel Hope (violin), Vincent Segal (cello), Chris Botti and Ibrahim Maalouf, (trumpet), Cyro Baptista and Bijan Chemirani (percussion), the Webb Sisters (vocals) and Stile Antico (vocal ensemble). Buzz up. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
* Englands Morris dancers fight back Apr 14, 2009
Nowadays, most of Englands estimated 14,000 Morris dancers perform more than one style, to the music of either a single melodeon, a fiddle or a band. It is no longer a male-only culture, and mixed sides are a common sight. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
This Boy of the Lough doesn’t regret giving in to wanderlust Mar 15, 2009
Brendan Begley, a native of the Dingle Peninsula, plays button accordion and melodeon. Kevin Henderson, a native of the Shetland Islands, was winning fiddling competitions from age 11. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
