"Thank you for this wonderful music. What a delight to travel with your ethereal music playing. Having grown up in Haywood County, North Carolina, and having moved away in 1968, I'm still a mountain girl at heart. Thank you for making it
possible
for me to have a breath of Mountain Aire whenever my soul needs one."
Martha ~
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The traditional music of Scotland and Ireland
first found its way into the back country of
the Blue Ridge Mountains over 200 years ago with
Scots-Irish settlers. This Celtic music formed the
foundation for our traditional music of Appalachia.
Dancin' Cross the Strings
Our brand new CD, “Dancin’ Cross the Strings”
is a unique instrumental blend of Celtic Appalachian music featuring hammered dulcimer and guitar along with flute, pennywhistle,
fiddle, clawhammer banjo, shuttle bagpipes, bodhran,
and limberjack.
Listen to samples from Dancin' Cross the Strings:
Dancin' Cross the Strings
Drunk at Night, Dry in the Morning
Come Before Winter
Winter’s Finale
O’er the Moor to Maggie
Mountain Minuet
A Gaelic Dance
Snow Angels
Angelina Baker/ Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady
Niel Gow’s Lament
Summer’s End
St. Kilda Wedding/ The Silver Spear
Water Under the Keel
An Appalachian Aire
Recent review from
by Catherine L. Tully
What do you get when you put together two musicians from the Blue Ridge Mountains with a Scots-Irish background? You get a CD packed with music of Appalachia. Music from this area of the country was brought there by the early settlers, who were--you guessed it--Scots-Irish.
You'll hear a variety of sounds on this instrumental album, including the hammered dulcimer, guitar, flute, fiddle, bodhran and clawhammer banjo. It makes for a very intriguing "stew" of sound. The overall effect is relaxing and dreamlike--carrying the listener along for the ride. Somewhat like a Celtic "New Age" sound, this CD really would be the perfect accompaniment to a hot mug of tea and a relaxing afternoon spent looking out the window at the world going by.
The arrangements here are well done, and although the music is relaxing, it isn't boring or solely background music. The musicianship shows through and begs for the ear and the dulcimer is used in a very gentle way much of the time--blending in and flowing rather than screaming for attention. The effect is quite nice and Ruth's touch is definitely cultivated well. Sit back and relax with this album--get a little lost in the sound and enjoy...
Look for Steve and Ruth's new Christmas CD
"An Appalachian Winter"
Coming this fall, 2008
$15.00/each
plus $3 S&H
(add $1 for each additional CD) Shipping via US Postal Service (Sales Tax applies to NC residents only)
*Listen Below*
Note: If the audio samples won't play in Mozilla Firefox, switch to either Windows Internet Explorer or Apple Safari.
An Appalachian Aire
Our very popular first CD, "An Appalachian Aire," is a gentle blend of instrumental Celtic, Classical, and Appalachian Music, featuring hammered dulcimer and guitar along with flute, pennywhistle, bodhran (traditional Irish drum), and bowed Appalachian dulcimer.
Listen to samples from An Appalachian Aire:
An Appalachian Aire
Sleepers, Awake
Lord Inchiquin
A Fig for a Kiss
Si Bheag Si Mhor/Southwind
Swedish Walking Tune
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
O'Carolan's Draught
Whiskey Before Breakfast/ Liberty
Farewell to Whiskey
Tom Morrison's Hornpipe
St. Basil's Hymn
Caspian Lake
Ashokan Farewell
Chosen during 2006 by XM Satellite Radio as (click here) "The Best Music This Week on XM"
Also featured on NPR's on-line "All Songs Considered "
Thank you for your order.
We hope you enjoy our music!
CD Retail Outlets If you'd like to pick up one of our CDs
at a retail outlet, click here
for the various locations.
